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Venerable Heng Sure
Rev. Heng Sure was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1976. For the sake of world peace, he undertook an over six hundred mile pilgrimage from South Pasadena to Ukiah, repeatedly taking three steps and one bow to cover the entire journey. In the entire two years taken to make the pilgrimage, he observed a practice of total silence. Rev. Heng Sure has an M.A. in Oriental Languages from UC Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He serves as the Managing Director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery and has taught at the Graduate Theological Union, Bond University, and Dharma Realm Buddhist University. He lectures on the Avatamsaka Sutra and other sutras. He currently leads a team to translate the Avatamsaka Sutra. He is actively involved in interfaith dialogue and in the ongoing conversation between spirituality and technology.
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Venerable Heng Chih
For 46 years Bhikshuni Heng Chih has been a Buddhist nun ordained in the Buddhist Mahayana tradition. She was one of the first Americans to be ordained under the guidance of the late Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, founder of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. Bhikshuni Heng Chih is currently Professor Emerita at Dharma Realm Buddhist University and retired in 2013 from a position as Assistant Professor in Buddhist Philosophy at Bond University in Australia.
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Venerable Heng Lai
Venerable Heng Lai met Venerable Master Xuan Gong in 1969 and received full ordination as a bhikshu in 1976 at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (CTTB). Prior to ordination, Venerable Heng Lai served in the US Navy on an aircraft carrier and later worked on a research vessel for the oceanography department. Venerable Heng Lai has completed three periods of seven-day fasting during meditation retreats, with the third period lasting for 36 days. He has also participated in the acquisition and construction of various Dharma centers for the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, including the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. Venerable Heng Lai maintains a dignified and virtuous bearing, and to this day, he does not lie down to sleep at night and can sit for extended periods. He is currently the abbot of the Snow Mountain Monastery in Washington State.
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