Video of the event (with partial English translation) available online:佛光山寺自開山以來,遵循佛教叢林制度,已傳法至第九任住持,由美國佛光山西來寺住持慧濟法師晉山陞座,並由北京弟子西來大學博士慧東法師接任西來寺住持。
慧濟法師,一九六四年出生,一九八六年來山,一九八八年於西來寺受三壇大戒,二○○四年擔任西來寺住持,二○一二年當選佛光山宗委會主席,二○一三年繼任為佛光山第九任住持。
並有副住持五位,分別為:慧傳法師(兼任都監院院長)、慧倫法師(原台東安樂精舍主管)、慧開法師(兼任南華大學副校長)、慧昭法師(兼任佛光山修持中心主任)、慧峰法師(紐西蘭籍博士,兼任佛光大學副教授);及海內外、大陸受法弟子比丘、比丘尼七十餘人,由 星雲上人親自傳法,同為臨濟宗第四十九代弟子。
Unofficial translation:
From the time of the founding of Fo Guang Shan, through entering into Buddhist monastic life through ordination and subsequent Dharma transmission, Venerable Hui Chi, abbot of Hsi Lai Temple in the United States will become the 9th term abbot of FGS.
Upon ascending this role, Ven. Dr. Hui Dong of University of the West will be appointed the new abbot of Hsi Lai Temple.
Venerable Hui Chi was born in 1964. He arrived at FGS in 1986 and received the full precepts at the triple platform ordination at Hsi Lai Temple in 1988. In 2004 he was appointed abbot of Hsi Lai Temple. In 2012 he was elected chairman of the FGS Religious Affairs Committee, and in 2013 he became the 9th term abbot of Fo Guang Shan.
There will also be five Vice Abbots:
Ven. Hui Chuan, presently Chairman of FGS Domestic Supervisory Council
Ven. Hui Lun, former Managing Director of Anle Vihara in Taitung
Ven. Hui Kai, presently the Vice Chancellor of Nanhua University
Ven. Hui Chao, presently FGS Cultivation Center director
Ven. Hui Feng, PhD (of New Zealand) presently Associate Professor of Fo Guang University;
As well as seventy bhiksus and bhiksunis from overseas and Mainland China who will receive Dharma lineage transmission of the Linji School from Ven. Master Hsing Yun.
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