TAIPEI, Feb. 8 (Chinese media) -- Sheng Yen, one of Taiwan's most venerated Chan Buddhist masters, was cremated on the island Sunday as thousands of followers from the world over lined the streets to bid him farewell.
Dharma Drum Mountain, the international Buddhist cultural and educational foundation founded by Sheng Yen, announced that the remains of the master would be buried on Feb. 15 in the mountain. Before that, days of Buddhist prayer ritual will be held, which will also be open to the followers.
Sheng died in Taiwan last Tuesday at the age of 79.
Born in a poor farm family in 1930 in eastern Jiangsu Province, Sheng became a monk at the age of 13 and went to Taiwan in 1949 after the civil war.
At the age of 39, he went to Japan for religious study and earned a master's degree and doctorate after six years of study.
In the following years, he worked to promote Chan Buddhism at home and abroad. He was a professor at the "Chinese Culture University," deputy director of the Buddhist Association of the United States and founded the Chung Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies.
Master Sheng Yen visited the mainland several times for religious exchanges.
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