Hsin Ping, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hsin Ping

Taiwanese Buddhist monk

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1938

Place of Birth: Taihoku Prefecture

Date of Death: 07-Apr-1995

Profession: abbot

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Hsin Ping (Chinese: ????; pinyin: Xinpìng Héshàng) (30 June 1938 - 7 April 1995) was the fourth and fifth abbot of Fo Guang Shan and the dharma heir to Hsing Yun, founder of Fo Guang Shan. Venerable Hsin Ping entered the Buddhist sangha in 1963.
Hsin Ping went on to receive the precepts under Master Tao Yuan of Hai Hui Temple in Keelung in 1963, and went on to attend Shou Shan Buddhist College and the Chinese Buddhist Research Institute at Fo Guang Shan.
For lengths of time during the earliest days of Fo Guang Shan, Hsin Ping was stationed in the construction quarters.
In 1973, he became first in line of Fo Guang Shan’s order of precedence. In April 1995, Hsin Ping died suddenly after suffering from illness.
A portion of his ashes are interred in the United States at the Buddhist columbarium at Rose Hills in California, the rest are in the Longevity Memorial Park in Fo Guang Shan.The Venerable Hsin Ting served the rest of Hsin Ping's term until 1997, when he was elected head abbot.