Four Heavenly Kings (Taiwan)
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This article is about the Taiwanese Buddhist Masters. For other uses, see Four Heavenly Kings (disambiguation).
The Four Heavenly Kings or Four Great Mountains 四大名山 of Taiwan refers to four Buddhist masters in Taiwanese Buddhism who each founded an influential Buddhist institution in the country.[1][2] The term draws its name from the Four Heavenly Kings who each rule over one of the heavenly realms in Buddhist cosmology. Like the Four Heavenly Kings mythology, each Buddhist teacher corresponds to one cardinal direction, based on where their organization is located in Taiwan. The corresponding institutions of the masters are referred to as the "Four Great Mountains".[3][4]
The four masters and their corresponding institutions are:
- North (Jinshan): Master Sheng-yen (聖嚴, d. 2009) of Dharma Drum Mountain (法鼓山)
- South (Dashu): Master Hsing Yun (星雲, d. 2023) of Fo Guang Shan (佛光山)
- East (Hualien): Master Cheng Yen (證嚴) of the Tzu Chi Foundation (慈濟基金會)
- West (Nantou): Master Wei Chueh (惟覺, d. 2016) of Chung Tai Shan (中台山)