Shi Yanjue

Shi Yanjue (Chinese: 释演觉; born April 1956) is a Chinese Buddhist monk and the current president of the Buddhist Association of China, succeeding Shi Xuecheng, who was accused of sexual harassment.^[1][2][3]

Shi Yanjue
Title	President of the Buddhist Association of China
Personal life
Born	April 1956 (age 69) Gangu County, Gansu, China
Nationality	Chinese
Education	Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Religious life
Religion	Chan Buddhism
Dharma names	Yanjue
Senior posting
Teacher	Shi Changhui (释常慧)
Period in office	August 2018-present
Predecessor	Xuecheng
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	釋演覺
Simplified Chinese	释演觉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shì Yǎnjué

Biography

Shi Yanjue was born in Gangu County, Gansu, in April 1956. In January 1982, he took refuge in the Three Jewels under Shi Changhui (释常慧) at Xiangji Temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi.

In June 2004, he became vice-president of the Buddhist Library of China. On November 5, 2006, he was proposed as the new abbot of Guangji Temple. In 2015 he was vice-president of the Buddhist Association of China, an organization overseen by the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In May 2016, he received an honorary doctorate in philosophy in Buddhist Studies from the Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University.^[4] In August 2018, he was named acting president of the Buddhist Association of China, replacing Shi Xuecheng.^[5][6][7] On December 2, 2020, he was elected president of the Buddhist Association of China at the 10th National Congress of the Buddhist Association of China.^[8]