Hsin Pei

Who is Hsin Pei?

Hsin Pei was the seventh and eighth term abbot and director of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order. The youngest abbot ever elected to the order, Hsin Pei was elected by the members of Fo Guang Shan worldwide in 2004 and succeeded retiring abbot Hsin Ting in 2005. As abbot of the Order, Hsin Pei is the second highest monastic in the order, and is second in line to the position of head teacher. After his preceptor, Venerable Master Hsing Yun who is a forty eighth generation lineage holder of the Linji Chan School, Hsin Pei and his predecessor Hsin Ting are the forty ninth generation lineage holders.

His term ended in March 2013. Hsin Pei currently resides in the United States in order to improve his English.