Hsin Ting

Who is Hsin Ting?

Hsin Ting is a Buddhist monk from Taiwan who served as the sixth-term abbot and director of Fo Guang Shan from 1997 to 2005. He served as acting abbot for three years after the sudden death of his predecessor, the Venerable Hsin Ping, in 1995. From 2004 to 2010, Hsin Ting served as the president of Buddha's Light International Association.

According to Fo Guang Shan's order of precedence, Hsin Ting is the third highest monastic in the order after the late Hsin Ping. Hsin Ting is expected to succeed Hsing Yun as the head teacher of Fo Guang Shan in the future. Along with Hsin Ping, he is a forty-ninth lineage holder of the Linji school.