On November 27th,
2017, at 4:30 p.m., the Most Ven. Meng Can, a grand monk in a generation died
peacefully in the Zhenrong Temple of the Mount Wutai with the age of 103 and
theordination age of 87.
On November 29th at
6 p.m., the Memorial Ceremony was held in the Nanputuo temple in Xiamen and the
Buddhist College of Minnan (BCM) for the Most Ven. Meng Can. The Most Ven. Ze
Wu (the Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, the President of
the Buddhist Association of Xiamen, the Rector of the BCM and Abbot of the Nanputuo Temple), Ven. Jie Xiang (the Head Seat
& Temple Supervisor of the Nanputuo Temple and General Vice Rector of the
BCM), Ven.
De Huang (the Management Supervisor and
Guest Prefect of the Nanputuo Temple), Ven. Hong Lai (the Vice Abbot of the Nanputuo Temple and the Assistant Rector of the
BCM) and all the monks gathered in the Lecture Hall of the temple for this event.
The Memorial Service was presided by Ven. Jie Xiang.
At the Memorial Service, Ven. Jie Xiang reviewed the Most Ven. Meng Can’s deep
relationship with the BCM as well as the Xiamen Buddhism, and spoke high of his
dedication and efforts in whole life for the Buddhist promotion, which was
paragon for Sangha’s education and lit a high lotus lamp of the pure land in
secular world. Then, the Ven. Jie Xiang led all the participants
to have a pious chanting, to increase Adhipati-pratyaya (dominant condition) for the Most Ven. Meng Can. With
sadness and grief but not chaos and turbulence, all the monastics focused on counting the Buddha’s name, praying that the
master get the highest level of the highest lotus grade earlier not give up
saving the sentient beings, and take a mercy voyage to come back again.
In the afternoon, the Universal Buddha
Dharma Service for Rebirth was
held on the branch campus (Division of Nuns) of the BCM. From
November 28th, all nuns would chant sutras and count Buddha’s name
for the master (i.e. the Most Ven. Meng Can) to show the deep memory for the
master.
The
Most Ven. Meng Can was known as "a reference beacon in the mountains".
Through a century of years, from the early years of a beginning of becoming the
monk, he always preached Dharma as his career. He had ever been close to those
modern eminent monks such as the Most Ven. Ci Zhou, the Most Ven. Tai Xu and
the Most Ven. Hong Yi, and had studied the
Dharma in the Sera Monastery in Tibet. After decades of tough life, he did not
stop preaching, and his footprints of preaching covered the areas of the United
States, Australia, Canada and Southeast Asia. In 1984, he accepted the
invitation of the Most Ven. Miao Zhan and the Most Ven. Yuan Zhuo, andcame to the
Nanputuo Temple to rebuild the BCM and serve as the Director of Teaching
Affairs of the BCM.
1.The memorial Service was held in the Nanputuo Temple
of Xiamen and the Buddhist College of Minnan
2.The Universal Buddha Dharma Service for Rebirth、chanting sutras and counting the Buddha’s name were done on the branch campus of the BCM
