Dinghui Temple in Ma Wo Village, Tai Po, Hong Kong was originally called "Lan Ruo Yuan". It was built by the old monk Zengxiu. Later, it was renamed "Dinghui Temple" in 1963. In 1988, Master Ninhui passed away. , The family donated a large sum of money to rebuild the temple, which was reopened in 1993. It is this famous temple in Tai Po that has many eminent monks and nuns. Recently, a scandal that shocked Hong Kong occurred.
According to the disclosure of the lawyer Weng Jingjing , who is the director, the abbot of Dinghui Temple Shi Zhiding applied to marry two mainland monks in order to assist the two mainland monks in Hong Kong . As evidence , who has settled in Hong Kong, Weng Jingjing also pointed out that the accounts of this monastery are chaotic, and the destination of many donations is unknown. When the incident was revealed, it was discovered that Shi Zhiding himself lived a luxurious life. Not only did he own a large number of brand-name clothing, he also traveled in and out of a luxury car, and used cosmetics and skin care products. This case has been investigated by the Immigration Department.
Cha Shi Zhiding was a monk at Po Lin Monastery in 2002. His master was the sixth abbot of Po Lin Monastery, "Chu Hui Grand Monk". Chu Hui was 81 years old at that time and Zhi Ding was only 35 years old. Chuhui suffers from senile dementia and needs others to take care of her daily life and food. Zhiding used his influence in Buddhism to take a shower and massage. Later, Chuhui used his influence in Buddhism to send Zhiding to Dinghui Temple as abbot.
There is a strange thing about this incident. The monastery and nun nunnery were always managed separately. Just as in the West, the monasteries of priests and nuns are also located in different locations. No, it's not convenient. However, in the Po Lin Monastery, there are monks and nuns mixed together. In terms of management, this is obviously not appropriate. On the other hand, this also means that the government’s regulations on the supervision of religious units are too loose.Therefore, its management has supreme power.
As for why Shi Zhiding had to fake marriage to apply for her husband to be a monk in Hong Kong? According to Shi Zhiding: "I used to take care of the master, and then the one who took the Hong Kong ID card to fake marriage, gave him three thousand yuan a month to take care of him, and that was Zhiqiang (that is, Shi Zhiding’s first husband). ) Helped the master shower, but Zhiqiang could not stay in Hong Kong. After he got the certificate, he helped the master shower every day. The master master was very happy. He was just a child, so happy."
current member of the Buddhist Federation It is about 10,000 people, but in addition to bhikkhus and bhikkhuni, it also includes laymen who practice at home. You know, Buddhism is the largest religion in Hong Kong. The number of followers has reached one million. Compared with the 600,000 Catholics (including foreigners such as Filipino domestic helpers), the number of Buddhists is more than half. Coupled with the fact that a large number of mainland believers also come to Hong Kong for worship, it is conceivable that the staff of the Buddhist clergy are tight.
However, among the sects in Hong Kong, Buddhism has the strictest doctrine for clerical staff. Christian priests can get married, Buddhist monks and nuns can’t, Catholic priests can drink and eat meat, and Buddhist monks and nuns can’t. In the case of Catholicism, it has been difficult to recruit monks due to the law of prohibiting marriage in recent years. After all, in this Huahua world, it is already very different from the previous agricultural society. At that time, the opportunity cost of being a clergyman was not high, and it was guaranteed to have enough food. Lack is already a common phenomenon. But Buddhism has more difficulties than Catholicism because of the need to quit flesh and sex.
Hong Kong has always had the habit of importing clergy from the Mainland. For example, Monk Zengxiu, the founder of Dinghui Temple, came to Hong Kong from the Mainland. However, after the founding of New China, the spiritual and cultural life of the people has been greatly enriched.Religion is no longer the main choice, so the number of Buddhists has been greatly reduced. However, religion is a necessity of the people. After the reform and opening up, a large number of "religious market needs" emerged. When the market demand was not met, a large number of fake monks and nuns who ate meat and lust began to appear in society.
The situation in Hong Kong is also a serious shortage of clergy, so it is only as usual to import "professionals" from the Mainland, but unfortunately, the situation in the Mainland is actually more serious than that in Hong Kong. Therefore, the Shi Zhiding of Dinghui Temple is probably not an isolated incident, but the tip of the iceberg, because this is actually a social cancer caused by social changes, unbalanced supply and demand, and insufficient supervision.
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