Hsin Ping (June 30, 1938- April 7, 1995) was the fourth and fifth abbot of Fo Guang Shan

Fo Guang Shan

Fo Guang Shan is an international Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order based in the Republic of China , and one of the largest Buddhist organizations. The headquarters of Fo Guang Shan, located in Kaohsiung, is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. The organization itself is also one of...

 and the dharma heir to Hsing Yun

Hsing Yun

Hsing Yun is a well-known Buddhist monk, as well as an important figure in modern reformation of Mahayana Buddhism in Taiwan and China. Hsing Yun is the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order and the affiliated Buddha's Light International Association, one of the largest international...

, founder of Fo Guang Shan. Hsin Ping was the forty-ninth lineage-holder

Lineage (Buddhism)

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 of the Linji

Linji

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 Ch'an school through Hsing Yun.

Venerable Hsin Ping entered the Buddhist sangha

Sangha

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 in 1963. Hsin Ping went on to receive the precepts under Master Tao Yuan of Hai Hui Temple in Keelung

Keelung

Keelung City is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei and forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with the Taipei and New Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport...

 in 1963, and went on to attend Shou Shan Buddhist College and the Chinese Buddhist Research Institute at Fo Guang Shan. For lengths of time during the earliest days of Fo Guang Shan, Hsin Ping was stationed in the construction quarters. In 1973, he became first in line of Fo Guang Shan’s order of precedence.

Admired for his melodious voice in chanting and his kind, easygoing character, Hsin Ping was known to have been one of the best loved of the leading monastics. Shown for being sincere and compassionate towards monastics and lay practitioners, he, along with the support of monastics, built temples worldwide so they could strengthen the order as well as to propagate Buddhism. He had also made affinities with people through Buddhist music.

In April 1995, Hsin Ping died suddenly after suffering from illness. The Venerable Hsin Ting

Hsin Ting

Hsin Ting is a Buddhist monk from Taiwan who served as the sixth 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...

 served the rest of Hsin Ping's term until 1997, when he was elected head abbot. A portion of his ashes are interred in the United States

United States

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 at the Buddhist columbarium at Rose Hills

Rose Hills Memorial Park

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 in California

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, the rest are in the Longevity Memorial Park in Fo Guang Shan.