Pan Zongguang: gold bauhinia star winner, justice of the peace, 1940 born in Hong Kong, Panyu, Guangdong, professor of chemistry, former president of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Three (fifteen years) CPPCC members; A scientist, he was twice invited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science and nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at 1985 and 199 1.
He is also a disciple of Buddhism, and integrates the wisdom of traditional Heart Sutra into contemporary life and modern management from the perspective of scientists and educators. A series of works, such as Heart Sutra and Life Wisdom, Heart Sutra and Modern Management, have aroused the attention of many people in China, especially young and middle-aged intellectuals, to the traditional culture of China and the Buddhist culture and wisdom.
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The reason why Pan Zongguang believed in Buddhism;
"When I was a child, I often saw my elders fast on the fifteenth day of each month and burn incense to the Buddha, thinking that this is Buddhism. At that time, the impression of Buddhism was vague and there was no time to understand and approach. "
"When I was studying, I went to a missionary school. There are often priests who come to give lectures, but they don't listen, and there is no induction in their hearts. "
"Later, I went to the UK to study for a Ph.D., went to the United States to do postdoctoral research, and later returned to the University of Hong Kong to teach, but I still didn't have the opportunity to get in touch with Buddhism."
"I really came into contact with Buddhism and learned about Buddhism in the early 1990 s."
199 1 year, Pan Zongguang was employed as the president of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The next year, he happened to find a lecture notice from the Buddhist Association on his desk. That night, he had time, so he was invited to attend the lecture.
"That was the first time I really understood Buddhism. The speaker is a doctor from Chen Jiabao who has studied Buddhism for many years. He started with doctors treating the body and Buddhists treating the mind, which is very good and reasonable. After listening to it, I was shocked and felt very close to my own ideas. "
Since then, Pan Zongguang has been immersed in the scriptures and devoted himself to studying Buddhist scriptures. He went to the "Pearl Buddhist College" to listen to the "primary stage of Buddhism" and then to the "Puming Buddhist College" to listen to systematic Buddhist lectures. "All kinds of elementary and intermediate classes have gone to listen to it ..." It's as if he met a new scientific discovery and devoted himself to understanding it, mastering it and proving it.
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