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2001
In
September, Elder Master Ren Jun from
USA visited the monastery and gave
a lecture of Buddha's sin and
blessing retribution sutra.
The monastery performed
the opening ceremony of Jue Qun (means
Enlightenment) Institute (the original
advanced class for monks, advanced
class for young lay Buddhists and
Buddhist music class combined), with
Master Jue Xing as the dean.
A Delegation of National Tibetan
Buddhism visited the monastery.
In October, a 42-member
delegation from the Mei Cun Meditation
Center in Plum Village in France led
by Zen-Master Thich Nhat Hanh visited
the monastery.
A group of 3 members led by the minister
of South Korean Foreign Trade Ministry,
who came to Shanghai for APEC, visited
the monastery.
A 27-member delegation
from Japan Xiangguo Monastery visited
the monastery.
In November, the
friendship delegation of Jinjing District
of Republic of Korea visited the monastery.
In December, the
whole staff of Thai consulate in Shanghai
and some Thai friends in Shanghai
came to the monastery for a religious
ceremony.
2002
In January, Mr &
Mrs Bawa Jain, the secretary-general
of the Millenium peace World Peace
Summit of Religious and Spiritual
leaders paid the visit to the monastery.
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