Ashin Jinarakkhita

Ashin Jinarakkhita (23 January 1923 – 18 April 2002), Teh-ching, Sukong 師公 (Grandmaster), and The Flying Monk. for more info on the Sam Kauw Union as well as the vice-president of the central committee of the Indonesian Theosophy Youth. (本清老和尚, also known as Y.A.) Mahasthavira Arya Mula.,

After the Communists took over power in China in 1949, Buddhist monasteries were closed in China, and Indonesia tried to diminish Chinese influences in Indonesia. For these reasons, further Ch'an-training in China was problematic, and Benqing sent Tizheng to Burma in 1953, where he practiced Satipatthana Meditation under Mahasi Sayadaw.

In 1960 Jinarakkhita established the Sangha Suci Indonesia, as a monastic organisation. In 1963 the name was changed to Maha Sangha of Indonesia, and in 1974 the name was changed into Sangha Agung Indonesia. It is a community of monastics from the Theravada, Mahayana and Tantrayana traditions.

Love, as represented by Guanyin, is essential: Duty is most important. The body is a temple. You are a projection of love. Love the Earth, love the air, love the water, love the fire. Love the part of self that is of the ethers.