Originl
In 1995, The members/representatives of the
Chinese Buddhist Association( CBA ) held a nationwide conference where some
of the attendees did mention about five universities established by several
different Buddhist groups/communities in Taiwan and state the fact that those
unfortunately were not the institutes basically arranged for cultivating
highly-educated Sangha, Buddhist monks and nuns. In view of that, members of
the CBA in the meeting suggested that the CBA set up a university solely for
Sangha.
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As the urgent necessity for having a Sangha-only university was strongly
recommended, all the attendees fully agreed and approved the proposal right
in the middle of the meeting. Ven. Master Ching Hsin at that time was
chairman of the CBA and naturally the very person appointed to take the whole
responsibility and possible measures right after a meeting of the central
committee members of the CBA. Under the regulations of Department of
Education, R.O.C., to have a Sangha-only university did have to face some
restrictions/difficulties and those obstacles would not be easily removed or
overcome. No one was certain that a Buddhist university solely for Sangha
could be built under the State’s laws.
Ven. Master Ching Hsin accepted his Honorary Doctorate Degree awarded from
Mahachulalongkornrajaydyalaya University (MCU), Thailand 0n May, 20, 2001 and
during his stay he had a chance to state the difficult situations he had been
encountering and some different conditions in establishing Shangha-only
university between the two countries with Rector of MCU, Phra.
Dharmakosajarn. Master Ching Hsin was then suggested to think
deliberately about the possibility of having a MCU’s affiliate university in Taiwan.
MCU, Thailand is not only a national university with a long great tradition
but an institute issuing worldwide recognized diplomas. After a couple of
years of preparations and numerous evaluations made by the faculty members of
MCU who had visited the school site and surroundings three times in the past
years, they were fully satisfied with the hard and soft wares and facilities
of the institute at Kuang Teh Temple. With the permission of the
members of the School Administrative Committee(SAC), this newly-established
Ching Chueh Sangha University started its first session of opening ceremony
on September, 10, 2003. Rector of MCU,Phra. Dharmakosajarn and his
School Administrative Committee Members all the way from Thailand flew to
share this historical moment and the guiding master of Ching Chueh Sangha
University ,Ven. Master Chureh Kuan was there also to deliver a very
encouraging speech on that special occasion.
On Oct. 26, 2004, Rector of MCU,Phra. Dharmakosajarn and other 17 school
members visited Kuang Teh Temple again to hand officially the Certificate of
College Authorization to Ven. Master Ching Hsin, president of Ching Chueh
Sangha University. No tuition fee,miscellaneous expenses,and
accommodations would be charged in this four year Sangha-only high education
system and those well-performed college graduates would not only get the worldwide
recognized diploma from MCU but have an option to study further at MCU in
Bangkok, Thailand for MA or Ph.D
Once again on July 18, 2009, Rector of MCU,Phra. Dharmakosajarn with his over
20 members of MCU school administrative committee visited the school to award
the Certification of Graduate School Authorization on Mahayana Buddhist Study
to Ven. master Ching Hsin, president of Ching Chueh Sangha University.
Accordingly ,the first session of graduate school started recruiting
qualified graduate students in Sept..
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