Sheng Yen (聖嚴; Pinyin: Shèngyán birth name Zhang Baokang 張保康) (December 4 1930 – February 3 2009) was a Buddhist monk a religious scholar and one of the mainstream teachers of Chinese Chan Buddhism. He was a 57th generational Dharma heir of Linji Yixuan in the Linji school (Japanese: Rinzai) and a 3rd generational Dharma heir of Master Hsu Yun.
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