Introduction: Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun

The author has long cherished a deep admiration for his teacher's -- the Venerable Hsu Yun's -- Way virtue, his precept conduct, his erudition, wisdom, ascetic discipline, vow power and actual practice, his kindness, compassion, joy and renunciation, his equanimity, giving, patience, vigor, Dhyana samadhi, as well as all the other Paramita doors. The numerous events that happened throughout his life can certainly act as a compass for those in the Dharma-ending Age, a saving force for this century. Therefore, the author has not spared any cost in hiring an especially talented artist in Buddhist subjects, in preparing 200 scrolls, and after several years of careful panning and deliberation, seeing this book into its publication. It is my hope that the Venerable Yun's virtuous conduct will be made known to the entire world. May many people through reading his life story be encouraged to bring forth the Bodhi resolve and accomplish the unsurpassed Way, and then, may they reverse the boat of compassion to come back and teach and transform living beings, so that together we attain irreversibility from the position of enlightenment."

Excerpt from the Preface of the
Pictorial Biography of the Ven. Master Hsu Yun,
by Ven. Master Hsuan Hua.