Ven. Changzhong 常鐘法師 (Shin Lee), a recent MA graduate in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona, wins the 2024 Khyentse Foundation Student Award. The award was granted in an award ceremony hosted by The Department of East Asian Studies (EAS) on May 3rd, 2024. The EAS hosts the ceremony every year to acknowledge the EAS students for their exceptional performance and hard work during the academic year. (To read more about the awards, please visit: https://psee.io/5wu7zl)
Ven. Changzhong has been a Buddhist Bhikkhuni since 2006 and has taught various Buddhist courses to the general public. Her MA thesis is entitled "The Sutra of the Buddha’s Last Teaching and The Revival of Vinaya Studies in the Late Ming Dynasty: Focusing on Zhuhong and his Commentary." This research investigates the origin and significance of the Fo yijiao jing 佛遺教經, particularly focusing on the commentary by Yunqi Zhuhong 雲棲袾宏 (1535-1675). It aims to shed light on the text's development, reception, and Zhuhong's role in reviving the Vinaya in late imperial China through textual and historical analysis. She graduated this May with a Master's degree in East Asian Studies and will become a Ph.D. student at the Department of Religious Studies at Brown University this fall. Congratulations!
The Khyentse Foundation Student Award was set in 2018 at the Center for Buddhist Studies to encourage the University of Arizona graduate and undergraduate students to study Buddhism and its related subjects. Since 2001, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and a team of volunteers have been committed to providing funding for individuals and organizations seeking to make the dharma available to the world.