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創辦人

創辦人-   上惟下覺大和尚本校創辦人    惟覺安公老和尚字號知安,法名惟覺,四川省營山縣人。一九六三年於基隆十方大覺禪寺 上靈下源長老座下披剃。其後,至台北縣萬里山中掩關潛修十餘年。後因產業道路興建,嚮師德風者日增,於是在諸方殷請下,就地闢建靈泉寺。隨著弟子人數增加,為安僧度眾,進而創建中台禪寺。

佛法乃心靈的教化,教育是百年樹人的千秋大業,在老和尚的慈悲引領下,以佛法教育化落實僧眾教育、社會教育與學校教育,並依此作為推廣佛法的主要方向。 老和尚為弘揚佛法、淨化人心、安定社會,積極於海內外各地廣設精舍,推動禪修;經常應邀至各大專院校、機關團體演講開示;定期舉辦禪七,指導學人契 悟心源,迄今於海內外已達數百餘期。為令佛法弘傳不絕,培育法門龍象,創建中台佛教學院。

為因應時代變遷,使下一代有良好的教育,樹立國民教育優良典範, 大和尚繼續不斷的腳步,積極興辦普台國民中小學,將佛法的平等、慈悲、智慧等精神,融入 學校教育,培育社會的精英、國家的棟樑、世界的公民。自一九九八年起,歷經六年建設,普台中小學於二○○四年八月廿九日正式開學。創校自今,普台學子豐碩的學習成果、優異的表現,更使 老和尚的前瞻遠矚不證自明。

繼普台國民中小學後,歷經六年半的籌備申請,普台高中在二○○七年五月二十六日舉行新建工程動土奠基大典,於二○○九學年度招收新生,貫徹十二年一貫的教育系統。
 

About the Founder

The founder of Pu Tai the Venerable Master Wei Chueh (the Grand Master) was born in Ying Shan, Sichuan Province of China. In 1963, he was ordained as a novice under the Venerable Master Lin Yuan at the Shi Fan Da Jue (Great Enlightenment) Chan Monastery in Keelung, Taiwan and given the Dharma name Zhi’an Wei Chueh. Later on, he went on solitary practice in various monasteries and also a hut on the secluded mountains of Wanli in northern Taiwan for more than a decade. Over time, as the area became more accessible, more and more people came to seek the wisdom of this eloquent Buddhist master. Urged by followers to share his Dharma teaching with more people, the Grand Master decided to build a monastery. After a long time of hard toil together with his disciples, Ling Quan Chan Monastery was finally established at where his hut used to be. Before long, Ling Quan could no longer accommodate the growing number of practitioners, so he started a plan to build Chung Tai Chan Monastery in Puli, Nantou-in the heart of Taiwan, which was inaugurated in 2001.
 
Dharma is the cultivation of the mind, and education is a lifelong process of learning and self-growth. Out of deep compassion for all people, the Grand Master was devoted to spreading the Dharma through three domains -- Sangha education, social education and school education, guiding practitioners how to integrate Buddhist teachings into life. In order to make Dharma available to as many people as possible and thereby creating a better, more stable society, the Grand Master established Chan meditation centers all over Taiwan and aboard. He was frequently invited to give Dharma lectures at universities and various organizations. Besides, he conducted Chan-7 retreats annually, showing participants the way to realize their intrinsic self nature. Having the inheritance and spreading of the Dharma in mind, the Grand Master emphasized the importance of monastic education and thus founded the Chung Tai Buddhist Institute.
 
In keeping with the changes of the times, and with a view to providing high-quality education for future generations as well as creating a premium model for schooling, the Grand Master founded the Pu Tai boarding schools (grades 1-12), in which the Buddhist spirits of equality, compassion and wisdom are integrated into the education of students, whom we expect to be future pillars of the society and citizens of the globe. Pu Tai Elementary school opened in 2004, Junior High in 2006, and Senior High in 2009, the 12-year educational system thus completed. Up to now, Putai students’ outstanding performance and achievements are the living legacy of the Grand Master’s aspiration.

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