Mount Putuo 普陀山

Mount Pǔtuó 普陀山 Other names include:

Nearby Locations: Níngbō 寧波 Shànghǎi 上海

Jiāngnán 江南 Region

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Mount Pǔtuó 普陀山 is an island in Zhèjiāng 浙江 province, sacred to the Bodhisattva Guānyīn 觀音 and named after the mythical Mount Potalaka.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Pǔjì Chán Temple 普濟禪寺
• Fǎyǔ Chán Temple 法雨禪寺
  • Yīngcí 應慈 was ordained here in 1898
  • Chúnmì 純密 was tonsured here in 1920
  • Yìnguāng 印光 lived here for many years

Other Notes

• Tàixū 太虛 spent three years in sealed confinement here from 1914
• Chén Yuánbái 陳元白 became a student of Tàixū after hearing him lecture here around 1918
• Miàoshàn 妙善 (1909-2000) spent three years in sealed confinement here in the late 1940s

References and Resources

• Bingenheimer, Marcus. 2016. Island of Guanyin - Mount Putuo and its Gazetteers. OUP.