Educational Philosophy
The name of the university, Huafan, comes from the Chinese characters Hua (華), meaning Chinese culture, and Fan (梵), meaning Buddhism. This is intended to highlight the integration of five thousand years of Chinese culture and three thousand years of Buddhist philosophy to educate people with professional and technical knowledge in order to provide a service to society. Huafan University's goal as an educational institution is to help students improve themselves through self-education, or the "Education of Enlightenment" as advocated by its founder, the Ven. Hiu Wan. This involves self-awakening, self-development, and human-oriented education based on Chinese ethics and Buddhist compassion. Through this path of education, Huafan University’s objectives are to promote its students' academic competency and personal integrity, to help them achieve wisdom and compassion, and ultimately to benefit humankind as a whole. By integrating Hua (Chinese culture) and Fan (Buddhism) in education, these objectives will become one step closer.
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