Hsin Pei - Name

Name

After being elected Chairman of the Fo Guang Shan Religious Affairs Board, more commonly known as the "Chief Abbot" of Fo Guang Shan worldwide, that the then-Ven. Hui Han began to use the Dharma name Most Venerable Hsin Pei. This follows a tradition established by the former abbots of Fo Guang Shan, Hsin Ping and Hsin Ting whereby rather than using one's Dharma name, the abbot uses their "inner name" instead. All the monastics ordained in Fo Guang Shan also have an inner name which begins with the character "Xin" (心) meaning "heart" or "mind".