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His Holiness Grandmaster Professor Thomas Lin Yun

His Holiness Grandmaster Professor Thomas Lin Yun

  • August 11, 2010
  • Berkeley, California
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“I did not know that His Holiness had passed. He was a wonderful man and teacher. I will miss him, but always have very fond memories. ”
1 of 21 | Posted by: Rose Williams - student

“I felt very sad when I learned the news that Professor Thomas Lin Yun past away in Aug., 2010 from my mother-in-law recently. My deepest condolences...Read More » ”
2 of 21 | Posted by: Antony Leung

“Thank you Professor and the Lineage. I was blessed by your bright spirit the weekend after 911 and your twinkle, compassion and wisdom were a true...Read More » ”
3 of 21 | Posted by: Jade Dressler - New York, NY

“One of my many teachers who made a dramatic change in my life. Than you, thank you Thank you ”
4 of 21 | Posted by: kathleen apea - student

“OM OM OM Beloved memories of His Holiness Grandmaster Professor Thomas Lin Yun, who taught me how to live in harmony with myself through loving...Read More » ”
5 of 21 | Posted by: Ljiljana Marinsic

“H.H. Grandmaster Lin Yun always had a twinkle in his eye, even with his "stern' look of admonishment. He has given me tools beyond value, to turn to...Read More » ”
6 of 21 | Posted by: Mary Jacobs - Bozeman, MT

“I first met His Holiness Grandmaster Professor Lin Yun in 2000 and his light and energy will be with me always. I am eternally grateful for the all...Read More » ”
7 of 21 | Posted by: Trish McCabe - Winter Park, FL

“For my wife and I meeting his holiness was a dream come true and the change we experienced in our lives was amazing. We are so happy we got to meet...Read More » ”
8 of 21 | Posted by: Leonard and Sherine de Windt

“The Professor brought enlightment and wisdom to me and to many others globally. I am profoundly grateful for his teachings. I know he is in...Read More » ”
9 of 21 | Posted by: Janet Mitsui Brown - Los Angeles, CA

“In memory of Prof. Thomas Lin Yun UNSHAKEABLE HOPE ...Read More » ”
10 of 21 | Posted by: Lynda Razafin - Old Westbury, NY

“May your memories always guide you, give you strength, and keep Grand Master Lin Yun forever in your hearts. ”
11 of 21 | Posted by: Tatiana

“Dear Grandmaster, I am certain you are resting so tenderly in the arms of Kuan Yin right now... I am profoundly grateful for all I learned from...Read More » ”
12 of 21 | Posted by: Gwynne Warner - Porttland, OR

“Professor Lin Yun helped me when I was very young and I have always remembered him in my heart. I am grown up now and have received my teaching...Read More » ”
13 of 21 | Posted by: Mary

“HIS HOLINESS GRANDMASTER PROFESSOR THOMAS LIN YUN In 1972 a Buddhist priest began to visit the United States teaching the knowledge of the oral...Read More » ”
14 of 21 | Posted by: Carmencita y Juan M. Alvarez - FL

“In 1999 my life changed forever when I launched into a new, and unknown, direction - the study of Feng Shui. Everything I have done since has been...Read More » ”
15 of 21 | Posted by: Hinda Abrahamson - Minnetonka, MN

“Grandmaster Lin Yun stands out as the perfect example of an Enlighted Being, a person with uncomparable compassion and wisdom. He led us into the...Read More » ”
16 of 21 | Posted by: Alice - Taipei , New York, NY

“With deep sympathy I got nptice of the passing of Professor Lin Yun my Great Master. I hope that where he is now he will keep shining his light upon...Read More » ”
17 of 21 | Posted by: David Pinto

“Professor Lin Yun is by far the most compassionate person I ever met. True compassion requires cognition, empathy and knowledge. Due to his...Read More » ”
18 of 21 | Posted by: Robert Birch 柏 龙 宾 - FL

“He has been a master teacher, a friend, a therapist and healer to thousands, bringing light and love to all who crossed his path! He has been a...Read More » ”
19 of 21 | Posted by: Pamela Ticoulat - Santa Cruz, CA

“Professor Lin is leaving a huge hole in the hearts of many of us. I know he has taken his place among the great Buddhas and will inspire us in our...Read More » ”
20 of 21 | Posted by: Carole Hyder - Minneapolis, MN

“What an inspiring man, Professor was! His wisdom and knowledge was so generously shared with everyone to encourage a more peaceful energy for the...Read More » ”
21 of 21 | Posted by: Laurie Pawli - Oak Brook, IL


His Holiness Grandmaster Professor Thomas Lin-Yun is the founder and supreme leader of the contemporary Black Sect Tantric Buddhism at its fourth stage. His teachings are comprehensive, philosophical, and spiritual. It incorporates the essence of Confucianism, Taoism, Yin-Yang philosophy, Eclecticism, Exoteric Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism, I-Ching, Theory of Ch'i, holistic healing, feng shui, and folkloric studies. Professor Lin-Yun is a native of Taichung, Taiwan. His parents, Mr. Lin, Tzu-chin and Mrs. Lin, Ah-chiao, were both descendents of the well-respected Lin Family in Taiwan. Mr. and Mrs. Lin both participated in the anti-Japanese invasion activities of the Taiwan Cultural Association, and because of this, they moved their family to Beijing. Therefore, Grandmaster Lin-Yun was born and raised in Beijing, and began studying Black Sect Tantric Buddhism with his first guru, Lama Da-De at Yong-He Palace when he was six years of age. At age seventeen Professor Lin-Yun left China and returned to Taiwan where he continued his studies under other gurus of Black Sect Tantric Buddhism, such as Master Hui, Chieh-fu and Master Cheng, Kuei-ying. He also studied with many other distinguished philosophers, artists, and Buddhist masters and scholars, such as Professor Cheng, Ti-hsuan. After years of study and meditation, Professor Lin-Yun has achieved profound spiritual insight and abilities, while helping numerous people solve their problems using "transcendental solutions." For more than three decades, Professor Lin-Yun has introduced his profound and insightful teachings, especially Feng Shui, to the West by lecturing at universities and institutions all over the world. His Black Sect Tantric Buddhist Feng Shui School has been practiced widely received wide acclaim and created a trend in America, Europe, and Asia. In 1997, Northern California Graduate University presented Professor Lin-Yun with an honorary doctorate degree in the study of humane psychology. This is to affirm Professor Lin-Yun's commitment to bridge Eastern and Western cultures, as well as the spiritual and mundane guidance Professor Lin has contributed and bestowed to mankind. In 1998, His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, the supreme leader of the Bon religion, which is recognized by the Dalai Lama as one of the five Tantric traditions in Tibet, personally led four high lamas to the United States from India. Their purpose was to conduct enthronement ceremonies, one in Yun Lin Temple in Berkeley, California, and the other in Lin Yun Monastery in Long Island, New York, to officially present Professor Lin Yun the title of "His Holiness" of Black Sect Tantric Buddhism Fourth Stage. This is the first time in the history of Tibetan Bon religion to present such an honor to a Chinese.

As a distinguished philosopher and foremost authority on feng shui, Professor Lin-Yun lectures extensively at the invitation of academic institutions and religious communities all over the world. His audience includes the Parapsychology Society of the United Nations, the Library of Congress, the American Institute of Architects, and leading academic institutions such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Cornell, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Hawaii, University of Minnesota, California Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Wellesley College, Brandeis University, New York Institute of Technology, Oxford University in England, University of Duisburg and University of Munich in Germany, Beijing University, Qinhua University, and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in China, just to name a few. He has also been invited to conduct lectures in England, France, Spain, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, India, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, West Africa, and South Africa, and so on. Professor Lin-Yun was Lecturer at the Yale-in-China Program of the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Visiting Professor at University of San Francisco (1980-81) and Stanford University (1981-82); and a Research Professor for three years at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies at Seton Hall University (1982-85). He has been interviewed by national and local television networks, including CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, FOX, the BBC of England, and major television networks in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Interviews and articles on Professor Lin Yun and his teachings often appear in newspapers, journals, and magazines throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.

In 1986, Professor Lin-Yun founded the Yun Lin Temple in Berkeley, California. It is the first reformist Black Sect Tantric Buddhist temple at its fourth stage in the West. In 1993 the Cultural Center of the Yun Lin Temple was also set up in Berkeley. In 1994 Professor Lin-Yun established the second official temple - Lin Yun Monastery in Long Island, New York, which moved into its present eight-acre site in 1996. Over the years Professor Lin-Yun also set up many sanctuary shrines - Yun Shi Jing She - all over the world. In addition to promoting Buddhist teachings, Chinese philosophies and folkloric cultures, Professor Lin-Yun's temples and shrines also serve to provide blessings and guidance to meet the needs of disciples and people everywhere.