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Hung Chi-Sung

Ven. Master Hung Chi-Sung

International Zen Master
Committee Director of General of Academic of Chinese Buddhist Association
Distinguished Professor of Chung Hua University.
Artist of "Great Buddha", Guinness World Record's
World's Largest Painting.

Ven. Master Hung Chi Sung is an internationally acclaimed Zen Master, Zen artist, and bestselling author renowned for his profound impact on Zen practice, art, and literature. With a prolific literary output of more than 300 books, he is frequently hailed as the "Michelangelo of the 21st century" and esteemed as the "contemporary Kukai". He currently holds key positions, including Director-General of the Academic Committee of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Distinguished Professor at Chung Hua University, and Chief Advisor of the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute.

Master Hung was invited to Taiwan, America, China, and Europe to lead retreats and give lectures in both Chinese and English, including Harvard University, MIT, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing University, and Fudan University in China, and Taiwan University, and so on.

In 2018, Master Hung finished the largest painting of Buddha in the world (168mX72.5m). The painting is twice the height of the Grand Hotel in Taipei. This painting received the Guinness World Record for the largest painting in the world on June 21, 2019.

Notable Honors:
2009: Certificate of Honor by City of San Francisco for contribution to Zen meditation
2010: Certificate of Honor by the Kingdom of Bhutan for Bodhisattva economics
2019: World’s largest painting certified by The Guinness World Records