Influences

Each person practising under Celestial Platform comes from different backgrounds and shares the same horizon: promoting a collaborative non-sectarian approach through the lens of the Lotus Sūtra, the Vinaya, and the Bodhisattva Precepts.

We bring the influence of diverse teachers, mentors, and sources that we have personally learned from or who have had significant spiritual impact upon us.

Where the Vinaya is upheld and the Sūtras are preached, the resulting transformation, the Dharma, will be sustained for future generations.

With great compassion, it is our teachers who have preserved and made the Dharma both apparent and relevant in our lives. The root teacher and role models whose footsteps we follow are Śākyamuni Buddha and the Great Bodhisattvas.

We draw inspiration and spiritual support from our discipleship under various teachers. The list is not exhaustive.

Primary Guiding Teachers:

Ven. Elder Huihsuen, Abbot of Hsuen Dharma Center (Shingon)
Teacher Tang Yuling, co-founder of U.L.A. (Tiantai / Pure Land)
Teacher Lin Weifan, co-founder of U.L.A. (Tiantai / Pure Land)

Other Direct Teachers & Influences:

Taiwan
Ven. Elder Zongxing, Abbot of Nanputuosi (Vinaya)
Ven. Elder Benyin, Dean of Nanputuosi (Tiantai / Pure Land)
Ven. Elder Fatzang, Abbot of Wanfosi (Tiantai)

Japan
Dai-Sōjō Imai, Abbot of Tōkō-ji, Chiba (Tendai)
Dai-Sōjō Ichishima, Abbot of Senzōji, Chiba (Tendai)
Kangaku Inagaki, Hōrai Association, Kyōto (Pure Land)
Dai-Sōjō Yabumoto, Abbot of Sekishō-in, Koyasan (Shingon)
Dai-Ajari Kubo, Chiba (Tendai)

USA
The Late Ven. Keisho Leary (Tendai)