What day do Buddhists think July 19th of the lunar calendar is?

The anniversary of the death of the third Zu Chengyuan master of Pure Land Sect.

Master Cheng Yuan educates all sentient beings, is good at establishing the middle way and teaching at random. There are many people in Conghua, and there are more than a thousand disciples before and after. Meiji, Taoist investigation, detachment, Buddhist photos, etc. , are the best in China. Later, Emperor Daizong accepted Master Fazhao as the national teacher. He also respected Master Chengyuan and gave him gifts, and used the temple where Master Chengyuan lived as a boatyard.

Master Cheng Yuan bid farewell to his disciples on July 19th in the 18th year of Tang Zhenyuan (AD 802) and died peacefully in Mituo Temple at the age of 9 1.

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Pure Land Sect is one of the Buddhist sects in China, which is named after specializing in the Pure Land Method of Amitabha Buddha. Because its founder, Master Hui Yuan, once established the Lotus Society in Lushan Mountain and advocated the pure land of death, also known as Lotus Sect. The actual founder of Pure Land Sect was a good guide master in Tang Dynasty. The ancestors did not inherit the legal system before and after, but were promoted by future generations according to their contribution to promoting the pure land.

In modern times, Master Yin Guang wrote "Praise of the Twelve Ancestors of Lotus", among which Hui Yuan, Shandao, Cheng Yuan, Fa Zhao, Shao Kang, Yan Shou, Chang Sheng, Shu Hong, Xu Zhi, Xing Ce, Shi Xian and Ji Xing were the twelve ancestors of Lotus. The first nine ancestors were almost the same as those in Lotus Nine Ancestors. Later, Master Yin Guang was promoted to the thirteenth ancestor by his family.

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