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{{Short description|Taiwanese Buddhist monk (born 1944)}}
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|name = Hsin Ting<br />心定
|image = Venerable Hsin Ting At Hsi Lai Temple, 2012.png
|caption = Hsin Ting in 2012
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|dharma_name = Zhi Du (智度; Novice name)<br />Hui Hsi (慧熙; Outer name)
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|02|02}}
|birth_place = [[Yunlin County]], [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Taiwan]]
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|religion = [[Buddhism]]
|school = [[Fo Guang Shan]]
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|teacher = [[Hsing Yun]]
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|predecessor = [[Hsin Ping]]
|successor = [[Hsin Pei]]
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'''Hsin Ting''' ({{zh|c=心定和尚|p=Xīndìng Héshàng|poj=''sim-tēng hô siōng''}}; born February 2, 1944) is a Buddhist monk from [[Taiwan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/08/31/10/buddhists-catholics-pray-hostage-crisis-victims|title=Priest urges 'no whitewash, no scapegoat' in bus siege probe|date=August 31, 2010|publisher=ABS-CBN News|accessdate=27 February 2011}}</ref> and senior elder of the [[Fo Guang Shan]] order. He served as the third [[abbot]] and director of the order from 1997 to 2005. He served as acting abbot for three years after the death of his predecessor, [[Hsin Ping]], in 1995. From 2004 to 2010, Hsin Ting served as the president of [[Buddha's Light International Association]]. Hsin Ting was later appointed the abbot of Tai Hua Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, assisting in overseeing the construction project for Fo Guang Shan's satellite branch temple in Southeast Asia.

==Biography==
Hsin Ting was born in [[Yunlin County]]. He was born into a family of farmers and grew up in the country. In 1968, he became a monastic under Master [[Hsing Yun]] and took full ordination the following year in [[Keelung]]. Hsin Ting graduated from the Eastern Buddhist College and the India Research Institute of the Chinese Cultural University. He further received an honorary doctorate degree from the Fo Guang Shan-affiliated [[University of the West]] in [[Rosemead, California]] in 1998.

Prior to his abbotship, Hsin Ting held a variety of high posts, such as the secretary of Fo Guang Shan's Religious Affairs Committee, Managing Director of the Ilan Buddhist Society, President of the American Buddhist Youth Association, Vice President and later President of the BLIA chapter in Taiwan. He also served as abbot at Long Hua Temple in Malaysia, [[Hsi Lai Temple]] in California, Pu Men Temple in Taipei, and Pu Hsien Temple in Kaohsiung. Outside of Fo Guang Shan, Hsin Ting serves as a board member at the Humpty Dumpty Institute in New York City and as vice chair of the board of trustees at University of the West.

Upon the sudden death of Hsing Yun's eldest disciple and abbot, Venerable [[Hsin Ping]], Hsin Ting was immediately promoted to the said position, and served the rest of Hsin Ping's term until 1997, when he was unanimously elected abbot that same year. His term as abbot ended in 2005 when Venerable [[Hsin Pei]] was elected to succeed him. Along with Master Hsing Yun, he regularly gives dharma lectures and presides over Buddhist ceremonies on behalf of Hsing Yun. To accommodate his visits to the United States, Hsin Ting became a [[United States citizen]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehdi.org/press/press-releases/NewDirectorHsinTing.htm|title=The Humpty Dumpty Institute Welcomes An Additional New Director|date=24 May 2012|publisher=The Humpty Dumpty Institute|accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, Hsin Ting launched a personal [[Facebook]] page as well as a [[YouTube]] channel for the purposes of reaching out to younger Buddhists.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.facebook.com/shihhsinding Ven. Hsin Ting's Facebook]
*{{YouTube|user=shihhuigu|title=Ven. Hsin Ting}}

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{{succession box|title=[[Buddha's Light International Association]] President|before=[[Wu Poh-hsiung]]|years=2004 - 2010 |after=Chen Miao-sheng}}
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