Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t40.2

v2.c15.s2.t40.2

In 1928, Shih Shu-Lu studied in Minnan Buddhist College. In 1932, he taught in the Sino-Tibetan Teaching College, World Buddhist Academy. In 1936, he went to Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka) along with Wei Huan, Fa Zhou, Hui Song, Wei Shi and other Buddhist monks and learned from Presbyter Pelane Vajrana. In the same year, he was transferred to Visva-Bharati to study Sanskrit and Pali, and was later appointed as a teacher of Chinese culture of Cheena Bhavan. In 1940, he together with Chen Zhongshi et al., welcomed the Chinese Buddhist Delegation in Visva-Bharati. He died in Sarnath, India around 1950.