Personal Profile:
Ming Yi (明一; pinyin: Míngyī) (b. 1970) is a lay Buddhist from the Mahayana tradition. He is the founder of Guangdong Guangji Charitable Foundation, president of Nanhai Renxiao Psychological Consulting Company, president of the Luoding Buddhist Association, managing director of Guangdong Buddhist Association, president of Foyuan Magazine Company of Luoding, vice-chairman of Maoming Buddhist Association, member of People's Political Consultative Conference of Maoming and Luoding, and member of Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.
Ming Yi was born in Nanhai, Guangdong Province, China, under the birth name of Zhang Ming-fang (Zhāng Míngfāng 张明芳). He spent twenty years studying Buddhism and Philosophy under the guidance of Master Benhuan, Master Foyuan and Master Haitao, and formally acknowledged Master Dayuan as his master.
Ming Yi is well known for using modern technology to spread the Buddha's teachings for more than eight years. His over-thousand lectures are recorded on audio, video tapes and CDs for wide distribution in many temples, including many Buddhist temples and centers where people can pick up books to distribute to other places.
In recent years, Ming Yi has emphasized the Buddhism culture, social charity, morality and family harmony, social stability promotion. Countless people listened to his dharma lectures and launched long-term charity for many elderly people and the dropouts in various areas. In 2008, Ming Yi raised support for establishing schools in Sichuan earthquake areas over 100,000 yuan, and raised a funding over 600,000 yuan to set up Luoding Primary School. He has sponsored with medicaments and the printing and the distribution of Buddhist texts over 200,000 yuan each year. Up to the year of 2012, he has raised charity donations over 10 million yuan.
Charity event record in 2012:
Jan 1, 2012
Fundraised for Maoming poverty alleviation and medicaments donation for 70,000 yuan
Jan 4, 2012
Together with Maoming Religious Affairs Bureau, sent New Year’s greetings and distributed red packets and gifts to the poor households in Maonan District
Feb 27, 2012
Donated 100,000 yuan to the Luoding Shuangdongbaihe Primary School for campus construction; donated 5,000 yuan to a scalded boy named Jian in Jiayi Town in the afternoon
Mar 1, 2012
Assigned Luoding Buddhist Association to express sympathy for couple Wang Weixin with profound friendship and 5,000 yuan
Mar 22, 2012
Donated 100,000 yuan to Maoming minority area for the "reemployment project"
Apr 13, 2012
Contributed 2,000 yuan to a kid with cancer in Luoding
May 23, 2012
Led the Luoding Buddhist Association members to show sympathy for the Luoding City Welfare Institute on children's Day with 2,000 yuan and presents
Jul 1, 2012
Invited to the celebration of inaugurating a new office building of Yuan’an Village in Luoding and donated 5,000 yuan in cash and a computer worth of 5,000 yuan to support the village work
Sep 7, 2012
With party members of Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee and members of Luoding Buddhist Association, visited Luoding Shuangdongbaihe Primary School and send holiday greetings to teachers and students with 10,000 yuan
Sep 10, 2012
With party members of Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee and members of Luoding Buddhist Association, visited No. 33 Primary School of Luojing Town and send holiday greetings to teachers and students with 10,000 yuan plus 500 yuan for stationeries; also visited Santun Primary School of Luojing Town and Yuanshan Primary School with consolation money 100 yuan per person and a box of moon cakes for each (totally worth of 3,700 yuan)
Sep 21, 2012
With party members of Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee and members of Luoding Buddhist Association, visited Luoding City welfare for the Mid-Autumn Festival condolences; Ming Yi send holiday wishes and greetings to the teachers, and presented 2,000 yuan and moon cakes, noodles, oil, biscuits, fruit as gifts
Sep 23, 2012
With members of Luoding Buddhist Association endowed Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to Five Guaranteed elderly people in Luojing Town, including moon cakes, rice and oil, with total value of 6,500 yuan
Awards:
In 2010, “Individual Advanced Model” of maintaining national solidarity of Maoming City
In 2010, won the honorary title of "Ten Stars of Respecting of the Elderly" （the third annual) by Guangdong Aging Committee
In 2011, “Individual Advanced Model” of sponsoring Luoding Education
In 2011, “Individual Advanced Model” of "Tens-Hundreds-Thousands" poverty alleviation awarded by Guangdong Religious Committee
In 2011, won the honorary title of "National Stars of Revering the Elders"
In 2012, “Individual Advanced Model” of sponsoring Luoding Education