Venerable Miao Hsi
Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, California

A Buddhist nun with the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order, she has served for four years as the Editor-in-Chief of the English pages of the Merit Times (America) daily newspaper, and the director of both the Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center and Buddha’s Light Publishing in America for three years. Responsible for translating the works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun into English, her translated works include seven volumes of the series, Between Ignorance and Enlightenment, and the two volumes of Dharma Words.

Currently, she is one of the directors of Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, California, in charge of cultural and educational activities, community outreach, and the planner and one of the teachers of the temple’s English Buddhism classes. www.hsilai.org