From the time the chairman of the "World Top 500" company was forced to abdicate to the return to be arrested for illegal crimes, in about 5 years, Chen Feng's life has experienced great ups and downs, and this time, chanting and meditating may not help him get out of trouble.
On September 24, HNA Group issued an announcement that it had received a notice from the Hainan public security organs that Chen Feng, chairman of HNA Group Co., Ltd., and Tan Xiangdong, ceo, had been taken compulsory measures in accordance with the law for suspected violations and crimes.
On the same day, Gu Gang, head of the joint working group of Hainan HNA Group and secretary of the Party Committee of HNA Group, sent an open letter to HNA Group employees, saying that in the course of 28 years of development, HNA has repeatedly experienced twists and turns, and has repeatedly turned dangers into disasters, "After getting rid of the crisis, many people lost their original intentions, forgot their mission, always thought that the story could be repeated, it was the heavens who gave themselves the opportunity, always put the cause and effect and their own adventure experience on their lips, and the Buddhist scriptures became the guide to direct their actions."
Judging from the situation reported by the media, Chen Feng's addiction to Buddhism has reached the point of almost falling into a rage, and from a common sense point of view, a person who believes in Buddhism must also be tolerant of the world, so why was Chen Feng arrested for committing a crime? In addition, capital is profit-seeking, can not avoid deception, Buddhism is concerned with doing good and charity, these two are embodied in a person, what kind of contradiction will it be?
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"Buddhist" HNA
According to media reports, Chen Feng and another late chairman of HNA, Wang Jian, both believed in Buddhism. Wang Jian was a disciple of the Great Treasure of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, while Chen Feng believed in another sect, the Sakya sect.
It is understood that previously, on the 32nd floor of the top floor of the HNA Group Building, lamas chanted sutras and chanted Buddhas every day, and it is estimated that they were from one of these two sects.
What is good on the top will be worse for the bottom.
The two bosses believe in Buddhism, and everything related to the HNA Group is related to the Buddha.
Architecturally, the new HNA Building is shaped like a cross-legged statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, and the thirteen floors of the triangular triangle begin on the middle roof of the front of the building, representing the thirteen-level floating slaughter.
In the office, it is said that the badge of each employee of HNA is to find a senior monk to open the light, the staff to meet with each other to perform Buddhist rituals one-handed, every year will be sent to Shenzhen Hongfa Temple or other well-related monasteries for training, if there are executives who make mistakes, they must be punished to the monastery retreat to meditate, until the written experience can be laid off the mountain. What's more, for a while, when HNA interviewed flight attendants, it would invite some monks and lamas to participate, and these monks and lamas nodded before they could join the company.
HNA will also be involved in some Buddhist-related investments. In 2011, HNA invested in the tourism development of Dahongshan in Suizhou, Hubei Province, one of the focuses was on the renovation of The Ci'en Temple in Dahongshan, and another in The Hongguang Temple, which was once a big fuss in Wenchang, Hainan, is said to have occupied the place of the Confucius Temple for the construction of this temple, causing dissatisfaction among the local people, but later the Hongguang Temple was still built.
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High monk "doorman"?
Although Chen Feng practiced Tibetan Buddhism, he was tightly bound by Chinese Buddhism, the most closely related of which was the Hongfa Monastery in Shenzhen.
It is not known when Chen Feng's relationship with Shenzhen Hongfa Temple began, but it should not be later than 2011, because in June of that year, HNA made the above investment in Suizhou Dahong Mountain, and the abbot of DahongShan Ci'en Temple at that time was the current abbot of Shenzhen Hongfa Temple, Yin Shunda Monk.
Shenzhen's local media circles and financial circles have circulated an interesting story in the early years, one year, Chen Feng and the president of a local listed bank in Shenzhen visited Elder Ben Huan of Hongfa Temple, Chen Feng wanted to worship the elder as a teacher, but the latter politely refused, saying that Chen Zong had no connection with the Buddha, but another president who did not want to worship the teacher was favored by the elders.
However, for unknown reasons, the relationship between Hongfa Temple and HNA is getting better and deeper.
In 2013, the great monk Yin Shun, who succeeded Elder Ben Huan as abbot of Hongfa Temple, gave a lecture to HNA executives.
In 2016, HNA Communications opened a business hall in Hongfa Temple to carry out telecommunications business.
If Elder Ben Huan's attitude towards Chen Feng is true, then the bridge between HNA and Hongfa Temple is in Yinshun Grand Monk. In 2010, the great monk Yin Shun became the president of the Buddhist Association of Hainan Province, and his other identity was the abbot of Wenchang Hongguang Temple, which is now built by HNA.
It can be found on the Internet that the great monks of Yinshun attended events abroad, such as Cambodia and Nepal, and there were HNA Group personnel accompanying them.
It is said that inside the HNA Building, there is a five-star dining club called "Fushun Building", and the words "Fu" and "Shun" are inscribed by Elder Ben Huan and the Great Monk Yin Shun respectively.
In addition to being closely related to the Hongfa Temple, Chen Feng also had an identity to the outside world, that is, a disciple of Nan Huaijin. On the first day of entering the company, HNA employees should learn the "Guide to Traditional Chinese Culture" compiled by Nan Huaijin and the "Employee Manual Rules" compiled by Nan Huaijin, and also recite the "Ten Articles of Common Encouragement of Colleagues" that Nan Huaijin participated in formulating.
There is also a person who has intersected with Ma Yun and Zhao Wei, who was also a guest in Chen Feng's office, and this person is Wang Lin.
On the way to "seeking the Tao", Chen Feng can be said to have visited "famous teachers", and after believing in Buddhism, his piety also exceeded that of ordinary people, eating vegetarian food, wearing plain clothes, and even meditating on a plane, but unfortunately he could not escape the fate of being imprisoned (now it is only taken compulsory measures, but the facts of the crime should have long been grasped by the relevant departments, and it is only a matter of time before he is convicted and imprisoned).
From Chen Feng to other entrepreneurs, why do some entrepreneurs go to the Buddha when they have money? It is estimated that the first is that the money is not coming from the right way, and it is difficult to suddenly get rich, or there is too much money, and I am worried that the water will not be saved.
In fact, if you obey the law and fear the rules, there is no need to ask the Buddha for help, as the Diamond Sutra says, "If Isa sees me and asks me with a voice, it is an evil way, and you cannot see such a thing." ”
From another point of view, Chen Feng went in, and HNA Group was rescued, perhaps chen Feng could finally do the merit.