When he was 38, Chao Ning, who is now a director of the Buddhist satellite TV station LTV and the producer of many Buddhist TV programs, was invited to Houston, Texas to give a lecture. On the plane he happened to meet Buddhist Master Hsingyun of Foguangshan Temple.
目前擔任佛光衛視董事、並且製作許多佛教節目的趙寧透露，他在三十八歲時，有次應邀去美國休士頓演講，在飛機上巧遇佛光山星雲大師。