Li Yuan-sung was educated up to the grade school level. Originally a teacher within the I-Kuan Tao tradition, he began to pursue a Buddhist path after encountering Master Yin-Shun's Wondrous Clouds Collection.
李元松只有小學畢業，原為一貫道講師，讀了印順長老的《妙雲集》之後始轉向佛法，自學成家。