Barend ter Haar teaches Chinese studies at the University of Hamburg, with a strong focus on cultural and religious history.
關鍵詞
Pure Land=jingtu=淨土; Amitābha=Amituofo=阿彌陀佛; Yijian zhi=夷堅志; baojuan=寶卷=previous scrolls
摘要
In their inscriptions for the halls of the White Lotus movement in the Southern Song and Yuan period, literati criticized the adherents for imagining the Pure Land as something concrete and tangible. They saw it more as an inner goal or state. Nonetheless, for many the Pure Land was a very concrete place that could be reached in a variety of ways. In this paper I will investigate how the Pure Land was imagined, in miracle stories, ritual practices and the writings of new religious groups.
目次
Introductory Comments 145 The Palatial Paradise 147 The Lotus Pond 150 The Actual Geography 156 The Hope for the Pure Land 158 Performing the Pure Land 163 New Ideas about Amitābha 168 Concluding Comments 172 Bibliography 173
