天台智顗的止觀與懺法之研究—以《修習止觀坐禪法要》為中心=Tien-Tai Buddhism Master Zhi-yi Practice Method & Kṣama Study – With ”The Basic Principles of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā Meditation” as the Center
This study addresses and aims to explore and summarize the practice of Tien-Tai Buddhism Master Zhi-yi Practice Method and focus on the book of ”The Basic Principles of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā Meditation” , then demonstrates that the book is significant in benefiting a meditation practitioner. Also, to find out the relevance between two practices Tien-Tai meditation and Kṣama practice. This study mainly discusses and focuses on understanding the relationship Tien-Tai Buddhism practice method of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā Meditation and Kṣama practice. Meanwhile, this dissertation is divided into five sections. In the first one, it describes the motivation, research methodology and the assessment to previous research results. The second section, it discusses the background and development of Tien-Tai Buddhism and the critical role to meditation practitioners of the book of ”The Basic Principles of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā Meditation” by Master Zhi-yi. The third section, summarizes and explains about meditation method, connotation and structure of the book of ”The Basic Principles of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā Meditation” by Master Zhi-yi. The fourth section is to discuss the implication of Kṣama practice in Chinese Buddhism which including the implication of Kṣama in traditional Mahayana Buddhism and Kṣama in Chinese Buddhism; also it discusses the thoughts and meanings of Kṣama to Chinese Buddhism. The final part is the research results and conclusions.
