飛錫=Feixi; 常不輕菩薩=cultivation of Bodhisattva Never Disparaging; 阿彌陀佛=mindfulness of Buddha Amitābha; 念佛三昧=nianfo samādhi
摘要
The Tang dynasty is often considered as the golden age of Buddhism while various Buddhist doctrines and schools were established and flourishing. Feixi was a famous Buddhist master in doctrinal study at that time. His work of Nianfo Sanmei Baowanglun 念佛三昧寶王論 (The Treatise on the Mindfulness of the Buddha as the Jewel King of Samādhi) that contains three fascicles: “mindfulness of future Buddhas,” “mindfulness of contemporary Buddha,” and “penetrating mindfulness throughout the three periods of time, none is not the Buddha”, presents his unique idea of the cultivation of nianfo samādhi. The cultivation of nianfo samādhi in the Nianfo Sanmei Baowanglun is based on two cultivations – the cultivation of Bodhisattva Never Disparaging that contained in the Lotus Sutra, and the pratyutpanna samādhi. Feixi’s integration of the doctrines and cultivations of Tiantai, Chan and Pure Land is not only has great influence to the future generation of Pure Land practice, but also sets the trend of cultivation in Buddhism.
目次
Abstract i Dedication ii Acknowledgement iii Table of Contents iv Chapter One Introduction 1 Approach/methods 5 Literature Review 5 Chapter Two The Life of Feixi and Structure of the Baowanglun 7 The Life of Feixi 7 Feixi’s study of Buddhism 8 Career in Translation 9 Achievements 11 Works of Feixi 12 The Text of Baowanglun 13 Structure of the Baowanglun 13 Objective of the Baowanglun 20 Chapter Three The Mindfulness of Future Buddha 24 Mindfulness of Future Buddhas in the Baowanglun 25 The role of mindfulness of future Buddhas in attainment of the nianfo samādhi 26 The cultivation of the mindfulness of future Buddhas 27 The importance of mindfulness of future Buddhas 35 Chapter Four Mindfulness of Contemporary Buddha 45 Mindfulness of the Contemporary Buddha in the Baowanglun 46 The cultivation of the contemporary Buddha in the Baowanglun 48 Refutation of Criticism from Chan practitioners 62 Chapter Five The Nianfo Samādhi in the Baowanglun 69 The role of the last fascicle in the Baowanglun 69 The important cultivations in the nianfo samādhi 71 Integration between Chan and Pure Land 88 Chapter Six Conclusion 94 Bibliography 99 Primary Sources 99 Secondary Sources 100
