日常老和尚=Jih Chang; 儒佛融合=Confucianism-Buddhism; 《菩提道次第廣論》=The Great Treatise On The Stages Of The Path To Enlightenment; 《論語》=The Analects of Confucius; 《孝經》=Filial Piety
Jih Chang was an old master with strictly obeyed the Commandment, well understood Tripitaka, zealous conduct in his life, moreover he was highly praised by the Buddhism and educational circle. “Lift up the Buddhism vocation, and Confucian culture on his own shoulder” was his thorough life’s goal, furthermore, it was the most different from the other Buddhism sects. He tried to merge the culture of the Tibetan and Chinese, then fused the Buddhism and Confucianism into one. During his whole life, he worked toward to realize his thought and has being brought the deeply influence to Taiwan and the other places of the world. In my thesis, it is the main purpose to resolve three problems, to clarify his belief of the main idea and background of Buddhism-Confucianism thought to Jih Chang; to understand how to merge and explain about the Buddhism-Confucianism meaning; to explore the affection of his Buddhism-Confucianism practice. My research approaches are two, one is annotation of the sutra and the other is to interview and survey. According to my original plan, there are three achievements. The first, it is the only reason that he mixed up the Buddhism and Confucianism to “ spread the Dharma and benefit others”; the second, to analyze four Buddhism-Confucianism interpretations, easily understand and keep the way of “heart to heart”; to emphasize exhaustively the “practice of order”, to combine the sophisticated explanation through “ sutra to the The Analects of Confucius、Filial Piety”. Another hand, to introduce and analyze their learning of Confucianism from the believers and teachers, therefore, the last step is to figure out the impacts of Jih Chang’s practice and thought. There are main four points, one is cosmically extend the Confucian culture; the other is to find a method which are easily to practice and understand by the “ Observe Merits and Appreciate Kindness ”; another is to carry out moral education, to purify people’s inner heart; to rectify the social general mood; the last is to expand the future trend of reconcilement to the Buddhism and Confucianism which can be practiced to set up an Confucian intention experimental school, and the largely impact on the industry and academics.
Even the Master Jih Chang passed away over ten years, The Bliss and Wisdom Group which was established by him, it does still keep his lesson and style to continue doing business of evangelizing and salvation. It can be corroborated that his thought of Confucianism-Buddhism can stand the test of time.
