The Dharma Gate in Cundī is an incomparably sacred method, which has been passed down for centuries. That’s because innumerous ancient Buddhas have become enlightened Buddhists by having long practiced the Dharma Gate in Cundī. In order to mercifully coddle all the future mortal beings, Sakyamuni Buddha preached the incredibly unique approach, “Cundī-Mantra”, for the purpose of saving scarcely-blessed mortal beings from being deserted in the evil environment. Sakyamuni Buddha endeavored to turn human beings’ igNorance into a peaceful and tranquil mind, stupidity into enlightenment, and common people into sanctification so as to achieve great wisdom and to become supremely awakened.
The main research area of this paper is based on the Dharma Gate in Cundī and its propagation in contemporary Taiwan, and is separated into the following parts. Firstly, the researcher explains the motivation and the structures of the research. Secondly, it discusses the study of the Dharma Gate in Cundī, including the very reasons why and how the Dharma Gate in Cundī was spread into China since the Tang Dynasty, the masters who were responsible for spreading the Dharma Gate in Cundī in China and their relevant backgrounds, and the general situation of their interpretation on the Dharma Gate in Cundī. And then the researcher engages in the ideological analysis of the Dharma Gate in Cundī system, and compares and discuss their similarities and differences. After that, the researcher continues to discuss the source and its development of the Dharma Gate in Cundī. At last, this paper discusses both the authentic practices of the Dharma Gate in Cundī in contemporary Taiwan and the different ways of carrying out the same beliefs in the Dharma Gate in Cundī? Under the divergent cultural backgrounds will the author organize, analyze and explore the ways of propagation and inheritance on the Dharma Gate in Cundī.
The direction of the research in the future is expected to be based on the process of the real practices from the practitioners. And thus, the in-depth research about the Dharma Gate in Cundī will follow suit as the spiritual sign for propagating the Dharma Gate in Cundī. Hopefully, this paper will provide something worth studying in the field of an academic research.
