「人間佛教」在台灣的發展 － 以佛光山「回歸本來面目」之教育為核心的探討=The Development of "Buddhism for the Human World" in Taiwan -- Discussion on the Fo Guang Shan's Education of "Return Unto the Came Face"
星雲大師=Venerable Master Hsing Yun; 佛光山=Fo Guang Shan Monastery; 人間佛教=Humanistic Buddhism; 回歸本來面目=return to the original self; 佛陀本懷=return to the original intention of the Buddha
Venerable Master Hsing Yun was born in Chiangdu, Chiangsu Province. Before arriving in Taiwan in the spring of 1949, he had undertaken formal monastic trainings at various Buddhist monasteries such as Jin Shan, Jiao Shan and Chi-hsia Shan Temple which were renowned for their Chan, Pure Land and Vinaya traditions. He was the chief editor of magazine “Human Life”and other publications and built Ilan Buddhist Chanting group in 1952 which was the beginning and the foundation of propagating the Dharma in Taiwan . He established Fo Guang Shan Monastery in 1967 to preach Humanistic Buddhism, fully dedicated in promoting Humanistic Buddhism through education, culture, charity and cultivation. Since then, over 200 branch temples have been established worldwide. Also established were art galleries, libraries, publishing houses, bookstores, a free mobile medical clinic, Satellite TV Channel 'Beatuiful Life TV(BLTV) ', Buddhist colleges, high schools, universities and colleges. Year 2000 saw the first issue of the newspaper Merit Times which is the first Buddhist Daily newspaper in Taiwan. A bimonthly magazine“Universal Gate Buddhist Journal”was issued in 2001, at the same time, the Dharma Tripitaka Collection was published, which contains scholars ' theses, dissertations and research papers on Buddhist studies in Chinese Language all over the world. The philosophy of Humanistic Buddhism of Venerable Master Hsing Yun is that Buddhism serves as the guiding ethics to follow and practice for everyday life from cradle to the crave，not only for the death. Popularizing the experience of enlightenment of returning to the original self must be a great contribution to purifying our minds and improving civic morality. A Buddhist must adhere to Buddhist Etiquette as the important code of conduct in the life. If so, it will be the best interpretation of “A Buddhist way of life and A life way of Buddhist”.(Venerable Master Hsing Yun (2013)The Development of Humanistic Buddhism, page 323.) Venerable Master Hsing Yun interprets Humanistic Buddhism in a new way as it is taught by the Buddha, needed by human beings, pure, virtuous and beautiful, which means the Buddhism returns to the original intention of Buddha. Documentary analysis and in-depth interviews of qualitative research are chosen as the study method of this dissertation. The study explored the spirit of“Humanistic Buddhism”which is constructed and practiced by Venerable Master Hsing Yun. Especially, to find out the most original power ----“Return to the original self”to present the core of“Humanistic Buddhism”spirit.
