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Chinese Models for Chōgen’s Pure Land Buddhist Network
Author Ingram, Evan S.
Source Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies
Volumev.1 Series Four
Date2020
Pages1 - 39
PublisherInstitute of Buddhist Studies
Publisher Url http://www.shin-ibs.edu/
LocationBerkeley, CA, US [伯克利, 加利福尼亞州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteAuthor affiliation: Chinese University of Hong Kong
KeywordChogen; Todaiji; Song Buddhism; Pure Land Buddhism; Pure Land society
AbstractThe medieval Japanese monk Chōgen 重源 (1121–1206), who sojourned at several prominent religious institutions in China during the Southern Song, used his knowledge of Chinese religious social organizations to assist with the reconstruction of Tōdaiji 東大寺 after its destruction in the Gempei 源平 Civil War. Chōgen modeled the Buddhist societies at his bessho 別所 “satellite temples,” located on estates that raised funds and provided raw materials for the Tōdaiji reconstruction, upon the Pure Land societies that financed Tiantai 天台 temples in Ningbo 寧波 and Hangzhou 杭州. Both types of societies formed as responses to catastrophes, encouraged diverse memberships of lay disciples and monastics, constituted geographical networks, and relied on a two-tiered structure. Also, Chōgen developed Amidabutsu 阿弥陀仏 affiliation names similar in structure and function to those used by the “People of the Way” (daomin 道民) and other lay religious groups in southern China. These names created a collective identity for Chōgen’s devotees and established Chōgen’s place within a lineage of important Tōdaiji persons with the help of the Hishō 祕鈔, written by a Chōgen disciple. Chōgen’s use of religious social models from China were crucial for his fundraising and leadership of the managers, architects, sculptors, and workmen who helped rebuild Tōdaiji.
Table of contentsTHE RECORDS OF CHŌGEN’S TRIP TO SOUTH CHINA 4
PURE LAND HALLS IN CHINA AS PROTOTYPES FOR CHŌGEN’S SATELLITE TEMPLES 5
CHŌGEN’S PURE LAND HALLS 14
PRECEDENTS FOR CHŌGEN’S LAY DEVOTIONAL NETWORK IN CHINA AND JAPAN 17
CHŌGEN’S RELIGIOUS NETWORK 21
PRECEDENTS FOR AMIDABUTSU NAMES AND LAY TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA 28
CHŌGEN’S AMIDABUTSU RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION CHARACTERS AND THE INNER NETWORK 31
RATIONALE AND SIGNIFICATION OF CHŌGEN’S AMIDABUTSU NAMING PRACTICE 35
CONCLUSIONS 38
ISSN08973644 (E)
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Created date2021.02.20
Modified date2021.03.02



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