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Pure Mind, Pure Land: A Brief Study of Modern Chinese Pure Land Thought and Movements |
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| Author |
Wei, Tao (著)
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| Date | 2007.01 |
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| Pages | 87 |
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| Publisher | McGill University |
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https://www.mcgill.ca/
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| Location | Montreal, Canada [蒙特婁, 加拿大] |
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| Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Degree | master |
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| Institution | McGill University |
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| Department | Religious Studies |
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| Advisor | Dr. Victor Sogen Hori |
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| Abstract | The present study aims to examine the modern Chinese Pure Land thought and movements, which are part of the general context of reforms that involved the whole Chinese Buddhist community starting from the beginning of the 20th century. In this study, I examine (1) the socio-political context of modern China when Chinese Buddhist communities began to re-think their traditions and reform monastic education, under the influence of socio-political chaos and Western culture; (2) Ven. Yinguang's (1861--1940) syncretism of Pure Land thought with Confucian ethical teachings, which promoted a more secular and lay movement in response to Western influence; (3) Ven. Yinshun's (1906--2005) critical Pure Land thought which went back to early Indian Buddhism to clarify some teachings which had been corrupted during the transmission of Buddhism to China; (4) modern movements influenced by their thought. According to Robert Bellah, there are two kinds of response of Asian traditional elites to modernization: neotraditionalism and reformism. Based upon my analysis of modern Chinese Pure Land thought and movements, I argue that this dichotomy is not mutually exclusive; the two categories can overlap. Yinguang and Yinshun were both neotraditionalist and reformist. |
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| Created date | 2023.03.13 |
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| Modified date | 2023.03.13 |
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