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Exploring the Future of Buddhism through a Historical Perspective: Tzu Chi Buddhism as a Case Study |
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何日生 (著)=Her, Rey Sheng (au.)
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The Yin-Cheng Journal of Contemporary Buddhism=印證佛學期刊
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| Volume | v.1 n.1 |
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| Date | 2023 |
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| Pages | 149 - 198 |
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| Publisher | Cambria Press |
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https://www.cambriapress.com/
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| Location | New York, US [紐約州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Affiliation: Harvard University, USA. |
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| Keyword | Tzu Chi; Buddhism; Venerable Master Yinshun; Venerable Master Cheng Yen; Max Weber; monastic community; altruism; enlightenment; Śramaṇa; upoṣadha; Dharma; interdependent arising; Economy of Goodness; Aśoka; Brāhmaṇa; Law of Manu; Sectarian Buddhism; equality; Gupta Empire; Mahāyāna Buddhism; Lonely Elder; decline of lay people; Zen; Indian Buddhism; Venerable Master Taixu; Compassion; bodhisattva; public; Tzu Chi Studies |
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| Abstract | This paper discusses the future of Buddhism through a historical perspective, using Tzu Chi Buddhism as a case study. It explores why Buddhism came to an end in India and declined in China in the Ming and Qing dynasties, after one thousand nine hundred years of existence. It argues that with the origin of Buddhism in India two thousand six hundred years ago, the Buddha transformed the mysticism of Brahmaṇism into rational moral practice, emphasising the Eightfold Path and the Four Immeasurable Minds. The paper argues that the demise of Indian Buddhism in the thirteenth century can be attributed to the fact that, in its middle and late stages, Indian Buddhism overemphasised abstract philosophy of mind and monastic self-cultivation, and did not fully establish a universal “knowledge system” and “value system.” Shifting to the contemporary period, it discusses how Tzu Chi Buddhism has responded to this history, building an organisation of lay followers over the past fifty years that has become one of the most rigorous groups of lay Buddhist followers in the world. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 149
Keywords 149
Preface 149
Social Issues in India at the Time of the Buddha 151
The Buddha’s Solution to His Age 152
Buddhist Monasticism and Teachings 153
The Buddha’s Concern for the Human World 156
The Ideal of Lay Followers in Early Buddhism 159
Aśoka’s Buddhist Kingdom 161
The Characteristics of Sectarian Buddhism 164
The Worldly Concern of Mahāyāna Buddhism 166
The Age of Buddhism alongside Brahminism 169
The Demise of Buddhism in India 171
Southern Buddhism’s Enlightenment in the Human World 174
Buddhism and the Secular World in China 175
The Transformation of Buddhism for the Human World 180
The Establishment of the Tzu Chi School of Buddhism 185
The Influence of Tzu Chi on the Development of Buddhism 187
The Future Establishment of Buddhism and Tzu Chi 189
The Challenge of Tzu Chi Buddhism 190
The Vision of Tzu Chi Buddhism 193
Abbreviations 194
Bibliography 194 |
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| ISSN | 29965640 (P); 29965659 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.15239/ycjcb.01.01.06 |
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| Created date | 2024.09.30 |
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| Modified date | 2024.10.04 |
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