《藥師經》= Bhaisajyaguruvaidūryaprabhārājasūtra; 現法樂、後世樂及究竟樂=well-being of this world-afterlife and liberation; 人間佛教=Humanism Buddhism; 善巧方便=skillful and convenient
As a mid-late Mahayana Buddhist scripture, the Buddhist thoughts and beliefs in Bhaisajyaguruvaidūryaprabhārājasūtra began to popularize in the Jin-Son Dynasties, and relating hermeneutics reached a climax in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Since then, they have turned back to the folk. Although its Buddhism's thoughts, beliefs, culture has always played an important role and influence n people's common life, the connotation, traits and significance of the unique and profound Buddhism thought of this text have never been fully demonstrated in history. In his lecture about this text in 1934, Master Tai Xu creatively proposed a new interpretation direction of it from the perspective of the theory and practice of humanism Buddhism However, the construction of humanism Buddhism in contemporary Chinese Buddhism is entering a new stage of theory and practice, the Buddhist thought of Bhaisajyaguruvaidūryaprabhārājasūtra contains the possibility to provide the classical basis, ideological rationale and value direction for the theoretical reflection of contemporary humanism Buddhism. To this end, this article first makes a brief introduction to the history of Chinese translation and understanding of this sutra, and then from six aspects, it makes a systematic analysis of this text, especially on its connotation, traits and contemporary values of Buddhist thinking.
