Author: Associate professor, Religion and Philosophy Department, Hong Kong Baptist University
目次
I. Introduction 25 II. Yin Shun and His Pure Land Studies 25 1. Yin Shun and His Pure Land Documents 25 2. Yin Shun’s Understanding of “Pure Land” 26 III. Yin Shun’s Criticisms of Pure Land Practitioners 27 1. Different Pure Lands 28 2. Functionality: A Compromise Approach 29 3. The Problem of Amitabha Buddha 30 4. Problems of Practitioners: Self-Power, Other-Power, and Issues of Purity 30 5. Paths of Cultivation 32 6. Objectives of Cultivation 34 7. The Easy and Difficult Approaches 35 IV. Assessment of Yin Shun’s Arguments 36 1. The Basis of Yin Shun’s Teachings: A Return to India? 36 2. The Way of Preaching: Buddhism in the Human Realm 39 3. The Ways of Cultivation: Compassion and Wisdom 40 V. Conclusion 41
