Program for The XVIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
出版日期
2001.06
出版地
新北市, 臺灣 [New Taipei City, Taiwan]
資料類型
會議論文=Proceeding Article
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
Venue: Dharma Drum Buddhist College. Jinshan, New Taipei City, Taiwan
摘要
The paper is based on a case study of the propagation and dissemination of Master Sheng Yen and Dharma Drum Mountain founded in Malaysia to embark the research on the development of “Chinese” Buddhism in Southeast Asia region, with a hope of contributing in the studies of the history of contemporary dissemination of “Chinese” Buddhism and overseas Chinese’ belief. In this paper, the methods of data collecting and cataloging as well as fieldwork interviews and questionnaire survey would be applied from the perspectives of Buddhist studies. First, this paper will discuss “how Master Sheng Yen goes to Malaysia” which includes three sections: written propagation and dissemination, overseas immersion of devout good men and good women, and his dharma talks and ceremonies of taking a refuge. Then, a brief account of “the establishment of Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhism Information Center in Malaysia” which includes three sections: the footprint of early founding, the current stage of stabilizing, and the conduct of activities. Thirdly, “the local influence of Master Sheng Yen on Malaysian devotees” will be discussed. Questionnaire survey with activity participants or members to discover what Master Sheng Yen has influenced them and how their life as well as the life of oneself has been affected after becoming a devotee of Dharma Drum Mountain. Finally, a discussion on “Buddhist localization thinking” and a tentative discourse on encountering modernity and globalization are in order.
