Master Sheng Yen’s teaching on “Establishing a Pure Land on Earth in the Human Realm” is both subtle and profound in terms of Buddhist doctrine. He advocates the thought of “pure land on Earth” and put the Chan and Pure Land concepts into practice. Analyzing the relationships between them can help us to inspect the establishment of pure land on Earth, which can be an enlightening process. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between Chan and Pure Land thought of Master Sheng Yen, and clarify his comments of variety of “being mindful of the virtues of the Buddha” to compare with ancient patriarchs’ opinions. Whereby investigate the meaning of “Chanting Chan”. This paper criticized the responsibilities of religious teachers, as an explanation approach to discuss the practice of Chan and Pure Land. And then, discuss the way of Master Sheng Yen explained “chanting of the name of Amitābha Buddha”. We explored he used chanting of the name of Amitābha Buddha to aid Chan practice, and used Chan practice to contain Pure Land thought that related to the precedence of Chan practice. As we are making the interpretations of Master Sheng Yen’s “use Chan practice to contain Pure Land thought”, we are to observe the developmental track of his thought among the numerous preceding scholars. In other words, to unfold the access road of his thoughts and distinguish their differences, not only can we linearly but constructively establish his intellectual structures. From the analysis of Master Sheng Yen’s thoughts on the “Chanting Chan”, we can further clarify the implicit meanings and implications of his teaching of pure land on Earth.
