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| The Ch' an-pure Land Syncretism in China: With Special Reference to Yung-ming Yen-shou (Buddhism) | ||
| 作者 | Shih, Heng-ching |
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| 出版日期 | 1984 |
| 頁次 | 404 |
| 出版者 | The University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.wisc.edu/ |
| 出版地 | Madison, WI, US [麥迪遜, 威斯康辛州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| 畢業年度 | 1984 |
| 關鍵詞 | 中國佛教=Chinese Buddhism; 佛性=Buddhahood=Buddha-gotra=Buddha Nature=Buddha-dhatu; 修行方法=修行法門=Practice; 淨土=Pure Land |
| 摘要 | This dissertation is a historical, doctrinal and textual study on the process of Ch'an-Pure Land syncretism in China. The process was rooted in pre-T'ang Buddhism, culminated at the end of T'ang and has remained a predominant feature throughout post-T'ang Buddhism. It produced a unique form in Chinese Buddhism which reflected the Chinese characteristic of harmonization, and represented a Sinicized implementation of Mahayana doctrines and an outcome of some circumstantial historical and social factors. It stood for an egalitarian approach to liberation which especially appealed to the masses. The instrumental figure responsible for Ch'an-Pure Land syncretism is Yung-ming Yen-shou (904-975), a Ch'an patriarch and Pure Land practitioner.Chapter one examines (1) the meaning of religious syncretism, (2) the Chinese characteristics of reconciling and harmonizing, and (3) the syncretic tendency within Buddhism itself. Chapter two contextualizes the Ch'an-Pure Land syncretic thought within the larger framework of Mahayana thought in the light of the Buddha nature (Buddha-gotra) doctrine. It then deals with the interactions between Ch'an and Pure Land Schools in the pre-T'ang period. To both traditions which served as a doctrinal basis and made the syncretism possible in theory and in practice.Chapter three examines the socio-political background of Yung-ming's life, which contributed to his advocacy of an egalitarian approach to human liberation. Chapter four is devoted to Yung-ming's life and religious practices. Chapter five investigates Yung-ming's thought. Chapter six assesses the influence of Ch'an-Pure Land syncretism on Chinese Buddhism. The conclusion is that due to its harmonizing, inclusive, practical and egalitarian nature, Ch'an-Pure Land syncretism contributed to the survival of Chinese Buddhism and in the popularizing of lay Buddhism.A partial translation of Yung-ming's Wan-shan tung-kuei chi is attached as an appendix. |
| 點閱次數 | 1230 |
| 建檔日期 | 2008.07.03 |
| 更新日期 | 2016.03.14 |
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