Kan Cheng-tsung

Assistant Professor, Fo Guang University

佛教現代化的工程—人間佛教的當代適應與詮釋

When Buddhism was transmitted into China over two thousand years ago, during the time of the Han Dynasty, Daoist ritual techniques and arts for achieving immortality were prevalent. As Chinese Republican-period scholar Tang Yongtong pointed out: During the Han period, other than the major rituals of worshipping heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers, there were many other types of sacrificial worship. Prior to the Qin Dynasty, there was already the belief that one must perform specific Daoist ritual techniques and arts in order evoke higher spiritual powers.

Kan Cheng-tsung,Studies on Humanistic Buddhism I：Foundational Thoughts(Kaohsiung:Fo Guang Cultural Enterprise Co. Ltd,2018)263-291.COPY