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水、林松年、林長青、馬騰等居士禮請,到宜蘭雷音寺宣講《觀世 音菩薩普門品》,此後在宜蘭、高雄等地輾轉弘法,事業和聲名日 漸鵲起。四十一歲時(1967),購得高雄縣大樹鄉麻竹園二十餘 甲山坡地,開始佛光山道場的創建工作。此後,也在全台設立大量 的弘法道場。五十二歲時(1978),開始籌創美國西來寺,著力 推動佛教的全球化開展。五十九歲時(1985),依「佛光山組織 章程」退位,樹立「恪遵佛制,薪火相傳,以制度管理,以組織領 導」的現代佛教民主化典範。六十三歲時(1989),應中國佛教 協會趙樸初會長之邀,率僧信四眾五百餘人,赴中國大陸展開為 期一個月的弘法探親。七十歲時(1996),發.....
The Buddhist Maritime Silk Road (5): Conclusion
The study of the spread of Buddhism eastward from the shores of India to the South China Sea is being changed by contemporary views of political history for these regions. No longer is there a goal of describing nation-states, “empires,” that had firm boundaries and centralized governance in a fixed capital city setting. The previous descriptions, of ancient “kingdoms” in control of the three major riverine areas and the islands off the coast of mainland Southeast Asia, are being challenged. Whether it is the Irrawaddy River of Myanmar, the Chao Phraya basin of Thailand, the Mekong Delta of Vietnam and Cambodia, or the islands and peninsula of Malaysia and Indonesia, significant shifts are occurring in our understanding of how these areas were governed in the past.
最後告別 5 萬人跪別星雲大師
