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The Buddhist Maritime Silk Road Online Book Launch: the Long-Forgotten Voyage of Trade and Religion Back to Life
yogacara texts, the Guanyin tradition, and the bhikṣuṇī ordination. In short, Buddhism in China and Taiwan today has its major features from the maritime world rather than the caravans. What was the greatest challenge of this study? Since written records for the early years are missing, new data is .....
The Future of Humanistic Buddhism
In the late 1920s, to address the longstanding flaws present in traditional Buddhist practices since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Master Taixu (1889-1947) dedicated his life to Buddhism for human life, which puts an emphasis on and develops life. Since then, his disciples and those he has inspired proposed Humanistic Buddhism, which focuses on the realities of society. In the 1980s, Buddhists on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and in other areas with ethnic Chinese population, actively advocated and practiced Humanistic Buddhism.
The Influence of Humanistic Buddhism in Deepening the Founding Ideals of Community College
As a result of government support at the city and county levels, there has been a significant increase in the number of community colleges in Taiwan, with nearly eighty schools added in recent years. However, education cannot be lacking in regard to its fundamental ideals. An issue of concern among the people preparing to establish community colleges was how to avoid turning the colleges into a disguised form of tuition, while maintaining the primary demand of developing civic consciousness by encouraging community participation.
Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Perspective on Humanistic Buddhism’s Life Education
Venerable Master Hsing Yun is the most important practitioner promoting the development of the contemporary Humanistic Buddhism movement. After arriving in Taiwan, he devoted himself to various causes aimed at maintaining the Dharma in the human world. This has entailed extensive practical efforts for its realization, focused specifically on six aspects: 1. popularizing Buddhism 2. propagating Buddhism 3. Buddhist education 4. establishing culture 5. building Dharma centers and 6. charitable works.
The Key to Promoting Localization is not to ‘Discard’ but to ‘Give’–My View on ‘De-sinicization'
In Taiwan, issues of provincial origin and ethnicity are often intentionally used to manipulate elections. During the March 2004 presidential election, ethnic sentiment was once again provoked to the extent that some people chanted slogans of “localization” and “de-sinicization.” This throws us into doubt. In this era of multiculturalism, when countries are making every effort to absorb other cultures, it is indeed perplexing—and even unfathomable—why some Taiwanese people are moving to “discard” a culture via “de-sinicization.”
Can “Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Values” Increase Social Harmony?
A very good afternoon to Venerable Tzu Hui, the master of ceremony, scholars, and experts from both sides of the Taiwan Straits, and venerables, whom I have come to know and respect. Let me speak standing, as I am still young. Of the close to twenty experts and scholars who are in attendance, the youngest should be Professor Shang, could you please raise your hand?
The Changing Functions of Renjian Fojiao (人間佛教) in Mainland China
Since the revival of Buddhism in the People’s Republic of China following the Cultural Revolution, renjian fojiao (人間佛教), often translated as “Humanistic Buddhism,” has become a very prominent label. It has served as a basic concept for various purposes, from the political self-legitimation of Buddhists, to the revival of traditional(ized) thinking, to religious innovation. It has undergone a continuous process of adaptation to Buddhists’ needs at the moment in question. With its initial role, quite early in the 1980s, emphasized officially by Zhao Puchu 趙朴初 (1907-2000), the president of the Buddhist Association of China (BAC), it became an important element of the statutory purpose of the BAC and developed separately from, but not without the influence of, later dynamics in Taiwan. This article reflects on some of the steps in the 40-year development of what has been declared in the People’s Republic of China as renjian fojiao (“Humanistic Buddhism”). It focuses on its metamorphosis within the context of the BAC’s statutory purpose, asking what the concept has been necessary for and how it might still be relevant today.
Preliminary Study on Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Educational Leadership Style
Over the past fifty years, Venerable Master Hsing Yun has promoted Humanistic Buddhism in Taiwan, and has been devoted to the cause of schooling and education. He has been a prominent educator, having established a large number of education institutions, including comprehensive universities, secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergartens. His style of educational leadership can be summarized as: (1) rooted in Humanistic Buddhism, (2) with a passion for education, (3) good at fundraising for building schools, (4) skillful at appointing specialized professionals to run schools, (5) caring for disadvantaged students, (6) leading in teaching innovation, (7) holding the teaching profession in high esteem, and (8) focused on rebuilding the humanities.
九二一震災聯合公祭驅驚生亡兩利大法會
九二一震災聯合公祭驅驚生亡兩利大法會 Taiwan September 21st Earthquake Dharma Service
