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The Construction of Chinese Buddhist Canon With Special Reference To Fo Guang Buddhist Canon
It was in the tenth century that the Chinese imperial court began to carve the entire Buddhist canon onto wooden printing blocks from which large number of xylograph prints could be taken. The first edition of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, which was constructed from 971 to 983 in Chengdu, Shu (current Sichuan Province), is known as Shuben ( 蜀本) or Sichuan edition of the Song dynasty 宋 (960-1279) or Kaibao Canon 開寳藏.
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.
「Dasein」的含義與譯名（「緣在」）——理解海德格爾「存在與時間」的線索
「Dasein」這個詞在海德格爾的《存在與時間》中占有極重要的地位。通過這個Dasein，「存在」（Sein）與「時間」（Zeit）發生了根本性的關聯，從而打開了理解「存在」這個古老但久已被人「遺忘」的問題的「視域」（Horizont）。到目前為止，這個詞在海德格爾著作的中文譯本中被譯為「此在」、「親在」、「定在」等等。眾所周知，任何一個哲學辭彙的譯名都包含著譯者對於原著的理解。對於「Dasein」這個詞來講，情況就更是如此。如何翻譯它牽涉並極大地影響到對於《存在與時間》這本書的理解。所以，下面將先討論它在海德格爾思想中的含義，然後提出一個新的譯名─「緣在」，並說明將「Da」譯為「緣」的理由。
What is the Status of the Doctrine of Dependent Origination?
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Humanistic Religion: From Guodian to Vimalakirti
This paper will argue that the term “Humanistic Buddhism,” which Venerable Master Hsing Yun describes as central to all of Buddhism, is also fundamental to Chinese religion as a collective group. Such an expansion is in keeping with the spirit of his recent publication 365 Days for Travelers: Wisdom from Chinese Literary and Buddhist Classics. Here we see an enlargement of humanism to include a general assessment of Chinese culture. It because of this expansion that this paper uses the term “Humanistic Religion” instead of “Humanistic Buddhism.” Crucial support for the centrality of humanism to Chinese religion comes from it being expressed with the greatest clarity and earliest date in the recently excavated Guodian corpus ( 郭店楚簡). As such, Guodian represents a missing link between Buddhism and other pre-Han religious systems. Venerable Master Hsing-yun sees Humanistic Buddhism as a system that has particular utility for overcoming divisions; as such it is interested in developing the linkages with indigenous Chinese religion that I will be detailing in this paper. Specifically, Humanistic Buddhism: Holding True to the Original Intents of Buddha, states that the schisms which arose after the passing of the Buddha can be overcome with humanism.2 In the publications by Fo Guang Shan I have reviewed so far, however, recently excavated manuscripts have not been considered and this will one of the contributions of this paper.
Three Great Messengers
