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The Influence of Indian and Buddhist Elements in Medieval China: A Study of Buddha’s Birthday Celebrations In Luoyang during the Northern Wei dynasty
The Buddha’s birthday festival reached an unprecedented level of grandeur during the rule of Northern Wei when its capital was at Luoyang (495 to 534 CE). Buddhism was indigenous to neither the rulers nor the native Han Chinese. Yet, the Buddha’s birthday celebration on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month became a popular ritual in which the entire city participated. This paper studies a particular phenomenon in this public ritual, the use of carriages in image processions, tracing the heritage of these carriages back to the religion’s land of origin, India, and their literary sources. The intention of this paper is to study the reasons for such phenomenal success, in particular as they relate to the functional role of a religious festival and how the tenets of a religion can enable itself to be popular and sustainable. The Buddha’s birthday is a relevant case study because over 1,500 years later, countries such as Cambodia, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam continue to celebrate it as their public holiday.
佛誕節浴佛暨三皈五戒法會
佛誕節浴佛暨三皈五戒法會 Buddha’s Birthday Celebration and Triple Gem Refuge and Five Precepts Ceremony
佛教三寶節首場論壇 探討佛陀的神、人定位
題論壇「佛何須沐浴：是神人還是哲人」，5月20日於佛館大覺堂舉行。 人間佛教研究院 佛教三寶節首場論壇 探討佛陀的神、人定位 佛教三寶節首場論壇 探討佛陀的神、人定位 佛光山住持心保和尚闡述每一年佛誕節「浴佛」的意義，期盼大眾在浴佛當下清淨身口意、去除貪瞋癡，在灌沐如來的同時也清淨自己的心。 本次論壇由如常法師主持，以星雲大師著作《釋迦牟尼佛傳》一書為與談內容，共同探討佛陀的身分定位及對人間佛教傳播的影響力。 人間社記者李慧琳 「2023年人間佛教信仰系列——佛教三寶節」首場主題論壇「佛何須沐浴：是神人還是哲人」，5月20日於佛館大覺堂盛大登場，此系列活動由佛光山、佛陀紀念館與佛光山人間佛.....
