The Research Of Chinese Buddhism Pure Land Fraction's Education

The Chinese traditional education system is mainly composed of Confucianists education, Taoist education and Buddhism education. Confucianists education played a leading role in the system, the other two educations played auxiliary roles, at the same time, they influenced and permeated each other. China's Buddhism has a lot of sects, Pure land faction is a main faction of them, so its education has occupied the dominant and basic position in Buddhism education field. Although Chinese Buddhism Pure land faction's education was born of primitive Buddhism in ancient India, it's true start in china was by Huiyuan monk during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After then, Chinese Buddhism Pure land faction's education has experienced a more than 1600 years' bold and unconstrained developmental course. It has not only taken shape itself's key scriptures and representative masters during the long and winding course, but also created mature modes of temple and lay Buddhist education, and influenced other Buddhism factions' education profoundly at the same time. Pure land faction's key educational aim is being born to the Land of Ultimate Bliss and its main educational contents are "three kinds good fortune of pure retribution" and it's practicing ways' guiding principles are "confidence, vow and recite Amitabha's name". Compared with other Buddhism factions, the educational aims, contents and practicing ways of Pure land faction's education are more simple and easy, so it is applied by major Chinese Buddhists. Temple and lay Buddhist education are the two main modes of Chinese Buddhism Pure land faction's education. We have clearly founded that "calling a lot of Buddhists to recite Amitabha's name and specialize in Pure land method" and "making Buddhist monastery's pratise combine with Buddhist college education" and "pushing temple education to not only base on itself but also permeat with society" are the main historical tradition and distinctive morden characters of Chinese Buddhism Pure land faction's education after having studied and investigated the two representative temples of Lushan Donglin and Suzhou Lingyanshan. The educational objects of Pure land faction's lay Buddhist education are mainly formed by two kinds of persons, one are the members of the upper strata and the other are the members of low strata, the former is the key component part and the latter is the main component part of lay Buddhists of Pure land faction. The educational organizations of Pure land faction's lay Buddhist education are mainly composed by three forms, they are forming associations, organizing groups and creating lay Buddhist organiazations and so on. The developmental trends and characters of Pure land faction's lay Buddhist education are mainly reflected by the three followings, the first is that lay Buddhists are becoming more and more young and intellective, the second is that means are becoming more and more diverse and scientific, the third is challenges are becoming more and more strong and intense. There has both generalities and differences between Pure land faction education and other Buddhism factions education. Pure land faction education has a great influence upon other Buddhism factions education, the most obvious expression of such influence is all the latters turn to the former.