Medicine Buddha Faith From Sui To Tang Dynasties

The Buddha is Bhaiajyaguru in Buddhism and Medicine Buddha Bhaishajyaguru is dedicated to dispel calamities and lengthens life,eliminate sickness and bad luck,get happiness and reborn in the Pure Land,save sentient beings of the Buddha.Medicine Buddha faith are formed within the Buddhist system characterized by a cult pharmacist Buddha religion,the core of worshipped Medicine Buddha,the theory of Medicine Buddha Sutra,the content of twelve great vows,nine ultimely deaths,sustain life and the pure land belief,forming the rituals,the place of religious practice and the worshipped Buddha,believers,temples,religious activities are derived from the complete form of religion and a variety of cultural forms.Chapter 1 analyzes and interprets its thought from the four aspects of The Medicine Buddha Sutra.First,from the perspective of history and culture,it discusses the course of The Medicine Buddha Sutra to be finished,discusses The Abhisekathe Medicine Buddha Sutraan and three extant versions of The Medicine Buddha Sutra,research on the status of translators in the translation system.Second,by comparing the contents of similarities and differences in four versions of The Medicine Buddha Sutra,this paper studies the twelve great vows and nine ultimely deaths.Third,it illustrates The Medicine Buddha Sutra thinking systematically,one is to study the function evolvement of drugs,pharmacists,Medicine Buddha in Buddhist sutras,and it is believes that this is the Medicine Buddha religion culture conditions;another is to study the evolvement of The Medicine Buddha faith,and is to study its main theoretical contents of the faith,and it is noting that these theories are the theoretical core of beliefs.Fourth,studies the Medicine Buddha faith condition before the Sui and Tang Dynasties,which including the origin of the Medicine Buddha faith and spread.Medicine Buddha faith not only in this period the temple started,popular among civilians,but also by the upper class's attention.On the cultivation of one's religion,it observes vinaya and procedure Ritual of the Medicine Buddha,including worship,consecrate,copying and reading,commandments and specific rituals.These acts of faith show the Medicine Buddha faith as a form of religious belief have the necessary conditions.It produced some influences on thinkings and behaviors of people at that time.Chapter 2 researches Annotation of the Medicine Buddha Sutra from Sui to Tang Dynasties.Compared with other Dynasties,the Tang Dynasty of Annotation of the Medicine Buddha Sutra is the most,but retained fruit not more,show the Medicine Buddha faith thriving and these works derived from Consciousness-only.This research from authors,works system,and works content to analyze this period only save of Dunhuang S.2512 Annotation of the Medicine Buddha Sutra,Dunhuang S.2551 Annotation of the Medicine Buddha Sutra,Tai Xian wrote The Medicine Buddha Sutra Vows Explanation II volume,They wrote them on the basis of the different versions,but in reference to Buddhism classics,developed the thought of The Medicine Buddha Sutra,it found that their research is organized around four fundamental aspects,namely the thought of Prajna,Consciousness-only,Pure Land and Nirvana.Through a systematic explanation and demonstration its ideas and terminology,it will realize the perfect blend of the author's research author with the contents of The Medicine Buddha Sutra,and create its work system.These proofs showed the Medicine Buddha faith spreading quickly from Sui to Tang Dynasties.Chapter 3 studies the thoughts of Ritual of the Medicine Buddha in Tang Dynasties.The classics of Ritual of the Medicine Buddha Sutra began to appear during this period,it showed that the study of Medicine Buddha faith starting from theory to practice.Through exploring Atikuta translated Medicine Buddha Mudra Mantra,Yi Xing wrote Medicine Buddha Elimination Disaster Read and Recite Rituals,Vajrabodhi translated Medicine Buddha Introspection Act Rituals,Amoghavajra translated Medicine Buddha Read and Recite Rituals,Saicho wrote Medicine Buddha Explanation.It found that Ritual of the Medicine Buddha Sutra specification begins with Atikuta who translated Dharani Sutra.From the perspective of Esoteric Buddhism,he is listed Ritual of the Medicine Buddha as Medicine Buddha Mudra Mantra,and he specifically describes the Medicine Buddha dharma-mandala,worship,consecrate and the method of dharana.Since then,most of the Ritual of the Medicine Buddha written reference translation of Atikuta related ideas.Chapter 4 studies the Medicine Buddha faith condition in Sui and Tang Dynasties.The development of Medicine Buddha faith during this period is more prosperous than the previous.Believers continue to strengthen the belief and the signal system of Medicine Buddha faith through the consecrate,worship,copying and reading,commandments,practice and specific rituals,promoting the development of Medicine Buddha faith.As the belief and the signal system of Medicine Buddha faith developed,it had presented to the individual and all aspects of social life through art,literature and other forms.Chapter 5 analyzes religious cultural characters in Medicine Buddha faith and effect on Song,Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties as well as the Republic of China and modern values.This paper analyzes religious cultural characters on the basic religious elements and manifestations of Medicine Buddha faith,analyzes the Medicine Buddha faith from Sui to Tang Dynasties the function of adaptability,it is a course of Specialization,melting,Diversity,and attribute of Vajrayana and pure land.Its impact lies in translating the trends tend to rituals of Medicine Buddha faith during this period,analyzing the works about the Annotation of the Medicine Buddha Sutra and Ritual of the Medicine Buddha,it found that the theory of Medicine Buddha faith is in a state of stagnation after Sui and Tang dynasties;Its practice of faith is receiving increased attention.People pay more attention to dispel calamities and lengthens life,eliminate sickness and bad luck,get happiness and reborn in the Pure Land.Its most significant feature is the life of faith;its meaning is based on the positive,which gave medical treatment on personal and social ills,established pure land.All in all,the Medicine Buddha Sutra came into being in India,then spreaded and translated in Jin Dynasty,the Medicine Buddha faith from Jin to Tang Dynasties is a wide range of patterns,which appears translations of Medicine Buddha Sutra,Annotation of Medicine Buddha Sutra,translations and writings of Ritual of the Medicine Buddha on the one hand,which appears in making Buddha images,copy and consecrate is the Medicine Buddha,the Medicine Buddha Sutra and other manifestations of Bodhisattvas and Buddhist Sutra together receive some form of consecrate on the other hand.From the Medicine Buddha Sutra to the Sutra illustration of Medicine Buddha Sutra to Sui and Tang Dynasties can be seen on the miraculous story of faith spread through diverse,involving extensive social class,which involves much social life.Its modern values expressed in the value of spirit,medical,education.Medicine Buddha faith has a history of more than one thousand years,the current academic study on the Medicine Buddha faith mainly adopt the methods of literature research and others methods in the analysis of history,culture,philo sophy and so on.This paper from the aspect of Medicine Buddha faith as a starting point,probe into its theoretical development and theoretical value with the origin of its theory,analyzes emphatically its form of the Medicine Buddha religion in the Sui and Tang Dynasties,and tries to reveal the full picture of the Buddha religion,in order to provide favorable conditions for social development.