Shandao Philosophical Analysis Of The Pure Land Thought

ShanDao is the actual founder of the Pure Land, the collection Chinese pure land theory and the good meter accomplishment, enables the pure land to have the complete religious sect shape, is in fashion the world. But the academic circle to ShanDao the pure land thought excavation is not very also systematic and thorough.This article researches through a massive material ShanDao's the biography and the religious activities historicity.In already obtained of the research results foundation, bases in this viewpoint that he is pure land actual founder , This article elaborates and thoroughly analyses ShanDao the pure land thought the basic religious doctrine, the philosophy analysis, the theory characteristic, the theory contribution, to the Chinese and Japanese pure land influence and the practical significance.Result which researches ShanDao's Biography, summarizes ShanDao with ShanDao'is the identical person, his religious activities experienced have been occupied by the Wuzhen temple, the biography law in the Guangming temple, the biography law in Cien Temple, the biography law in the Xijing temple, to die at the Shiji temple. Through to ShanDao the pure land thought namely"to be reborn in paradise the outflow boundary","to be reborn in paradise the internal cause"and"to be reborn in paradise the main body"and so on basic religious doctrine the analysis, obtains the pure land thought essence of ShanDao which lies in"Mituo's willing""saying that prays to Buddha""to absorb the ordinary person enters paradise"and so on the thought. Through to ShanDao's the pure land thought the theoretic alanalysis, obtains his pure land thought to have between sacred, secular, the superhuman the nature, self-reliant, the simplicity, to lead a pious life again, the equivalent, the innovation, the fusion characteristic. His pure land thought will be different with Song viewpoints and so on later idealist pure land, original nature Mituo, to Chinese pure land development as well as Japanese pure land, Japanese pure land real buddhism , Shi buddhism establishment has laid the rationale.