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The Study Of The Thought Of Humanistic Buddhism By Zhao Puchu And Its Time Significance

Posted on:2013-12-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G Y JinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330467452905Subject:Foreign philosophy
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Zhao Puchu’s Buddhism theory is very rich. Especially, the most profound impact he advocated the idea of "Humanistic Buddhism" is sy stematically worth exploring and studying. The idea of "Humanistic Bu ddhism" represents the mainstream "of development and trends of Chines e Buddhism in the twentieth century, and has a great association wit h China’s socialist modernization process. So whether it is in theory and in practice, its development of Buddhism and cultural qualities upgrade to play a positive and far-reaching role.This paper has three aspects to parse ZhaoPuChu"Buddhism theory a nd explore their ideological origins, from the source, from the er a of the angle from the theoretically discuss the theoretical framewo rk and practical activities.to resolve their profound significanceThe theory of Humanistic Buddhism by ZhaoPuChu can be traced back to Indian Buddhism, Nikaya Sutra Buddhism one of the earliest form of scripture, it is relatively a true reflection of the ideas of Bud dhism at that time."Buddha are under the sun "directly reveals the s pirit of the Buddha focusing on the world. Buddhism entered China in the process of preaching, missionary, continuous integration with t raditional Chinese cultural exchange, and eventually developed into the service of human consciousness of Chinese Buddhism. Master Huinen g in Tang dynasty Zen Buddhism is in the world, separated from the w orld, nothing can be found,"is a true reflection. Over time, freque nt social regime changed in China, social unrest, do not put out th e flames of war, Buddhism was to decline, but the processing of hum anistic Buddhism does not stop. Master Tai" Buddhism thought until th e last century, and greatly improved the social status of Buddhism, but also laid a theoretical foundation for the theory of the the Zha oPuChu’s " Buddhism ".The ZhaoPuChu’s "Humanistic Buddhism" system of thought, not on ly embodies the characteristics of traditional culture, but also has distinctive characteristics of the times. Its theoretical system the one and the only way (the origin of the theory), the Bodhisattva pa th and harmony secular political basis of the Five Precepts Treatise, the noble doings of Buddhists, practice the three fine tradition as the main content to build a pure land on earth, better adapted to the social development needs in the new era. Zhao Puchu’s "Humanist ic Buddhism" idea is to pay attention to real life as a starting poin t, through the pursuit of the Bodhisattva path, and ultimately the vision of a Pure Land.Finally, from the terms of the needs of the times, the idea of ZhaoPuChu "Buddhism" in promoting the modern transformation of Chines e Buddhism, Buddhist future development of a stronger vitality, dem onstrated the superiority in dealing with the relationship of politic s and religion. Chinese culture and Buddhist cultural heritage has pr ovided a guarantee for the future development of Buddhism, making a positive contribution to safeguarding the reunification of the mother land.
Keywords/Search Tags:ZhaoPuChu Humanistic Buddhism, Treatise, noble doingsof Buddhists, a Pure Land, significance of the times
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