Kukai's Life And Deeds And Esoteric Ideology, As Well As The Controversy Of Modern Esotericism

As the founder of the Japanese Shingon Buddhism,KongHai is a foundational figure for the Japanese Buddhism,which is centered on the Esoteric Buddhism.He came to China to learn a lot of religion and culture during the tang dynasty,which the development of the Esoteric Buddhism was the most prosperous in China.Not only spread Esoteric Buddhism to Japan,but also brought a lot of works of calligraphy,painting and so on,which played a very important role in the communication between Chinese and Japanese culture at that time.At that time,through the efforts of many monks,the imperial court the construction of the Esoteric Buddhism was supported by the court,and this period could be regarded as the most prosperous period in our country.However,after the movement of the wipe out buddhism,the Esoteric Buddhism in our country has declined.Although there have been some monks translations of the scriptures,but they have not been widely spread among the masses,the Esoteric Buddhism has not been able to revive.In modern times,with the revival of Buddhism,there are also scholars who are interested in the revival of the Esoteric Buddhism,and go to Japan to study their Shingon Buddhism,lay Buddhist Wang Hongyuan was the first to translate many of the studies on Japanese Esoteric Buddhism.At that time,there was a trend of studying the secret education,and there was also a debate on many issues,such as the Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism and the monks and laymen,in the buddhist circle.But as world war ? broke out,it quickly disappeared.Because in such a historical background,the current many scholars who study Esoteric Buddhism,especially the study of Japanese Shingon Buddhism is less,most also have focused on the His contribution to the cultural exchange between China and Japan.So,this paper aims to briefly introduce the history of the Esoteric Buddhism,and briefly summarize the KongHais' life of the founder of the Shingon Buddhism.And mainly through the "ten theory of mind","the body Buddha" and so on works,to introduce KongHai's thought,Try to explain my own views on the question of the Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism of the modern times.