In the journey of Master Nebula, Master Xingyun has greatly changed the territory of contemporary Han Buddhism, and finally let Han Buddhism enter the five continents, become a real global religion, complete modernization and internationalizationSuccessful transformation.Master Xingyun also represents the collective destiny of the monks who moved from mainland China from mainland China, which reflects the changes in political storms on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Master Master of Fo Guangshan Kai Shanzong died peacefully on the occasion of the Lantern Festival and enjoyed life at the age of 97.His silences marked the end of an era.In addition to the outstanding accomplishments of Buddhist science, his reform of the Buddhist monk system, the strong support of Buddhist academic research, and the full promotion of the internationalization of Han Buddhism are far beyond the domain of personal religious practice.Coupled with the cross -strait political situation reflected in his body, the changes in the past century, and the great Chinese feelings of the old Chinese monks from mainland China, which he represented, have made his world give up far exceeding the world.Personal life and death, important religious and social meaning.
Master Nebula and the entire Foguangshan system attach great importance to Buddhist academic research.As a Buddhist scholar, I have also been close to Master Nebula many times.His sincere respect for scholars comes from his awe of truth and academic research itself.
Foguangshan system has a very rare university.Not only are Fo Guang University, South China University, but also Nanda University in Australia, and West University in the United States. This does not include the Sangha College of Foguangshan itself.I remember when I visited the Buddhist Light System's library nearly 20 years ago, I am amazed by the majors and Hongfu of the collected books.
Master Xingyun itself is even more amazing. It is his new construction of the monk group.This is related to his inheritance of the Buddhist concept of Buddhist Buddhist Buddhist concepts of the greatest monk during the Republic of China.
During the Republic of China, Han Buddhism faced internal and external problems. On the one hand, the gentry class and local bureaucrats were arbitrarily invaded temple production in the name of running schools. On the other hand, Christianity and Japanese Buddhism from foreign countries became popular in China.The local intellectuals of the natives also directly regard the Chinese Buddhism as a historical dross that should be abandoned.In this case, Master Taixu abandoned the disadvantages of Japanese Buddhism who did not obey traditional precepts, but learned his institutional management and academic research; on the one hand, he learned and spread from Christianity and direct participation in social life.
All these are inherited from Master Nebula.With the free missionary opportunities after Taiwan's strictness, the four major mountains in Taiwan went hand in hand. Among them, the Foguangshan system made a new vitality in the Chinese Buddhism.Its hierarchical and organizational new management methods also largely represent the important trend of the development of Chinese Buddhism, forming a kind of sectarian management characteristics that traditional Chinese Buddhism does not have.This will have great influence on the future Han Buddhism.
Actively adapt to the trendy transformation of the times
Master Xingyun is a master of Buddhism. He has always been a transformatist who has the initiative to adapt to the trend of the times.
Remember once, he mentioned his scholars' difficulties in the grassland stage. Even in the most difficult time, he could always follow the trend of the times and use the changing popular cultural elements to promote the Fa.To a large extent, he injected modern vitality into a slightly rigid and outdated traditional Han Buddhism, whether it was using best -selling books, broadcasting, television, and new media.In his journey of Fa, you can see that Han Buddhism is actually a religious form that can be advanced with the times, and it can fully attract the majority of young generations of modern education and influence.This has greatly changed the territory of contemporary Han Buddhism, and finally made Han Buddhism enter the five continents, became a real world religion, and completed the successful transformation of modernization and internationalization.
Some people often call Master Xingyun as "political monk", which is just like the evaluation of Master Taixu.As a citizen of modern society, the significance of actively participating in political life is naturally far from the understanding of the people in the era of democracy.In my recent years of discovery of the decryption file, there were records of Master too much to participate in political party activities that year, and there was the extremely avant -garde idea of the party.It can be said that the active participation of Master Nebula for politics is not only the inheritance of the people of Buddhism in the world, but also represents the trend of the future development of Buddhism.
Master Xingyun also represents the collective destiny of the monks who moved from mainland China from mainland China, which reflects the changes in political storms on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Among the four Buddhist mountains in Taiwan, three of them were founded by the monks of Taiwan in 1949 by the Monk Monk of Taiwan.The heir of the instructor from the mainland.It can be said that the mainstream of the older generation of Taiwanese Buddhism has a very strong Greater Chinese color.Among them, the Blue Camp has the deepest background and the most open voice is Master Nebula.
When Master Nebula first arrived in Taiwan, he was prison as a "gangster" because of the background of the mainland.Since then, he has avoided the development of southern Taiwan with relatively loose political atmosphere, and took advantage of the opportunity of political resolution to vigorously spread the Dharma.After the reform and opening up of the mainland, he hugged his homeland as enthusiastically as many older monks, and soon became the official guest of the mainland.However, after 1989, he was banned from entering the country because he had escaped many democratic movements, especially the former president of the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch Xu Jiatun.
After this incident, a well -known Buddhist scholar of the Institute of World Religious Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences specifically passed the internal reference to reflect the political position of Master Nebula to the Chinese leadership. In addition, in the difficult period of international relations in China at that time, it was finally made through Master Xingyun.Wait for Buddhist forces to promote decisions of cross -strait relations.Among them, in 2002, Foguangshan led the Famen Temple Buddha's relic to Taiwan to tour in Taiwan, and pushed the relationship between cross -strait relations to a new height. This can be said to be a model of Buddhist public diplomacy.In the special period of the 1990s, Master Xingyun did make significant contributions to promoting the ease of cross -strait relations and the peaceful development of cross -strait relations.
Nowadays, cross -strait relations are not the same as in the past. With Master Zhongtai Mountain Wejue, Master Fagushan Shengyan, and Master Nebula, the Taiwan Buddhist leaders from the mainland have gradually withdrawn from Taiwan ’s religious stage.It will become increasingly obvious.In any case, the deep imprints left by Master Nebula in the long practice and French career have greatly affected the territory and future development trend of East Asian Han Buddhism in the future.
