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Professor Wang Leiquan: Buddhism must jump out of the wall of temples and go to society

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Buddhism wants to jump out of the wall of the temple and go to the society of the king Leiquan

Introduction: The positive effect of Buddhism on the human world begins through the most fundamental transformation of human hearts."If the mind is pure, the country will be pure." The key here is the Bodhisattva practitioners in the world of Buddhism who broaden the wishes of all sentient beings, teach sentient beings to be purified as a whole, and thus create a pure and ideal country.Therefore, the Buddha's world is not elsewhere, but on this polluted land under our feet."Pure Land of Mind" is an important source of thought in the practice of contemporary "Human Buddhism".Through the aspiration of the great Bodhisattva practitioners, the defective filthy land is transformed into a pure and complete land.The author of this article, Wang Leiquan, is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Fudan University in Shanghai, a doctoral supervisor, and director of the Institute of Religion at Fudan University.

Master Taixu felt the failure of the early Buddhist reform movement, and proposed the idea of ​​"Buddhism in life" in order to fight back against the prejudice of society's recognition of Buddhism as a negative and world-weary world-weary prejudice.Compared with the Buddhism that emphasized ghosts and gods in the past, Taixu emphasized "people";Compared with the past emphasis on rebirth in the Pure Land after death, Taixu emphasized that the moment of living is "rebirth"."Man" treats the past one-sided emphasis on ghosts;"Life" is a counter to the world-weary and "waiting for death".Regarding Buddhism in life, Taixu has a famous verse: "Relying on only Buddha, it is completed in personality;When a man is perfect, the Buddha is accomplished, which is called true reality.”

The advancement from man to Buddha lies in using wisdom to transcend the ordinary level and achieve a true grasp of the existence of real life.Therefore, the ideal state of Bodhisattva is not on the other side of the world, but must be completed in the present moment.The main purpose of human Buddhism is to use the wisdom of Buddhism to enhance life, purify society, and promote the overall change of human subjects.According to Taixu, "A developed human body will attain Buddha body."All sentient beings have Buddha nature, which is our potential to become a Buddha. The realization of Buddha nature is to become a Dharma body from the body of an ordinary person, which is the enlightenment and sublimation of the true retribution of life.Therefore, learning Buddhism is first of all, being a human being, and being perfect is the Buddha's success.The completion of personality begins with the mind, and it is necessary to emphasize the transformation of consciousness into wisdom, transformation into purity, and transformation of ordinary people into saints.

The enlightenment and sublimation of the true retribution of life drives the solemnity and purity of the dependent retribution of the environment.According to Taixu, "A kind person is to be strict with the Buddha land."From the current Saha world that has been constantly transformed from time to time, it has developed to the solemn and perfect Pure Land on earth.We must make those with power more wise, and those with wisdom more capable, so that the dirty world can be transformed into a pure land.Therefore, human Buddhism has moved from a traditional temple with green lamps and yellow scrolls to a secular society, and has spread from a circle of belief to a circle of social and cultural circles.Break out of the walls of the temple and towards the vast social population is an inevitable trend in the human Buddhist movement in the new century.

I proposed the "Apple Theory" more than ten years ago. Religion has three circles: faith, society and culture.The apple core is the circle of faith, that is, the sacred experience and religious consciousness that is why religion is religion;Apple meat is a social circle, because Buddhism in the world needs to have extensive connections with various aspects such as politics and economy;Apple skin is a cultural circle, which uses sound and image to perform Buddhist rituals, and widely uses cultural forms such as literature and art.In these three tiers, the normal state of religious development is to move from the edge to the core.The most successful case is Master Da'an, who was originally a professor of ethics at Beijing University of International Business and Economics, from a professor to a monk, from a cultural circle to a core of faith.And perversion is from self-exile of the core of faith to extension.Today's Buddhism is either becoming increasingly vulgar, or becoming something that recites poetry and savors, and is a manifestation of marginalization.

The idealistic Pure Land idea of ​​human Buddhism and the Western Pure Land that establishes its appearance can be unified under the observation of the two truths of truth and common people.Promoting self-liberation is not inconsistent with the help of others who rely on Amitabha Buddha. People must help themselves, but the future (Buddha )Help it.

2024-02-05 18:10
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