Reverend Di Jiao of Taiwan and Tri-Buddhist Family Practices

• Main Authors: Hew Yok- Lin, 邱郁霖
• Other Authors: Tsai Wei-Min
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66279158563796741232

碩士 === 真理大學 === 宗教文化與組織管理學系碩士班 === 100 === This thesis aims to study how a renowned Buddhist nun Reverend Di-jiao of Taiwan Dizan Temples developed a simple but unique practices for the progressive attainment of ultimate pure land for her disciples. The effluent Taiwan society saw a rapid economic growth geared towards globalization, which ultimately transformed the political and modernization of Formosa Island, resulting in freedom of expression and preaches of religions and mushrooming of the traditional Buddhist temples enabling them entering into an age of Golden Buddhism. Long treated as the “Ying deity” of the “ life after death” world among laymen, Dizan Bodhisattva actually belongs to both the world of “Ying- life after death world “ and “ Yang –the current world that we live”. Lately Dizan Bodhisattva had been transformed under the “charismatic” leadership of reverend Di Jiao, where Dizan Bodhisattva contrary to being regarded as the “Ying deity”, had also been raised to the level of “Yang” Bodhisattva worshiped by her disciples, even displayed at their homes and public areas. What made Dizan Bodhisattva Worship became popular were attributed to the numinous and mystical experiences centered around Dizan Bodhisattva, Reverend Di Jiao and her disciples. Through solving cases of her disciples facing with family and social problems, Reverend Di- jiao came to the conclusion that the best medicine to solve their catastrophes is by promoting 「San Xiang Fo Hua」or the three practices of Buddhist Family Practices, ie the Tri-Buddhist Practices: Buddhist Style Wedding 、Buddhist Style Pre Natal Education and Buddhist Style Family life among her followers. Through her years of cultivation of the practices, one can see that it had improved the fate of her disciples and fostered stabilities of the society and nation. These practices look like just another common practice by laymen, but Reverend Di-jiao interwoven the practice of Dizan Bodhisattva with Tri-Buddhist Family Practices, promising to ultimate Pure land salvation.