| Summary: | 碩士 === 華梵大學 === 東方人文思想研究所 === 102 === Abstract
The Venerable Monk Guang Qin was an important example of the real- practitioner in modern Taiwan Buddhism. His profound Meditation, moral character and great compassion inspired numerous followers. People liked to learning from him and to support his Dharma activities. Throughout his life he emphasize in the practice of reciting the name of “Buddha Amitaba,” a method of spiritual practice that just one-point mind reciting the name of the Buddha. This practice, being deeply planted in the minds of the faithful even to this day, has influenced to a considerable level the development of modern Taiwan Buddhism.
Venerable Master Guang Qin is the central theme of this thesis. Using an analysis of the historical background of modern Taiwanese Buddhism we try to get a detailed understanding of his view on spiritual practice and a detailed analysis of the self-torturing practice, Buddha reciting method and insult-tolerance that he insisted; secondly, tracing his footsteps, the temples where he stayed and the temples he established, we make an investigation of the history of the establishment of those temples and the current situation of those temples that are continuing his dharma lineage; then we make a faithful recording of the belief patterns, architectural decorations of the temples that are continuing his dharma lineage.
By collecting, arranging and analyzing the related materials and interviewing people at sites, this thesis tries to recover as accurately as possible the facts concerning where Venerable Master Guang Qin took the oaths (receiving the precepts), the history of his relationship with Grand Master Hong Yi and being a Lin JI sect Master, by investigating the administrative system of Buddhist temples immediately after the war to clarify why Venerable Master Guang Qin left Guang Ming Yan temple, by reflecting on his legendary accomplishments and distinctive style of priest education to highlight his unique teaching method, finally by understanding the flourishing situation of dharma propagation at the temples of his dharma lineage to discuss his influence on Taiwanese Buddhism. We hope to offer future researchers a different angle of observation and thinking.
Key words: Venerable Monk Guang Qin, self-torturing practice, temples continuing dharma lineage, belief patterns, architectural decorations
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