Cheng Gongrang

Professor, Shanghai University

星雲大師對佛教的十大貢獻

Since the nineteenth century, Humanistic Buddhism has been the most powerful school of thought in Chinese Buddhism. I recently proposed that while Taixu was distinguished as an advocate of modern Humanistic Buddhism, Venerable Master Hsing Yun, as the founder of modern Humanistic Buddhism, has been an exceptional proponent. Venerable Master Hsing Yun proposed using the concept of the “three greatnesses” from the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna as the basic principle of the Humanistic Buddhism: greatness of essence, greatness of attributes, and greatness of function. He profoundly influenced the essence, the attributes, and the function of Humanistic Buddhism.

Cheng Gongrang,Studies on Humanistic Buddhism I: Foundational Thoughts(Kaohsiung:Fo Guang Cultural Enterprise Co. Ltd,2018)153-169.COPY