Vang country mortal world originally one family

Author: Li Lin
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The history of the spread of Indian Buddhism in China is both the history of its integration with Chinese culture and the history of its "Sinicization." "Sinicization of Buddhism" refers to the absorption, rejection, and transformation of Buddhist culture by traditional Chinese culture, as well as the simultaneous changes and transformations Buddhism undergoes under the influence of Chinese culture. In many chapters of this book, we can see: the influence of Chan Buddhism on folk customs, and the various transformations Buddhism itself undergoes due to the "counter-influence" of Chinese folk customs. Generally, Chan Buddhism underwent a radical transformation during the Song Dynasty. After the Song Dynasty, Chinese Chan Buddhism no longer, like in the Tang Dynasty, steadfastly upheld a sense of order to guide the faith of the entire society. Instead, it merely passively adapted to the existing social order, serving as a supplement to Confucian governance and Taoist self-cultivation. This supplementary role, devoid of a spirit of salvation and left with only formalism, merely sought a momentary solace between ambiguous reality and illusory ideals.