The Impact of Politics on the Minnan Buddhist Institute: sanmin zhuyi and aiguo zhuyi in the Context of Sangha Education
This article analyzes patterns in the direct and indirect influence of the Chinese government on the redefinition of Sangha education during the twentieth century. My research examines three moments in the history of the Minnan Buddhist Institute (minnan foxueyuan 闽南佛学院, hereafter mbi): the foundati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-50 |
| Further subjects: | B
renjian fojiao
B aiguo aijiao B 人生佛教 B 爱国爱教 B 兩岸交流 B 闽南佛学院 B 三民主义 B Minnan Buddhist Institute Sangha education B Taixu B sanmin zhuyi B 太虛 B 僧教育 B cross-strait relations B rensheng fojiao B 人间佛教 |
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| Summary: | This article analyzes patterns in the direct and indirect influence of the Chinese government on the redefinition of Sangha education during the twentieth century. My research examines three moments in the history of the Minnan Buddhist Institute (minnan foxueyuan 闽南佛学院, hereafter mbi): the foundation years (1927–1933), the reopening in 1985, and its new mission and structure since 1997. I investigate the different ways in which political ideologies were incorporated into the curricula and training seminars for monastics. Specifically, this study addresses the effects of the Nationalist ideology of the Three Principles of the People (sanmin zhuyi 三民主义) and Communist Party patriotism (aiguo zhuyi 爱国主义) on the Sangha learning systems. The final section will consider the mbi as a case study of Buddhist cross-strait relations, and will map the exchanges between Buddhist education programs that developed in different political contexts by examining the values shared by Buddhists on Taiwan and on the mainland. 政治对闽南佛学院的影响：僧伽教育中的三民主义与爱国主义 |
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| ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
| Contains: | In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00201004 |