Buddhism

in
Taiwan
Anthropology
National Chi Nan University, Taiwan
Prof. Noel W. Schutz Jr.

Speaker:
Lawrenzo Hung-Chun Huang
Gautama Buddha
Siddhārtha Gautama Argumentation:
563 BCE to 483 BCE

reincarnate Nirvana "Nibbāna" means "blowing out" —

that is, blowing out the fires of

涅盤
greed, hatred, and delusion

“reincarnate" is basic concept

of Brahma religion.
Buddha
Buddha
Siddhārtha Gautama, also known as Śākyamuni or People entitle Siddhārtha
Shakyamuni ("sage of the Shakyas"), is the key figure
in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and
A honorary title
monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been for
summarized after his death and memorized by his "awakened one" or
followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to "the enlightened one”
Gautama were passed down by oral tradition, and first
committed to writing about 400 years later. who
Find the way
out of reincarnate
 Buddhism Road Map
Hinduism Brahma Buddhism

Gandhara was a jewel of Buddhist

The Jainism swastika Jainism civilization that stretched across
स्विस्तक what is now Afghanistan and
Pakistan. The Gandharans left us
a rich heritage of Buddhist art that
was threatened by the Taliban.

The Buddhism swastika

The swastika was the official emblem of
the Nazi Party, and is used sometimes by
modern Neo-Nazis
 Worship icon figure?
Primitive No icon worship, merely the vehicle carry
Buddhism symbol of vehicle wheel whole wisdom
BCE.5
Mahāyāna (North Buddhism; Larger Vehicle Buddhism;
Buddhism Bodhisattvayana 菩提心)
Early Buddhist
Hīnayāna
School (South Buddhism; Smaller Vehicle Buddhism)
Buddhism
BCE.4~BCE.3

Local religion Buddhism

combination Idolizations
After BCE.3
Greek style Buddha China style Buddha
BCE.3~2 (Pakistan)

Polytheism
(Syncretism)
Icon Worship
(Add on local relegion)
A honorary title for a Buddhist monk:
“Tripiṭaka”
ƒ The Chinese form of Tripiṭaka, "SanZang" (三藏), was
sometimes used as an honorary title for a Buddhist monk who
has mastered all the Tripiṭaka canons, most notably in the case
case of the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang, whose pilgrimage
to India to study and bring Buddhist text back to China was
portrayed in the novel Journey to the West as "Tang Sanzang".

Hsüan-tsang Sutra Knowing

[602/603? - 664 CE] was a famous
Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar,
traveler, and translator that brought
up the interaction between China
and India in the early Tang period.
sūtra
piṭaka
經藏
Public debate

Nirvana disciplinarian Certificate

vinaya abhidharma
piṭaka piṭaka
律藏 論藏

Mahayana Buddhism
Diffusion of Buddhism

4
5
3 6

2
1 2 5
2 3

4
 Syncretism in China
Confucianism(儒) Buddhism(釋) Taoism(道)

Con Tsu Shakyamuni Lao Tsu

China Shaolin Monastery(少林寺)

Three religion combination(三教混元圖) Ming Dynasty
Look Careful ! There are three figure in there
Syncretism example
From Avalokiteśvara to Guan Yin Ming Dynasty

Taoism Goddess
Matsu

+
Lin, Mo-Niang

Amakawa(媽閣)
A tenderness
Macao mother

Guan Yin statue

Liao Dynasty
(A.D. 907-1125)

ninth century
CE, 801 CE - 900 CE. Ann Hung Kong, Tainan(台南 恩隍宮)
(Pakistan)
Distinguish the “Temple”
“Si (寺)” “Miao (廟)”
is ambassador resident is official building
in Tang dynasty. for worship ceremony.
However, Most Educational activity
in there.

Si refers
the Buddhist temple
Miao indicates
the Taoist and Confucianism temple
 Buddhism Population
More than 90 percent of Taiwanese people practice three major religion

3.5%
724,500
61.5%
12,730,500
Confucian
principles,
local Taoism & others
practices Buddhism
and
Christianity
Taoist
tradition.
35%
7,245,000
Taiwan Buddhist system
淨土Jìngtǔ (Pure land)
Buddhist 정토종

禪Zen Buddhist
Japan system
Teaching東傳))
(Tong Teaching東傳
Tibetan Buddhist
China system
Teaching漢傳))
(Han Teaching漢傳

Tibet system
Teaching藏傳))
(Chang Teaching藏傳
Buddhism Temple in Taiwan

North (Jinshan, Taipei): Master

Sheng-yen (聖嚴, d. 2009) of
Dharma Drum Mountain (法鼓山)

West (Nantou): Master Wei Chueh

(惟覺) of Chung Tai Shan (中台山)

East (Hualien): Master Cheng

Yen (證嚴) of the Tzu Chi
Foundation (慈濟基金會)

South (Dashu, Kaohsiung): Master

Hsing Yun (星雲) of Fo Guang Shan
(佛光山)
Buddhism Social Service in
Taiwan
Education FoGuang University (佛光大學)
NanHua University （南華大學）
HuaFan University （華梵大學）
TzuChi University （慈濟大學）
Dharma Drum Sanha University （法鼓山僧伽大學大學）

NPO Tzu Chi Foundation

Foundation Tzu Chi Hospital
Dharma Drum Sanha Foundation
….
Press DaAi Television
FoGuang Television
…
Columbarium Ci-Guang-Shan（慈光山）
…
 Buddhism in Taiwan

Conclusion:
Buddhism provide Taiwan social stability,
from birth to death.