The Education and Academic Research of Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies

• Main Authors: Li-hua Lee, 李麗華
• Other Authors: 陳英善
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88487991274883401437

碩士 === 玄奘大學 === 宗教學系碩士班 === 100 === Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009) was a well-known contemporary leader of Buddhist education. Founding Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies in1985(formerly Institute of the Chinese Buddhist Academy, affiliated with Chinese Culture Institute (today's Chinese Culture University), he vigorously guided the institute beyond the traditional rigid style of education, helping it achieve academic quality exceeding general departments of universities. However, with the success of the model of Buddhist education, we need to explore three aspects of Master Sheng Yen to see how he created Taiwan's first institution of higher Buddhist education based on Chinese culture and extended it to the world: 1. In a difficult educational environment, he introduced from foreign lands new education systems, teaching methods, academic achievement and "modernity" of the research culture of learning, gradually forming an unique educational philosophy. We look at three points in order to examine the formation of his educational philosophy. Furthermore, we will discuss the three stages of the foundation of the institute and its characteristics. 2. We will discuss how Master Sheng Yen realized and implemented his educational philosophy into the school in order to go beyond the general religious studies institute; we will also compare the school’s characteristics with The Chinese Inner Studies Institute in the early Republican period. 3. The institute is the core of the development of education of Dharma Drum Mountain, which after the transformation also affected the subsequent development of the entire education system, so it is necessary to further explore this. Based on the above three points, Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies created by Master Sheng Yen with a few years of thorough efforts has already made some achievements and still serves as an original academic research institution to keep promoting Chinese Buddhism. Key words: Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Master Sheng-yen, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Dharma Drum Mountain, The Chinese Inner Studies Institute