Taixu’s revolution

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

07/20/2008

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Revolutionary roots.
The need for reform.
Structural reforms.
Doctrinal reforms.

Abstract

Early in the 20th Century, China experienced significant political, social and religious upheavals. For the first time in its long history, China was no longer governed by dynastic rulers and the possibility of a republic society emerged. The country and its people were divided when confronted with the reality of Westernization and the inevitable rise of a modern society. There was little agreement between leaders and different factions as to what vision of that society ought to emerge as the modern China, and this widespread disjunction certainly took its toll on China's revered Buddhist traditions. In fact, years of coping with these issues had many Buddhist scholars predicting an end to the religion as a pure and valuable vehicle through which its practitioners can gain spiritual enlightenment. The institution was under attack from all sides by innumerable forces. taixu spent most of his life trying to stymie the decline of Buddhism through structural and doctrinal reforms that were meant to purify the religion and make the religion more applicable to modern times