Master Hui Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a monk of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China. Hui Yuan, a master of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was born in a scholarly family. When Master Hui Yuan lived in Lushan Mountain, he began to study Buddhism with Liu's disciples. After gaining something from his practice, Hui Yuan strongly advocated "Tomi Pure Land Sect", so later generations called Master Hui Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty the founder of Pure Land Sect.
Master Hui Yuan's family has always been a scholarly family, so Master Hui Yuan was smart and diligent since he was a child. At the age of thirteen, I went to Xuchang and Luoyang to study with my uncle. Therefore, Master Hui Yuan was proficient as snow at first, and also dabbled in Zhuangzi's theory. At the age of twenty-one, Master Hui Yuan, his mother and brother went to Taihang Mountain to listen to Master Dao An explain the Prajna Sutra. After Master Hui Yuan, who didn't want to hear it, realized that Buddhism was far superior to Confucianism and got home, Master Hui Yuan decided to shave his head, give up his secular life and become a monk with Master Daoan.
At this time, Master Hui Yuan has moved into Tolin Temple in Lushan Mountain and led everyone to practice together. He is a disciple of Daoan, good at Prajna Sutra, and also advocates Adamo, precept and Zen. Hui Yuan, Liu Yimin and others in the Eastern Jin Dynasty took an oath before the statue of Amitabha, which was the earliest association in the history of Buddhism. The ultimate goal of this association is to practice "pure land" and hope to go to the western paradise after death. Therefore, in later generations, Master Hui Yuan was honored as the ancestor of Pure Land Sect.
At that time, Xie Lingyun, a famous minister in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, worshipped Master Hui Yuan very much, so he dug two ponds for Master Hui Yuan on both sides of the Tolin Temple, and planted Bai Lianhua in the ponds. Therefore, the society founded by Master Hui Yuan is also called "White Lotus Sect", so the later Pure Land Sect is also called "Lotus Sect".
The main contribution of Hui Yuan.
Master Hui Yuan was from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is also the founder of Pure Land Sect of Buddhism in China. He has been studying outside since he was twelve years old. At that time, he had read many books and learned all kinds of things. He became a monk at the age of twenty-one, studied Buddhism under Master Daoan, and later founded Tolin Temple in Lushan Mountain. It can be said that Master Hui Yuan has made great contributions to the promotion and development of Buddhism. What is the main contribution of Master Hui Yuan?
Master Hui Yuan's main contribution can be divided into several aspects. First of all, he put forward the great theory of karma, which is also the main center of his Buddhist thought. He believed in this view all his life and wanted to pursue the paradise after reincarnation, which was also a driving force for Master Hui Yuan to believe in Buddhism. He was the first person to systematize the theory of karma and make Buddhism a part of China culture.
In addition, Master Hui Yuan's main contributions include the preservation of many places in Buddhism that are different from the secular world. After he established Toringi, he also founded the theory of shaman disrespect for the king, in which he expressed his views. Since then, emperors of various dynasties have relied on this standard to treat all Buddhists, which has also preserved the rules in Buddhism.
Besides, Master Hui Yuan also laid a good foundation for the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism. He regards the western pure land world as his noblest and greatest ideal, and also thinks that it is the ultimate destination for people to escape from life and death. In 402, he also founded the White Lotus Society. It is because of his behavior that people integrated Pure Land Sect into China religion.
On Hui Yuan's Three Reports
Master Hui Yuan's "Three Reports" is a very important part of Buddhist thought and the ideological center of Hui Yuan's enlightenment in his life. He is also convinced of this and regards this theory as his motivation to believe in Buddhism and his ultimate goal in life. So what is the main exposition of Hui Yuan's theory of three newspapers?
Master Hui Yuan's On Three Reports mainly expounds the Buddhist thought of karma. At that time, many people doubted that good and evil would not appear in cash, and this article is a discussion of human problems by Master Hui Yuan, which mainly emphasizes that karma is not only in cash. The article was named "On Three Reports" because it talked about three kinds of retribution, namely, the present report, the birth report and the post-report. In Buddhism, karma refers to people's thoughts, behaviors and languages, and people's behaviors will get corresponding retribution, so karma can be divided into three types: good, evil and forgetfulness.
People used to talk about the karma done in this life, and there will be retribution in this life, but the karma in this life refers to the karma done in this life, and there will be retribution in the next life. The karma reported later refers to the karma done in this life, and it will only be retribution after two lifetimes or a long time. Therefore, retribution comes first, mainly because retribution is realized through people's hearts, and people's hearts will only respond if they have an induction to people or things in the world. The time of induction is different, so the time of retribution will be different. It is in this way that Master Hui Yuan demonstrated the principle of karma, which is a philosophical view of religious life and the inevitable result of all Buddhists' beliefs.