Focusing on Sukhāvatī, this presentation explores Amitabhaism’s role in Mahāyāna quest for Buddhahood. We will examine Tiantai use of the Visualization Sutra in their practice and the type of death ritual developed in monasteries to ensure birth to Sukhāvatī.
安儀菩薩將從極樂世界出發，來探討阿彌陀佛在大乘佛教中發願成佛中所扮演的角色。也將和大家一起研究天台宗在修行中對《佛說觀無量壽佛經》的運用，以及寺院中為確保往生極樂世界而發展的往生儀軌規類型。
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Dr. An-Yi Pan, Associate Professor, History of Art and Visual Studies
An-Yi Pan researches Buddhist Art with special interest in the relation between Chinese intellectual participation in Buddhism and Buddhist painting, Buddhist architecture in relation to precepts, monastic hieratical structure, liturgical as well as spiritual spaces, and trans-continental blossoming of Buddhist teachings and art. He also devotes research to modern Chinese art and contemporary Taiwanese art, investigating the impact of colonialism and current geopolitical influence on Chinese and Taiwanese art from the late 19th century to now.
安儀菩薩將從極樂世界出發，來探討阿彌陀佛在大乘佛教中發願成佛中所扮演的角色。也將和大家一起研究天台宗在修行中對《佛說觀無量壽佛經》的運用，以及寺院中為確保往生極樂世界而發展的往生儀軌規類型。
Please Register here.
Learn more about the Speaker:
Dr. An-Yi Pan, Associate Professor, History of Art and Visual Studies
An-Yi Pan researches Buddhist Art with special interest in the relation between Chinese intellectual participation in Buddhism and Buddhist painting, Buddhist architecture in relation to precepts, monastic hieratical structure, liturgical as well as spiritual spaces, and trans-continental blossoming of Buddhist teachings and art. He also devotes research to modern Chinese art and contemporary Taiwanese art, investigating the impact of colonialism and current geopolitical influence on Chinese and Taiwanese art from the late 19th century to now.