Abstract:

 Since Master Taixu’s Buddhist revolution, Master Hsing Yun has followed and upheld the ideas of Humanistic Buddhism which has become the most important mode of development in Chinese Buddhism. Nevertheless, during the construction and development of humanistic Buddhism, some questions and disputes arise concerning its emphasis on secularity without monastic practices, its lack of sacredness and so on. In view of this, this paper mainly presents Master Hsing Yun’s thought about humanistic Buddhism in the perspective of Buddhist sociology, concentrates on the issues of sacredness of Buddhism and humanistic Buddhism and their construction in modern society, and finally addresses some controversial core issues confronted by Buddhist academia both in Taiwan and Mainland including where is the sacredness of humanistic Buddhism, how to construct sacredness and how to embody Buddhist faith.
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Key words: Master Hsing Yun, sacredness, Buddhist sociology, humanistic Buddhism, sociality