Buddhist Maritime Silk Road: A Forgotten Voyage of Trade and Religion
Maritime Silk Road, the ancient route traveled by Chinese Buddhist pilgrims to seek the Dharma. Their footsteps expanded the boundaries of their faith into the Great Circle of Buddhism.
The fascinating history of the Buddhist Maritime Silk Road and how it is presented in a New Media Exhibition will be shared.
Moderator: Venerable Miao Guang
Deputy Chancellor, FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism
Panelist: Dr. Lewis R. Lancaster
Emeritus Professor of the Department of East Asian Languages,
University of California, Berkeley
TIMELINE
00:00:15 Introduction
00:02:54 Question 1
What is the cause for the book and the exhibition?
00:08:07 Question 2
How is the Maritime Silk Road tied to the caravan Silk Road in Inner Asia?
00:13:07 Question 3
How did merchants spread Buddhism from India to distant sites?
00:17:29 Question 4
The Great Circle is an enormous area of the Earth.
Who was in control of Buddhism as it spread far and wide?
What can we learn from the perspective of global Buddhist development in the 21st century?
00:29:28 Question 5
How was Buddhism taught to people who did not understand the Indian languages?
00:36:40 Question 6
Since ships don’t leave marks in the ocean and India doesn’t have written histories of the period when the maritime route was first used, how can we know much about Maritime Buddhism?
00:43:57 Question 7
Chinese Buddhism was founded in Chang’an during the Han dynasty. Is Maritime Buddhism in the South, which entered through Guangzhou, of much importance?
00:50:31 Question 8
What has been the biggest challenge for this project?
Is there a next step?
00:59:59 Conclusion
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Moderator: Venerable You Xian
Deputy Director, FGS Buddha Museum
主持人:佛光山佛陀紀念館副館長 有賢法師
Panelists:
Ven. Ru Chang
Director, FGS Buddha Museum
Dr. Huang Hsinya
Distinguished Professor of American and Comparative Literature, National Sun Yat-Sen University
與談人:佛光山佛陀紀念館館長 如常法師
美國伊利諾大學比較文學博士
國立中山大學外文系特聘教授 黃心雅教授
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