Modern Social Science Research

Venerable Benle was an important figure in the contemporary reform of Chinese Buddhism, and his life and activities were closely related to the Wuchang Buddhist Institute. This paper starts from the triple perspectives of spiritual lineage, philosophical thought, and institutional practice to explore the historical relationship between venerable Benle and Wuchang Buddhist Institute. Research has found that Venerable Benle not only inherited his spiritual lineage from Master Taixu via the Institute but also absorbed the philosophy of "Humanistic Buddhism" and extended and expanded the educational philosophy of the Institute in his own monastic teachings. Through the study of this example, we can glimpse the transformation mechanism of Chinese Buddhist education in the twentieth century from a micro perspective, which has certain reference significance for the development of contemporary Buddhist education.

Venerable Benle; Wuchang Buddhist institute; Master Taixu; Humanistic Buddhism; Monastic education