明清民间宗教中的观音信仰

Guan Yin Belief in Folk Religion of Ming and Oing Dynasty

在佛教、民间信仰与民间宗教等三种观音信仰中,民间宗教之观音信仰的研究最为薄弱。为此.本文以民间宗教经卷文献为依据,辩证分析观音信仰与无生老母信仰之间的复杂因缘,对民间宗教中的观音信仰做出梳理与论证。佛教与民间信仰中的观音信仰,对于民间宗教之观音信仰的产生以及观音信仰与无生老母信仰的互动有着积极影响。元代以降,民问宗教信仰之最高神灵,经历过弥勒、弥陀与无生老母的演变。但其发展并非是单线条的,而是多元的、互动的,观音一无生老母信仰是其中的一条发展路径。

Three fields of of Guan Yin belief there are,Buddhism,folk belief and folk religion,the study of the last is the weakest.Based on folk religion classics and documents,the Article dialectically analyzes the complicated relation between Guan Yin belief and the Infinite Mother belief,expounds and proves the Guan Yin belief in folk religion.Guan Yin belief in Buddhism and folk belief positively influenced the generation of Guan Yin belief in folk religion and the interaction between Guan Yin belief and the Infinite Mother belief.The article analyzes the religious attributes and meanings of Guan Yin belief in folk religion and explores the motivation and influence of its generation from the aspects of name and image,mercy and wisdom,state and cultivation,status and divine power etc.with the reference of Guan Yin belief in Buddhism and folk belief.