论蕅益智旭在九华山地藏信仰兴起中的贡献

A Study on Ouyizhixu's Contributions to the Ksitigarbha Belief of Jiuhua Mountain

九华山地藏信仰形成于唐宋而盛行于明清。明末清初时期,九华山逐渐跻身中国佛教"四大名山",其地藏菩萨道场的地位不断得到巩固,地藏信仰亦达到鼎盛。这一局面的形成当然有诸多原因,其中离不开众多僧人的大力弘传,僧人中又以蕅益智旭为最。蕅益智旭因听闻《地藏菩萨本愿经》而发心出家,自此与地藏菩萨结下不解之缘,终其一生以地藏菩萨为榜样,虔信并崇敬地藏菩萨,为九华山地藏信仰的兴起做出了巨大的贡献,具体包括三个方面:认同九华道场,推崇地藏精神;首次注疏文本,推介地藏经典;反复劝人修持,推广地藏法门。

The Ksitigarbha Belief of Jiuhua Mountain formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties and prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.During the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty,the Ksitigarbha Belief reached its heyday and the Jiuhua Mountain became one of the four famous mountains of Buddhism in China.There were various reasons that caused the situation including propagation by eminent monks especially Ouyizhixu.Ouyizhixu read the Sutra of The Great Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and decided to become a Buddhist monk.From then on,he was indissoluble bond with the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.Ouyizhixu took the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva as an example and admired him incomparably during all his life.He made great contributions to the Ksitigarbha Belief of Jiuhua Mountain,including praising highly to the spirit of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva,introducing the sutra of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and popularizing the practice methods of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.