Puti xuehui 菩提學會

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Bodhi Study Association: Pútí xuéhuì 菩提學會

There were at least two lay groups of this name. Both were dedicated to spreading Tibetan esoteric Buddhism 西密. These groups often hosted traveling lamas.

Shànghǎi Bodhi Study Association: Shànghǎi pútí xuéhuì 上海菩提學會: 1930s

• 1935^[1] - 1937
• Location(s): Meditation Hall 靜室 of the Pure Karma Society 淨業社, Shànghǎi 上海
• Members: Duàn Qíruì 段祺瑞, Qū Yìngguāng 屈映光, Tāng Zhùxīn 湯住心, Wáng Yītíng 王一亭, Zhào Héngtì 趙恒惕

This lay Buddhist group group was dedicated to the purpose of translating Tibetan Buddhist texts into Chinese, and toward the general propagation of Buddhism. Chísōng 持松 was the guiding teacher of the group until 1936. ^[2]

This group was politically active. In march 1936, at their request, the National Military Council issued an order that soldiers do their best to protect Buddhist artifacts.

Notes

1. ↑ There is some uncretainty regarding the exact founding of this association. In once place Shì writes that this group was started in 1935 (p. 513), but elsewhere he says it was started in 1934 (p. 543). Welch says that it was started on the earlier date, (p. 179) but was not "formally inaugurated" until November 1935 (p. 337n.45).
2. ↑ Welch says the president of the group was the Panchen Lama 班禪. Welch, 179.

References:

• Shì Dōngchū 釋東初. Zhōngguó Fójiào jìndài shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism), in Dōngchū lǎorén quánjí 東初老人全集 (Complete Collection of Old Man Dongchu), vols. 1-2. Taipei: Dongchu, 1974 Pp. 1.513, 542-544.
• Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. Pp. 179, 329n.47, 337n.45.

Běijīng Bodhi Study Association: Běijīng pútí xuéhuì 北京菩提學會

• 1920s - at least until the mid 1950s
• Location: Běijīng 北京

Fǎzūn 法尊 lectured here in the 1950s, and this organization published many of his works.

Notes

References:

• Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. P. 179.