Master Nenghai And Buddhism Cultural Exchanges Between Tibetans And Chinese

At the beginning of 20th century, with the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese society was facing huge changes. Buddhism was also faced with big crisis in that new era, being on a downward trajectory. To revive the Buddhism practiced by the Han Chinese, Buddhists in non-ethnic regions started a Buddhism revival campaign. Many Han monks pursued studies of Nantra in Tibet, making meaningful explorations for the revival of Buddhism practiced by Han Chinese in contemporary China. They’d achieved admirable goals and that particular type of Buddhism had signs of recovery during the Republic of China.As one of the early Han monks that went to Tibet to study, Master Nenghai vowed to adhere to his chosen course. His particular contribution was to introduce Gelugpa’s view on tantra to areas where the Han was the dominant group. He built multiple religious venues to promote tantra, to educate monks and to translate Buddhism classics written in Tibetan language. He made huge contribution to the exchanges between Buddhist cultures between the Han and Tibetan.He was very strict on religious disciplines. He built up the number of monks, started Buddhist schools, educated vast numbers of religious talents for Han areas and provided human resource reserves for cultural exchanges between the Han and Tibetan. Based on his own learning experiences, he recorded his study notes and insights which later facilitated the study of Buddhism practiced by Tibetans and Han Chinese, and made the communication easier.