The formation and the present situation of Daoist Universal Salvation

• Project/Area Number: 25370043
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese philosophy/Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: MATSUMOTO Koichi 筑波大学, 図書館情報メディア系, 教授 (00165888)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 哲学 / 道教儀礼

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we investigated the structures of Daoist Universal Salvation rituals in two liturgies which described Yellow Register Retreat sentences, and comparing with the rituals for the soul of the deceased person who are the main object of salvation by performing Yellow Register Retreat, considered the characters of the structures of rituals and the basic thoughts of each liturgies. And we investigated the processes in which Buddhist rituals of the offering food to the hungry ghosts developed to the Universal Salvation, Daoist Universal Salvation rituals were formed, and Buddhist and Daoist Universal Salvation ritual of one’s own were formed mutually influencing each other. We also observed Universal Salvation rituals which are performed in Taiwan and Hong-Kong now, especially investigated the ritual process of and the mudras in the Universal Salvation ritual performed by Daoist priests in Northern Taiwan.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 『無上黄ろく大斎立成儀』の普渡 (2016)
  • Author(s): 松本浩一
  • Journal Title: 図書館情報メディア研究 Volume: 13(1) Pages: 1-18
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 『無上黄ろく大斎立成儀』の正薦と普渡 (2016)
  • Author(s): 松本浩一
  • Journal Title: 図書館情報メディア研究 Volume: 13(1) Pages: 19-34
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 台湾北部道士の中普と手印 (2015)
  • Author(s): 李游坤、松本浩一
  • Journal Title: 東方宗教 Volume: 125 Pages: 1-24
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 金允中《上清靈寶大法》的普度和正薦 (2016)
  • Author(s): 松本浩一
  • Organizer: 日米道教会議（Japan American Taoist Conference）
  • Place of Presentation: Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma（アメリカ）
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-29
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 佛教施餓鬼和道教普度 (2015)
  • Author(s): 松本浩一
  • Organizer: 「比較視野中的道教儀式」國際學術研討會
  • Place of Presentation: 香港・中文大學（中国）
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-07
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 道教の普渡と葬儀の形成について (2014)
  • Author(s): 松本浩一
  • Organizer: 大東文化大学漢学会
  • Place of Presentation: 大東文化大学（東京都板橋区）
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-25
  • Invited