In order to further adhere to the comprehensive and strict governance of Buddhism and strive to solve prominent issues affecting the healthy inheritance of Buddhism, the Buddhist Association of Nanxun District, Huzhou City, recently held a chairman meeting to study the “Common Initiative on Respect for Frugality and Abstinence from Luxury” proposed at the 19th meeting of the National Joint Conference of Religious Groups, and conducted a collective study on the development path of the Sinicization of Buddhism in Nanxun in the new era. The meeting was chaired by Shi Weixue, the chairman of the Buddhist Association of the District, Shen Hongjie, Deputy Director of the District Civil and Religious Affairs Bureau, attended and delivered a speech.
The meeting held that the Chinese nation has developed a profound understanding of the harm of extravagance during its long historical development, and has had the virtue of respecting thrift and abstaining from extravagance since ancient times.
The meeting pointed out that carrying out the action of advocating thrift and abstaining from extravagance in the religious community is a necessary move in line with the development of religion in the new era. In essence, it is necessary to actively promote the construction of religious style, deeply promote the sinicization of religion, and build positive and healthy religious relations.
The meeting emphasized that various national religious groups have jointly issued the “Common Initiative on Respect for Thrift and Abstinence from Luxury”, advocating traditional virtues and opposing unhealthy practices; Advocate environmental protection and practicality, and oppose greed and extravagance; Advocate moral cultivation and oppose extravagance; Advocate simplicity and moderation, and oppose extravagance and waste. The Buddhist Association of Nanxun District will effectively play its main role, innovate ways and methods, highlight positive education, adhere to goal orientation, and lead the Buddhist community in Nanxun to actively respond to the “Joint Initiative” through various forms such as going to different places to exchange lectures, holding special seminars, and opening special bulletin boards. It will deeply carry out education activities to respect thrift and refrain from extravagance, earnestly implement the requirements of comprehensive and strict governance of Buddhism, and resolutely curb the unhealthy atmosphere in the Buddhist field, We will promote the Sinicization of Buddhism in the new era and take practical actions to welcome the victory of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Shen Hongjie pointed out at the meeting that the core of practicing the goal of sinicization of Buddhism in the new era is to guide and support the Buddhist community to take the core socialist values as the guide, and to promote the “Five Identities” of Buddhist practitioners and believers as the goal, while maintaining basic beliefs and core teachings, to promote the gradual formation of unique era connotations in aspects such as religious principles, management systems, etiquette and customs, and behavioral norms Innovative and dynamic new climate Buddhism. Promoting the sinicization of Buddhism is promoting the modernization of Buddhism, which not only does not contradict the social trend of “advocating thrift and avoiding extravagance”, but also conforms to the development requirements of simplicity, moderation, and green and low-carbon in the new era. The Buddhist community in Nanxun should practice the core socialist values, inherit the traditional Chinese etiquette culture, consciously eliminate the old customs in Buddhism, guide believers to change customs, form healthy and civilized living habits, and establish a new style of Chinese Buddhist civilization.