[[alternative]]An Empirical Research to Propagate Buddhist Teachings for Khangser Rinpoche in Taiwan

[[abstract]] 俗語說：「外來的和尚會唸經」，可見於國外佛教法師來台弘法絡繹不絕；其中又以藏傳佛教對台灣造成的影響力最大。然而對於藏傳佛教廣為流傳之原因探討，研究之學者本來就不多，而由信眾著手進行研究之論文更少。職是之故，本研究將針對達賴法王所領導的格魯教派，也就是黃教的一位仁波切來台弘法的過程，以及其信眾學法過程進行實證研究。 康薩仁波切於2012年創立台灣燃燈智佛學會，同時也開啟康薩仁波切固定每年來台展開弘法之旅。筆者在康薩仁波切的各種活動中，發現康薩仁波切充滿著智慧的對話與慈悲的事蹟。此外，還發現台灣的燃燈智佛學共修會的成員素質都很高，因而產生想探討燃燈智佛學共修會的成員跟隨康薩仁波切學習佛法前、後產生的影響。 透過問卷調查，本研究可得下列六點結論如下：一、台灣燃燈智佛學共修會法友對持戒、吃素的要求比一般團體嚴謹，更注重「了生脫死」出世間法的追求。二、台灣燃燈智佛學共修會法友跟隨康薩仁波切修學喜好優先順序為：見修→實修→儀軌修法。三、台灣燃燈智佛學共修會法友跟隨康薩仁波切學法後，有近半數的人在六波羅蜜的行持都有進步，有部分的人則是進步幅度更為明顯。四、台灣燃燈智佛學共修會法友跟隨康薩仁波切學法後，有更多的人更認同及接受藏傳佛教。五、網路媒體教學，雖方便但效果大打折扣；語言隔閡障礙，雖有翻譯但未能充分溝通。但康薩仁波切盡其能力、排除困難，也產生了一定的功效。六、台灣與越南二國的燃燈智佛學共修會法友，跟隨康薩仁波切修學佛法後，各項表現多數人咸認為大致相同。惟在布施及求財祈福方面，越南比台灣多一些。而在對仁波切求法的恭敬心，以及對了脫生死的追求上，台灣則比越南多一些。[[abstract]] The proverb ＂Foreign Buddhist monk knows how to recite sutra.＂ In Chinese refers to the phenomenon of large amount of foreign Buddhist monks who come to Taiwan on their missions, among which the Tibetan Buddhist monks are the most influential group. However, there are few studies conduct by scholars which aims to analyze the reason behind the popularity of Tibetan Buddhism, and even fewer studies conduct by Buddhist followers. Hence, this thesis studies a Rinpoche who belongs to yellow hat sect, a branch of Tibetan Buddhism named Gelug-pa lead by Dalai Lama, teaching his followers the knowledge of Buddhism. Khangser Rinpoche founded Dipkar Taiwan in the year of 2012, thus started a routine program where he visits Taiwan on yearly basis to teach his followers about Buddhism knowledge. The author noted many of his answers of wisdom and act of compassion during his teaching programs as well as interactions with his followers. The author also noticed the quality of followers are of outstanding levels, which lead to the interest of the author to look into the difference before and after they learn from Khangser Rinpoche. After studying questionnaires answered by followers, the author came up with 6 conclusions as stated below: 1. Members of Dipkar Taiwan is more strict in terms of following Buddhist rules and being vegan than other Buddhist group in general, and focus more on the pursuit of transcending death and life.2. Members of Dipkar Taiwan learn from Khangser Rinpoche in following order: insight→practice→rituals.3. Almost half of the Members of Dipkar Taiwan shows improvement in the practice of six paramitas after learning from Khangser Rinpoche, and a portion of the members show substantial improvement.4. A lot of people have a better understanding and acceptance for Tibetan Buddhism after learning from Khangser Rinpoche.5. Online classes is not as effective as realtime classes, although there are interpreters, the communications and interactions are much limited. Khangser Rinpoche tried very hard to make things workout as smoothly as it possibly can is helpful.6. There are not too much difference in terms of learning effectiveness between Taiwanese and Vietnamese, but Vietnames are more than Taiwanese in pursuit of wealth and well-being. Therefore Taiwanese are better than Vietnanese in pursuit of attitude and relief