《金光明經》是大乘佛教中具有重要影響力的佛教經典，其護國利民的功德從中亞到中國、日本、韓國皆受到重視，亦在東亞地區廣受信奉。 本文以《金光明經》義理分析的視角，探究《金光明經》的護法神及佛教護國思想。筆者試從《金光明經》譯本探究，來探討各品主要思想重點。並從中探討《金光明經》中的護法神，其修持佛道及護佑眾生的利益；乃至發掘護法神於《金光明經》中，護國、護民的功德。面對現今全球的疫情，筆者也試圖從《金光明經》教義中，發掘人類透過自我的覺察消弭疫情之道，並達成《金光明經》對現代社會的關懷。 The Jin Guang Ming Jing is an influential Buddhist text in Mahayana Buddhism, and its virtue of protecting the nation and benefiting the people is valued from Central Asia to China, Japan, and Korea, and is also widely believed in East Asia. This paper uses the perspective of theoretical analysis to explore the Dharma-protecting deities and the Buddhist idea of protecting the nation in the Jin Guang Ming Jing.The author attempts to explore the main points of each chapter from the translations of the Jin Guang Ming Jing. This study also explores the Dharma-protecting deities in the Jin Guang Ming Jing; benefits of their practice of the Buddhist path and their protection of sentient beings; and even explores the merits of the Dharma-protecting deities in the Jin Guang Ming Jing in protecting the nation and its people. In the face of the current global pandemic, the author also attempts to explore from the teachings of the Jin Guang Ming Jing the way for human beings to eliminate the pandemic through self-awareness, thus realizing the Jin Guang Ming Jing concern for contemporary society.
