長庚醫院榮譽副院長、腦神經科權威 朱迺欣博士潛心探索打坐對大腦的影響《打坐與腦》為朱迺欣醫師在立緒文化出版腦神經科學系列的經典著作,於2010年出版,本書為第二版印行,紀念朱醫師逝世周年。朱醫師多年潛心於佛禪學,探索打坐對腦神經的影響,實踐愛因斯坦的名言:「沒有宗教的科學是跛子,沒有科學的宗教是瞎子。」致力於宗教與科學融合的研究。目前,打坐已風行全世界。研究打坐,不但順應世界潮流,也能幫助我們瞭解心靈在大腦的運作,以及主觀經驗的一些腦機制。打坐可以說是「心靈的探針」。腦是心識(mind)的器官,打坐是心靈的訓練,牽涉到腦的運作。所以,腦與打坐應是息息相關。這表示,如果我們想瞭解打坐,必須認識我們的腦。廿一世紀是腦的世紀,我們必須探索腦的奧祕,包括認識我們自己,瞭解心識是什麼,情緒何等重要,智慧如何培養。我們正處在「心靈革命」的時代,打坐的重要性也水漲船高,因為它提供人類探索心靈的探針。做為現代人,我們必須瞭解腦;把腦的知識變成常識。如此,我們才能安然處在「心靈」革命中。我們期望,我們因而能獲得心靈的平靜、快樂和滿足。坐禪是靜坐冥想(meditation),華語傾向用打坐。雖然目前打坐風行世界,「禪與腦」對打坐本身,似乎未做深入探討,例如:打坐的歷史背景、打坐的方法、打坐的派別、打坐的原因、打坐的好處等。打坐的這些問題,我相信,應該是一般民眾想知道的。剛好,我自己對打坐有興趣,也有一些經驗,對打坐的科學文獻也有所涉獵。經過再三思索,我把想要寫的,定在打坐的腦科學研究,讓讀者從另一個角度看有千年歷史的東方心靈鍛鍊。不可否認,我對打坐和打坐的作用,有個人的一些見解,把它稱為偏見(bias)也可以。因為我喜歡歷史,我往往從歷史的角度觀察與分析;因為我也是腦科學的研究者,我也往往從腦科學的角度探討。與其他科普書籍比較,此書有一個特徵,即在敘述實驗發現或結果時,往往直接引用報告的表或圖,顯示實驗的「本來面目」,然後用通俗的語言說明或解釋。我衷誠希望,此項新嘗試能讓讀者產生親身感受的經驗,如同禪宗所說的:「如人飲水,冷暖自知。」──朱迺欣〈自序 腦科學看打坐的「本來面目」〉
作者簡介
朱迺欣美國密西根大學(University of Michigan)神經生理學博士,曾任美國科羅拉多大學(University of Colorado)神經科住院醫師,美國國家衛生研究院(National Institutes of Health, NIH)研究員,並任教於加州大學(University of California)爾灣(Irvine)醫學院,回國後任林口長庚醫院神經科主任,長庚醫院顧問級醫師及榮譽副院長,退休後2017年1月於美國加州逝世。專長診治頭痛、癲癇症、巴金森症、威爾遜病等。曾獲行政院國科會之傑出研究獎,並因研究錳中毒巴金森症出色,獲得美國巴金森基金會(National Parkinson Foundation)贊助,其研究小組成為該基金會的傑出研究中心,為亞洲第一個獲得此項榮譽之研究小組。除了學術專業論文外,著有《打坐與腦》、《腦與宗教:尋找腦中神明》(原書名《尋找腦中神明:宗教的腦科學觀》)、《靜坐:當東方靜坐遇上西方腦科學》、《神經神學:宗教有腦生物基礎嗎?》(以上皆立緒文化出版)、《懸壺看人間》、《認識腦、保護腦、開發腦》、《走出頭痛的陰影》、《巴金森病——認識與面對》、《前塵往事腦醫學》、《腦醫生的大帽子》等,另譯有《尋找腦中幻影》(Phantoms in the Brain)、《禪與腦》(Zen and the Brain)等書。
Here is the inimitable Master Sheng Yen at his best, illuminating the ancient texts of the Chinese Zen tradition to show how wonderfully practical they really are, even for us today. The texts, written by two of the founders of the Ts’ao-tung sect of Chan Buddhism, are poems entitled Inquiry into Matching Halves and Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi. Both emphasize the Chan view that wisdom is not separate from vexation, and both speak of the levels of awareness through which one must pass on the way to realization. Both are also works of Buddhist philosophy that can serve as guides to spiritual practice for anyone.
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo related to Vinaya. Recurrent topics are the nature of Vinaya narrative and the overlap between discourse and Vinaya material, both of which have significant ramifications for the use of such textual material by the modern scholar. In addition, topics taken up in the course of this book are the legal consequences of pārājika, the mass suicide of monks, the tale of Vessantara's lavish giving, the impact of the account of the first saṅgīti on attitudes towards Vinaya rules, the account of the foundation of the order of bhikkhunīs, and the legal dimensions of the revival of the bhikkhunī order.
作者簡介
Bhikkhu Anālayowas born in Germany in 1962 and ordained in Sri Lanka in 1995. He completed a Ph.D. thesis at the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in 2000 and a habilitation thesis at the University of Marburg (Germany) in 2007. At present he is a professor at the University of Hamburg, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies (Germany).
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo containing translations of Dīrgha-āgama discourses and comparative studies of their Pāli parallels (as well as relevant Sanskrit fragments), together with three appendices. Several chapters and the appendices are devoted to examining aspects of the early Buddhist oral transmission. In addition, topics taken up in the course of this book are the analysis of views in the Brahmajāla, healing in early Buddhism, the Buddha's last meditation, his display of fire miracles, levitation, debating strategies, and the future Buddha Maitreya.
作者簡介
Bhikkhu Anālayowas born in Germany in 1962 and ordained in Sri Lanka in 1995. He completed a Ph.D. thesis at the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in 2000 and a habilitation thesis at the University of Marburg (Germany) in 2007. At present he is a professor at the University of Hamburg, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies (Germany).
This is the third volume of proceedings of the Āgama seminars convened by the Āgama Research Group at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (formerly Dharma Drum Buddhist College). It collects academic contributions on various aspects related to the Middle-length Collec¬tions of discourses (sūtras, suttas) transmitted by different early Buddhist lineages of reciters, preserved in their Indic originals in Gandhari, Pali and Sanskrit as well as in Chinese and Tibetan translations.
作者簡介
About the editor:Bhikkhunī DhammadinnāDharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
About the contributors:
Mark Allon & Blair SilverlockUniversity of Sydney
Bhikkhu AnālayoUniversity of Hamburg
Roderick S. BucknellUniversity of Queensland
Jin-il Chung(鄭鎮一)Göttingen Academy of Sciences
Takamichi Fukita(吹田隆道)Bukkyō University
Jen-jou Hung(洪振洲)Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Seishi Karashima(辛嶋靜志)The International Research Institute forAdvanced Buddhology at Soka University
Michael RadichVictoria University of Wellington
Richard SalomonUniversity of Washington
Peter SkillingÉcole française d’Extrême-Orient
Ingo StrauchUniversity of Lausanne