這是兩個生命交會的故事在平凡的日常事件中體會阿姜查洞悉人性的智慧和幽默
一九七○年,憂悶的美國沙彌法拉般若已受了兩年戒,在曼谷的寺院裡仍鬱鬱寡歡。與阿姜查的會面改變了一切。法拉般若看見阿姜查像隻快樂的大青蛙坐在荷葉上,他心想,如果在森林裡靜坐個三十年,可以像阿姜查一樣,也是件值得做的事。他開始看到了希望。可是遇見一位師父並不代表問題都可解決,相反地,在森林中修習需要極大的勇氣:師父可能是世界上最慈悲的虐待狂,他用諷刺、玩笑、甚至修辱來去除弟子的習性,磨練弟子的信心;還有,對於一個習慣都市生活的人,森林中的氣候、物質條件也時時刻刻挑戰著忍耐程度……這是兩個生命交會的故事:師父和弟子之間的信任與衝突、東方和西方的交疊與矛盾。讀者可以進入難得一見的上座部僧侶生活,在看似平凡的日常事件中體會阿姜查洞悉人性的智慧和幽默。這本珍貴的求法紀錄和所收錄的照片,讓我們更貼近佛陀的生命,在出版前早已是阿姜查弟子私下流傳的經典。
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保羅.布里特Paul Breiter於一九四八年出生於美國紐約市布魯克林區,於一九七○年旅行至泰國時,出家成為比丘。不久之後,他遇見阿姜查並成為他的弟子。布里特通曉泰語與依桑方言(Isan,近似寮語),負責擔任阿姜查指導西方學生的翻譯。他保有阿姜查開示法語的記錄,其中有些被集結成冊,納入與傑克.康菲爾德共同出版的《靜止的森林水塘》(A Still Forest Pool,Quest Books, 1985)中。他還翻譯了一本《戒律入門》(Vinayamukha(P.); Entrance to the Vinaya, Vol. III; Mahamakuta Royal Academy, 1983)。阿姜查於一九七九年訪問美國,布里特陪同他旅行並擔任翻譯。之後他記錄了跟隨阿姜查學習的一些故事,即本書《師父──與阿姜查共處的歲月》(Venerable Father: A Life with Ajahn Chah)。在一九七七年脫下僧袍還俗後,布里特回到美國跟隨日本曹洞宗的光文千也禪師 ( Roshi Kobun Chino Otogawa ),之後又隨西藏佛教寧瑪派的貢波?贊單 ( Gonpo Tsedan )修學佛法。他目前住在美國佛羅里達州。
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釋見諦一九五七年生,國立高雄師範大學英語系畢業,一九八一年禮心志法師及悟因法師於香光寺出家,後就讀於香光尼眾佛學院。一九八七年赴西雅圖就讀於華盛頓大學,先後取得教育碩士與博士學位。現服務於美青佛教會祇園寺。出版的譯作有Choosing Simplicity: A Commentary on the Bhikkshuni Pratimoksha(中譯英)、《師父:與阿姜查共處的歲月》與《親近釋迦牟尼佛》(英譯中)。 牟志京生於北京,八十年代到美國留學。先後在耶魯大學獲得電腦科學碩士、哲學碩士,及電腦科學博士學位。曾在大學、研究所及電腦公司從事教學、科研和軟體開發工作。從青年時代起即受到佛教思想的影響,近年正式皈依,並開始翻譯佛教經典書籍,譯作中包括《佛陀傳》。
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
我們彼此傾聽,為彼此而在。
本書從禪法的角度重新定義什麼是愛,萃取人類最強烈情感的成分。一行禪師以一貫清晰的理路、慈悲的感染力及幽默感,分享了戀愛、親密關係、孩子與家庭、迷戀等許多層面的智慧訣竅,也提供獨自練習或與伴侶一同練習的禪觀方式,幫助你擴展愛的能力。知道如何滋養愛,人際關係的許多關卡也就迎刃而解。
《怎麼愛》是【跟一行禪師過日常】系列的第三本,提供簡單明瞭的指導,任何想要探索正念禪修的人都能深受啟發。書末「增長真愛的練習」列出實際可行的步驟,讓你感受何謂「為彼此而在」。
繁體中文版佐以台灣知名插畫家王春子的作品,陪伴你重新體驗「愛」的單純與美好。
作者簡介
一行禪師(Thich Nhat Hanh)一九二六年生於越南,十六歲在慈孝寺出家,一九四九年受具足戒,為臨濟禪宗第四十二代、越南了觀禪師第八代傳人。一九六○年赴美普林斯頓大學研讀比較宗教學,並於哥倫比亞大學、康乃爾大學講學。持續推動反戰運動。一九六七年,美國黑人民權領袖馬丁‧路德‧金恩提名他角逐諾貝爾和平獎。一九七三年越南政府取消他的護照,自此離開越南,流亡法國。一九八二年在法國南部建設禪修道場「梅村」。他是目前世界上最著名的禪師之一,教導正念禪修長達七十餘年,暢銷作品包括《和好:療癒你的內在小孩》(Reconciliation)和《培養愛心》(Cultivating the Mind of Love)。
譯者簡介
吳茵茵台大外文系學士,師大翻譯研究所碩士。受教於鄭振煌教授,譯有《正念》、《禪呼吸》、《當和尚遇到鑽石2》等十餘本書。
Chan is not necessarily any one thing, nor does Chan affirm or deny anything. However, whatever you need, Chan gives to you.
For regular meditators, this book provides basic sitting meditation techniques. Exceptionally busy people are advised to try and use the Chan cultivation methods in this book to harmonize themselves, and dissolve their attachment to "self." From relaxing the body and mind for as little as three minutes to attending to body and mind throughout daily life, these methods show the simplicity and practicality of expedient Chan methods.--Master Sheng Yen
作者簡介
Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009)
聖嚴法師1930年生於江蘇南通,1943年於狼山出家,後因戰亂投身軍旅,十年後再次披剃出家。曾於高雄美濃閉關六年,隨後留學日本,獲立正大學文學博士學位。1975年應邀赴美弘法。1989年創建法鼓山,並於2005年開創繼起漢傳禪佛教的「中華禪法鼓宗」。
聖嚴法師是一位思想家、作家暨國際知名禪師,曾獲臺灣《天下》雜誌遴選為「四百年來臺灣最具影響力的五十位人士」之一。著作豐富,中、英、日文著作達百餘種,先後獲頒中山文藝獎、中山學術獎、總統文化獎及社會各界的諸多獎項。
聖嚴法師提出「提昇人的品質,建設人間淨土」的理念,主張以大學院、大普化、大關懷三大教育推動全面教育,相繼創辦中華佛學研究所、法鼓佛教學院、僧伽大學、法鼓大學等院校,也以豐富的禪修經驗、正信的佛法觀念和方法指導東、西方人士修行。
法師著重以現代人的語言和觀點普傳佛法,陸續提出「心靈環保」、「四種環保」、「心五四運動」、「心六倫」等社會運動,並積極推展國際弘化工作,參與國際性會談,促進宗教交流,提倡建立全球性倫理,致力世界和平。其寬闊胸襟與國際化視野,深獲海內外肯定。
Master Sheng Yen was born in 1930 and became a monk in 1943. He conducted a six-year solitary retreat, after which he went to Japan for further study and obtained a doctorate in Buddhist literature at Rissho University. In 1975, he began sharing the Dharma in the US, and in 1989, founded the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism.
He authored more than 100 publications in Chinese, English, and Japanese, and received the Sun Yat-sen Art and Literary Award, the Sun Yat-sen Academic Award, and the Presidential Cultural Award, among other honorary awards.
He proposed the vision of “uplifting the character of humanity and building a pure land on earth,” founded the Chung Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Dharma Drum Sangha University, and Dharma Drum University. Experienced in Chan using correct approaches, he guided practice in both the West and East. Popularizing the Dharma in modern language, the Master initiated movements including Protecting the Spiritual Environment, Four Kinds of Environmentalism, the Fivefold Spiritual Renaissance Campaign, and the Six Ethics of the Mind. He shared the Dharma globally with a broadminded perspective, winning him worldwide recognition.
This is the second 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). On this occasion, the Āgama Research Group met to discuss the early collections of long discourses transmitted by the different Buddhist schools. Thanks to the discovery and ongoing publication of the incomplete Sanskrit Dīrgha-āgama manu¬script from Gilgit, three different versions of the Collec¬tion of Long Discourses are now avail¬able for comparative study: the Pali Dīgha-nikāya transmitted within the Theravāda tradition, the just-mentioned Dīrgha-āgama in Sanskrit, identified as Sar¬vās¬ti-vāda or Mūlasarvāstivāda, and the Chinese translation of an Indic Dīrgha-āgama (長阿含經), generally considered to be affiliated with the Dhar¬ma¬¬guptakas. The six papers collected here focus on research on these various incarnations of the collections of long discourses in comparative perspective.
作者簡介
About the editor:Sāmaṇerī DhammadinnāDharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
About the contributors:Bhikkhu AnālayoNumata Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg &Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Roderick S. BucknellUniversity of Queensland
Toshiichi Endo (遠藤敏一)Centre of Buddhist Studies,The University of Hong KongJens-Uwe HartmannLudwig-Maximilians-Universität of Munich
Jen-jou Hung (洪振洲)Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Seishi Karashima (辛嶋靜志)The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhologyat Soka University