佛教禪修傳統研究視野與思想交流,是近年來世界佛教學術研究的重要新趨勢,法鼓文理學院於二○一四年十月舉辦「佛教禪修傳統:比較與對話」國際研討會,邀請德國、比利時、義大利、美國、印度、日本、臺灣等地學者,就不同面向深入探討佛教禪修議題。
本論文集精選此次國際研討會中七篇論文,內容涵蓋早期佛教文獻對第二禪的探討、南北大眾部對於禪修中定心與頓悟的比較、禪修中的性格分類、印度與中國佛教教義與禪修經驗的比較、觀經變相圖的比較研究、看話禪的研究,以及中國禪宗詩偈於生命教育之應用初探。
藉由傳統與現代議題對談,呈現多元面貌的理論與實踐方式,提供禪修研究新的觀點。
作者簡介
Bhikkhu AnalayoDharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Bart DesseinGhent University
Mahesh A. DeokarSavitribai Phule Pune University
Eric M. GreeneYale University
Nobuyoshi YamabeWaseda University
賴賢宗國立臺北大學
辜琮瑜法鼓文理學院
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Live a life of ease and freedom, on the basis of peace and solidity, with the principle of being less agitated and affected.
Many masters in the history of Chinese Chan Buddhism emphasized practice as daily living. Whether monastic or lay, a follower uses the concepts and methods of Chan in daily life. By doing so, one experiences calmness and ease while being spontaneous and lively amidst mundane reality. Chan is not a religion, not a philosophy, and surely not mysterious or weird sorcery. It is the wisdom of living, the cultivation of body and mind, and a principle and guideline for spiritual development. It is also the best method for influencing and purifying the environment.--Master Sheng Yen
作者簡介
Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009)
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 Mountain organization. In 2005, he established the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism, as an effort to reinvent Chinese 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 Institute of Liberal Arts, and Dharma Drum Sangha 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.