我們整天忙碌,習慣圍著事情團團轉,回到家卻還定不下來,家失去了提供休養生息的氛圍。一行禪師鼓勵我們,可以在空間中融入修行,用修行來轉化空間。不論家大或小,裝潢美觀與否,只要用心,就可以為自己的生活空間做規畫,創造多處放鬆和舒適的空間,你就可以自在地回到自己。在家裡設立一處禪坐的角落,在那裡,以覺知呼吸釋放情緒;在廚房的壁櫃貼上正念的詩句,提醒自己停下紛亂的思緒,把心放在手上的料理;在床頭櫃上置放清新的語句,願你一起床就能活出朝氣的一天;在客廳放一個罄,爭吵或意見紛雜時,用它來收心……有了禪師一貫溫柔及實用的指引,家的每個地方,都成為心覺醒的神聖之處。
作者簡介
一行禪師(Thich Nhat Hanh)1926年生於越南中部,十六歲時在慈孝寺當見習憎,後來赴美研究並教學。越戰期間返國從事和平運動,對於越南的年輕僧眾起了重大啟發,戰爭結束代表參加巴黎和談。越南赤化後,一行禪師被放逐海外,在2005年第一次回返越南,2007年2月至5月也再次回到越南。1967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。1982年他在法國南部建立了「梅村」禪修道場。1995年曾到台灣弘法並主持禪七法會。一行禪師是當今國際社會中最具宗教影響力的僧人之一,以禪師、詩人、人道主義者聞名於世。著作超過一百本,都是教導人們在生活中實踐佛法,已在台灣出版的有:《生生基督世世佛》《步步安樂行》《橘子禪》《與生命相約》《你可以不生氣》《你可以不怕死》《正念的奇蹟》《觀照的奇蹟》《見佛殺佛》《你可以,愛》《祈禱的力量》《一心走路》《生命真正的力量》《接觸大地》《建設淨土》等。
譯者簡介
雷叔雲國立台灣大學畢業,赴美取得圖書館學與資訊科學碩士,曾任職圖書館界與教育界,現旅居加州,為自由撰稿人。譯有十餘種心理、宗教、禪法領域的著作,在台灣、中國大陸和馬來西亞等地出版。其中《生命不再等待》(No Time to Lose)一書榮獲台灣第33屆金鼎獎最佳翻譯人獎。
生命路徑總在不期然之處轉彎,彷彿是為了讓我們看見更廣闊的風景……歷經大環境不斷變遷的聖嚴法師,本著最初的願心,面對人生中的高山深壑,以佛法為地圖,做為指引個人安頓身心之道;進而將他對佛法的踐行領悟,透過義理分明的文字,為現代人描繪出生命智慧的藏寶圖。
本書由聖嚴法師娓娓道來其一生的學習歷程,以及隨順因緣全力投入生命中不同角色的各種轉折,經過文字的闡述及解行並重的生命實踐,使現代人得以親近佛法善知識,領受佛法做為人生指引的妙用。
本書為英文版,為《法鼓全集》英譯計畫中的第一部英文出版品。期待能以此英譯系列向廣大的西方讀者推廣漢傳佛教與禪法。
I am an ordinary Buddhist monk born in 1930 at a village in Jiangsu Province, Nantong County. The second year after my birth, there was a great flooding of the Yangzi River, which washed away our home and everything we owned. We were impoverished. My family then moved to the south bank of the Yangzi River. I was always weak in physique and prone to illness since childhood. I entered school at the age of nine, and left school when I was thirteen. I became a monk when I was thirteen. The basic education I received was equivalent to that of a fourth grade primary school student. While the other teenagers were studying at high school and university, I was busy working as a younmonk and performing ritual services. Later, I served in the military for the country. Nevertheless, since I was young, I realized the importance of knowledge and education. Therefore, during my time in service, I would take hold of any opportunity for self-study, and read many books. After leaving the army and spending six years in solitary retreat, having met the educational requirements along with my published work, I was enrolled in Rissho University in Tokyo. There, within six years time, I completed both a master’s and a doctoral degree in Buddhist Literature. From the time I realized that the sutras are used to provide knowledge and methods to purify society and the human mind, I felt lament. I thought, “The Dharma is so good, yet so few people know about it, and so many people misunderstand it.” Ordinary people treat Buddhadharma as something secular or mystical; at best they treat it as an academic study. Actually, Buddhism is a religion that applies wisdom and compassion to purify the human world. Thus, I vowed to use contemporary ideas and language to introduce to others the true meaning of the Dharma that was forgotten, and to revive the spirit of Shakyamuni Buddha. — From the Author’s Preface
作者簡介:
Master Sheng Yen 聖嚴法師(1930~2009年)
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,近年來更致力於國際弘化工作,參與國際性會談,促進宗教交流,提倡建立全球性倫理,致力於世界的和平。其寬闊胸襟與國際化視野,深獲海內外肯定。
In Buddhism, awakening from the long dream of life means realizing your self-nature… Although we may understand that our lives are dreamlike, we still bear responsibility for this sleeping and waking dream We must make our minds simple, peaceful, and tranquil Sincere and rigorous practice lets us calm both body and mind, which in turn allows us, day by day, to reduce our karmic obstructions”