Taiwan went through an intense period of social change in 1949. The island's politics, economy, ethnicity …… had undergone considerable change. In response this period of tumultuous change, Master Dong Chu founded the "Humanity" magazine to help people cope.
Seventy years later, "Humanity" had weathered being shelved, relaunched and redesigned. It still continues to publish topics that help people cope with the changes in today's world monthly. As "Humanity" approaches its 70th anniversary, it is encountering a different kind of changing world. 27 June 2018, with the aim of sharing the diversity of spiritual practices, we invited dharma masters from different traditions to share the compassion and wisdom of Buddhadharma. The full texts of the keynote speeches and panels are included in this special issue of " Awakening in the Global Buddhist Village".
"Humanity's" guiding teacher, Master Sheng Yen, dedicated his life to bringing Chinese Chan Buddhism to the West. Many Westerners who became his students twenty to thirty years ago continue to follow his footsteps, engage in self cultivation and teaching, establish centers and transmit the lineage. How did they discover Chan Buddhism and how did they find their teacher, Master Sheng Yen? These stories of the teacher and the student are very inspirational.
In the twenty first century, on this 70th anniversary of "Humanity" magazine, Buddhism has spread around the world resembling a global Buddhist village. From the United States of America, Bhikkhu Bodhi described his process of transformation from a traditional monastic to that of a social advocator because he witnessed the oppression of human beings caused by the current social systems; to Italy's Bhikkhun? Dhammadinn? who shared about her journey of how she went from learning dancing to engaging in Buddhist research and ultimately to becoming a female monastic.
Contributing to the world in our capacity of Chinese Chan Buddhism, "Humanity"70 along with the Buddhist Dharma family all over the world and our friends on the same path, let us "Awaken in the Global Buddhist Village"!
About the Humanity magazine
Founded in 1949, Humanity magazine was the first Buddhist magazine published and released in Taiwan. Founded by Ven. Dong Chu and later continued by his disciple Master Sheng Yen, it has been one of the most influential magazines in Taiwan’s Buddhist circles.
Humanity magazine concerns itself about contemporary development of Buddhism, and puts an emphasis on the uplifting of people’s minds and spiritual lives. Each month’s topic not only touches upon various social phenomena, but also explores from Buddhist concepts to worldly studies, to encourage readers to search their inner beings and incorporate Buddhist practice into their daily lives. For cover and layout design, the magazine has invited outstanding illustrators to help render an elegant yet fun style, thus through pages allowing readers to slow down and find a space for spiritual relaxation, self-transformation, and the enjoyment of purity and freedom by applying the Dharma in life.
The magazine had been discontinued for a while due to Master Sheng Yen’s solitary retreat practice. When it was reissued in 1982, as an encouragement, he wrote:
Seek progress in the ordinary life and see the glory of life in hardship.
Seek development in harmony and see the hope in the hard work.
Seek abundance in peace and calm and see the solemness in the training.
Seek wisdom in silence and see the compassionate aspiration in the proactive commitment.
In the future, the Humanity magazine will continue to uphold Master Sheng Yen’s encouragements and expectations, to keep on sharing Buddhist wisdom and compassion, to help bring brightness and hope to the world.
這個時代的讀者、社會工作人正經驗到的最普遍狀態,莫過於壓力。日復一日,人們習慣於用快速檔前進,停不住,也慢不了。生活中,也許面臨新生兒、長者的照護壓力,抑或是摯愛的親人逝去;也許自己或身邊的人確診為重症,也許失去了工作或家庭,身、心流離無依。當然人們身心俱疲,已不堪負荷,若不提供一個正確減壓方法,結果便是求助於藥物、暴飲暴食、強迫購物等不健康方法,最終不僅無法改善壓力狀態,更造成身心全面崩盤。正念減壓課程是由卡巴金(Jon Kabat-Zinn)博士所研發,結合內觀(Vipassana)、禪修以及瑜伽經驗所啟發出來的身心療法。卡巴金將正念定義為:「透過不評價的態度,刻意對當下此刻進行專注所升起的覺察」。透過八週的課程(8-Week MBSR course),學習如何與自己的生命產生更深入的連結,活在當下,清醒和覺察,一刻接著一刻,以不帶評價的態度與我們的生命接觸,用仁慈對待自己和這個世界。正念協助我們在某個情境顯露時,能夠與它同在,而不是去逃避或否認困難情境。生命不必然採用我們的方式進行當我們明白生命即是道我們就能了然平靜與真正的實現並不取決於任何情境 正念幫助我們理解情境,與之如實同在,並懂得以正念態度應對,而非以平常的壓力反應去應對,這對於做出正確決斷,並最終導致理性的解決問題,而非負面的情緒累積,是至關重要的。在問題出現的當下,不再一味縱容煩惱心升起,成為障礙,而能夠明白接納現況、選擇處理方式,才是更佳的做法。正念藉此協助我們於生活和工作當中取得平衡,能夠抽出時間給珍貴的自己,對自己其世界抱持悲憫之心,善待自己與他人。即便我們遭遇苦難,我們知道自己不是受苦,而是與苦同在:Living with it, not suffering from it。科學研究已經證實,正念對下列問題都有效:慢性疼痛、心血管疾病(如:高血壓)、睡眠疾患、憂鬱與焦慮、纖維肌痛症、牛皮癬、慢性疾病(如:糖尿病、多發性硬化症)、癌症、壓力。可以說是現代人絕對必備的重要工具。正念是可以訓練和練習的。本書將以簡單清楚的描述,一步一步帶領讀者練習正念。課程為八週,將逐週介紹當週的練習重點,相信每一個人讀過之後,都能一窺正念練習的意義,辨識出屬於個人的壓力源從而能夠處理,並從正念練習與覺知中得到豐富的體驗,學習去感受生命歷程,而非汲汲衝向生活目標,繼而建立為一種健康的生活方式。本書的學習目標:l 闡明正念減壓八週課程的主要元素,這些內容通常在每週以兩個半小時到三個小時來進行。l 提供正念減壓課程中重要練習的引導。l 描述有關壓力的基本理論,並說明正念如何能夠協助我們在生活中保持平衡與專注。l 介紹正念如何成為一種生活方式。Linda Lehrhaupt 琳達‧哈雷普特博士著有Riding the Waves of Life: Mindfulness and Inner Balance以及Tai Chi as a Path of Wisdom,並為MBSR: Reducing Stress through Mindfulness之共同作者。
作者簡介
Linda Lehrhaupt 琳達‧哈雷普特博士資深正念減壓課程(MBSR)教師,正念療法學會(Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches)之創辦人與執行董事。於整合教育、健康照護、個人發展(personal development)有豐富經驗,教導正念療法近35年,為麻州大學醫學院(University of Massachusetts Medical School)之正念中心(Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society)合格認證的正念減壓教師。她也是德國國家正念減壓暨正念認知療法教師協會(German National MBSR-MBCT Teachers Association)和歐洲正念療法協會網(European Network of Associations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches, EAMBA)的創始成員。Linda Lehrhaupt自1979年起投入禪修,為Open Mind Zen創始人Al Fusho Rapaport之傳法弟子,亦曾跟隨Dennis Genpo Merzel、Roshi、Nico Tydeman修習禪法。目前是歐盟內禪修團體Zen Heart Sangha之指導老師,有多年引導禪修與正念修習之豐富經驗。著有Riding the Waves of Life: Mindfulness and Inner Balance以及Tai Chi as a Path of Wisdom,並為MBSR: Reducing Stress through Mindfulness之共同作者。Petra Meibert 佩特拉‧邁貝特心理學家,德國之正念減壓(MBSR)與正念認知療法(MBCT)權威。她是德國一正念治療協會Achtsamkeitsinstitut Ruhr的共同創辦人與共同負責人,並參與MBSR與MBCT之教師培訓專案。其於正念療法學會(Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches)完成正念教學訓練,並於麻州大學醫學院之正念中心接受教育,於德國及世界各地有著豐富的教學經驗。Petra Meibert曾追隨藏傳佛教導師Tarab Tulku Rinpoche學習佛教心理學與哲學,並自1988年起投身於正念禪修、內觀與大圓滿(Dzogchen)之修習。著有多部關於正念減壓及正念認知療法之著作。
譯者簡介
石世明臺灣大學心理學系畢業,美國科羅拉多大學丹佛校區臨床心理學碩士,臺灣正念發展協會理事,正念助人學會常務理事,目前於大林慈濟醫院臨床心理中心擔任臨床心理師。曾參與喬.卡巴金帶領之正念減壓心身醫學專業訓練(2013),馬克.威廉斯,威廉.凱肯帶領之正念認知治療專業訓練(2012,2018)。致力將正念融入癌症心理照顧,發展癌症病人克服擔憂復發之正念團體課程;帶領醫療人員正念團體,進行正念認知治療之培訓工作。著有《抗癌自癒力:正念減壓8堂課》(天下生活)《伴你最後一程:臨終關懷的愛與慈悲》(天下文化),譯作:《找回內心的寧靜:憂鬱症的正念認知療法(第二版)》(心靈工坊)、《八周正念練習:走出憂鬱與情緒風暴》(張老師文化)、《像青蛙坐定:給孩童的正念練習》(張老師文化)、《病床邊的溫柔》(心靈工坊)。
1949年,臺灣經歷著劇烈的社會變遷,政治、經濟、族群……充滿了變數。在那個劇變的年代,人力物力極度拮据的時局中,《人生》誕生了,創辦人東初老和尚「運用它的廣長舌,張開它的獅子口,作大吼聲,驚破那一切正在迷戀著物慾的大夢,叫它們都能醒覺過來。」這是老和尚對驟變時代做出的回應。轉眼七十年過去,《人生》經歷停刊、復刊、改版,至今月月如期出刊,持續回應著時代人心的需要。邁入七十歲的《人生》,面對又一個全然不同的驟變世局,2018年6月27日,特別邀請多位來自不同傳承的法師大德共同分享佛法悲智,為修行者提供修行指引。兩場精彩的主題演講和座談會全文,就收錄在本期「悟吧!在世界佛教村」特刊。《人生》導師聖嚴法師曾說:「我們的未來,一定要有前瞻性,要往遠處看、往大處看。大處,就是世界佛教;遠處,就是未來的佛教。」應該放眼全世界,要有世界觀,不要自限在「臺灣佛教」或「中國佛教」的地域化思考中。因此編輯室廣邀世界各國的法師居士大德,分享在地的第一手觀察。在「世界佛教村」轉角,菩提長老反思社會制度對人造成的壓迫,分享從重視研修的傳統僧侶生活轉而投入社會倡議的歷程;梅村法師分享,一行禪師2018年回歸祖庭後,對於越南佛教的深刻影響;彌山法師談到韓國佛教的困境,以及佛法與科學跨界的應用;宣方剖析中國「佛系青年」現象;還有日本許多青年和尚奮臂改變現狀的「逆襲」;因稿擠而必須留待下期的東南亞五國「激進的佛教」來龍去脈,馬來西亞教界以佛曲募心的青年學佛風潮,美國本土佛教團體中的種族矛盾……各地作者分享的佛教發展現況與自身的修行歷程,彷彿展示著佛教的「光譜」:保守與激進、年輕化與高齡化、開放與緊縮、世俗化與出世的……可說是佛教融入當代社會,逐漸形成的現象與趨勢,卻也提醒我們唯有以法為洲,回歸佛陀本懷,深化自己的修行,才能在出世與入世之間,持續踏實修行,進而利益眾生。在此特別感恩各地的法門眷屬、作者群,為《人生》七十週年特刊貢獻心力與珍貴的省思。讓我們看到What a 「Wonder佛」(Wonderful) World!多麼殊勝的世界佛教村!「雜誌為佛教的生命線。」這是東初老和尚創立《人生》的初衷。一本雜誌代表一個時代文化,《人生》七十新開始,願《人生》代佛分身說法,讓智慧恆久遠,正法永流傳。聖嚴法師談21世紀的佛教徒2018「世界佛教村」座談會主題演講.座談會【驟變.應變】關寂照:變動的時代,不動的修行【佛教.文化】繼程法師:佛教是文化,是生命之道【轉角.世界佛教村】美:菩提比丘/越:一行禪師/日:青年和尚逆襲 韓:佛法跨界/中:青年為何「佛系」?/澳:南向新天地【漢傳禪法西來】賽門.查爾德/麥克斯.卡林/卡門.米哈勒內