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.
默照的修行,是以一種獨特的方式培養生命的洞察力,當漫無止盡的色、受、想、行、識漸漸平息下來,心——就具足覺悟自己、覺悟一切的能量。「默照禪」是由宋代宏智正覺禪師首倡並弘揚,為一種同時運用靜定與覺照的禪修法。本書是根據聖嚴法師於一九八九、一九九五年在英國威爾斯指導「默照禪七」的內容編輯而成,除了介紹禪的基本概念與默照的實修方法外,還包括編者約翰.克魯克描述個人修行心得的數篇短文,以及隨法師出遊的趣事,兼具修行歷程的知性面與感性面。禪修最重要的目標是徹見宇宙實相而醒悟,書中提到的千代野禪師,在一個月光皎潔的夜晚將手中的水桶掉落在地,桶面的月影瞬間破滅,他也在這一剎那開悟了。其實,每個人手中都提著一個裝滿了假象的無形桶子,唯有讓自己時時處於靜定而覺照之中,才有機會破除假象,品嘗「桶裡無水,水中無月──手中是空」的開悟滋味。歷歷不昧,一念萬年 當下覺知宇宙人生的實相默照禪法,默默觀照經驗的生起。心愈來愈沉靜,就像一池水完全靜止後,每一粒沙子都沉澱到池底,水變得透明清澈。這種透明清澈自然而然會變成開悟,毫不費力。——聖嚴法師
編者簡介
約翰˙克魯克博士(John Crook, PhD, DSc)1930年出生,英國知名生物學家與人類學家。1950年代開始接觸佛教並習禪,1993年於紐約「禪中心」接受聖嚴法師傳法,成為聖嚴法師的第一位西方法子。目前為「西方人禪修會」(Western Chan Fellowship)導師。著有The Evolution of Human Consciousness、Space in Mind、Himalayan Buddhist Villages、The Yogins of Ladakh、Hilltops of the Hong Kong Moon等書。
譯者簡介
薛慧儀國立台灣大學外國語文學系學士,英國University of Bath口筆譯碩士。曾任職於法鼓山文化中心國際翻譯室,現為大學兼職講師。譯作有:《禪門第一課》(法鼓文化)、《違法之徒》(春天出版)以及《桑果公園》(暫名,春天出版)等。
The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment are a set of fundamental teachings of Buddhism in the form of a list. The list’s seeming simplicity belies the fact that it is in fact a kind of road map to enlightenment for anyone who follows it with diligence and sincerity. The Thirty-seven Aids comprise seven practices conducive to awakening. Each of the seven practices is itself a set of elements, which add up to the total of thirty-seven: (1) The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, (2) The Four Proper Exertions, (3) The Four Steps to Magical Powers, (4) The Five Roots, (5) The Five Powers, (6) The Seven Factors of Enlightenment, and (7) The Noble Eightfold Path. Master Sheng Yen’s down-to-earth teachings take the reader on a progression through each of the practices—many of which are familiar to all major schools of Buddhism—illustrating how they relate to the reader’s own practice on the path toward enlightenment.