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.
Here is the inimitable Master Sheng Yen at his best, illuminating the ancient texts of the Chinese Zen tradition to show how wonderfully practical they really are, even for us today. The texts, written by two of the founders of the Ts’ao-tung sect of Chan Buddhism, are poems entitled Inquiry into Matching Halves and Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi. Both emphasize the Chan view that wisdom is not separate from vexation, and both speak of the levels of awareness through which one must pass on the way to realization. Both are also works of Buddhist philosophy that can serve as guides to spiritual practice for anyone.
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平安無事牌原木吊飾|地藏王菩薩
修念佛法門者,正在念佛時,將心中所有一切雜念放下,只管專心念佛號,此心即與佛相應,那時的心中,便沒有恐懼、懷疑、貪、瞋、驕傲等的雜念起伏。若能更進一步,一時之間,全部雜念離你而去,此時便與佛的淨土相應。一念相應一念見淨土,二念相應二念是淨土,念念相應念念住淨土。
產品特色 .可隨身攜帶或懸掛祈福平安無事,同時提醒自己時時老實念佛。.樟木紋路細緻精美,富含天然香氣。
產品規格.內容:地藏王菩薩-平安無事牌1個.顏色:原木+局部橘色印色.材質成分:天然樟木、櫻桃木、特多棉繩.尺寸:木牌約 6 x 4 x 0.6公分;吊繩吊掛長度約 24公分.重量:約 8~9公克.產品製造地:臺灣生產製造
保存方式.清潔時請用棉質布擦拭,請勿使用清潔劑或具揮發性溶劑清潔。.請勿與具香精成分的物品一起存放,以免影響樟木天然的香氣。
注意事項.應避免陽光直射,以免產品變色或變形。.請勿與硬物或用力敲打撞擊,以免造成結構毀損。.請勿接觸到化學溶劑,以免變色或毀損。.請勿接觸到水,或置放於潮濕的地方,以免受潮變形。.天然木材均會有木紋、色差、小木節、小黑點等,此為天然木料的特色。.因光線關係,圖片顏色略有差異,請以實際商品為主。
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平安無事牌原木吊飾|觀世音菩薩
修念佛法門者,正在念佛時,將心中所有一切雜念放下,只管專心念佛號,此心即與佛相應,那時的心中,便沒有恐懼、懷疑、貪、瞋、驕傲等的雜念起伏。若能更進一步,一時之間,全部雜念離你而去,此時便與佛的淨土相應。一念相應一念見淨土,二念相應二念是淨土,念念相應念念住淨土。
產品特色 .可隨身攜帶或懸掛祈福平安無事,同時提醒自己時時老實念佛。.樟木紋路細緻精美,富含天然香氣。
產品規格.內容:觀世音菩薩-平安無事牌1個.顏色:原木 + 局部藍色印色.材質成分:天然樟木、櫻桃木、特多棉繩.尺寸:木牌約 6 x 4 x 0.6公分;吊繩吊掛長度約 24公分.重量:約 8~9公克.產品製造地:臺灣生產製造
保存方式.清潔時請用棉質布擦拭,請勿使用清潔劑或具揮發性溶劑清潔。.請勿與具香精成分的物品一起存放,以免影響樟木天然的香氣。
注意事項.應避免陽光直射,以免產品變色或變形。.請勿與硬物或用力敲打撞擊,以免造成結構毀損。.請勿接觸到化學溶劑,以免變色或毀損。.請勿接觸到水,或置放於潮濕的地方,以免受潮變形。.天然木材均會有木紋、色差、小木節、小黑點等,此為天然木料的特色。.因光線關係,圖片顏色略有差異,請以實際商品為主。
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo related to Vinaya. Recurrent topics are the nature of Vinaya narrative and the overlap between discourse and Vinaya material, both of which have significant ramifications for the use of such textual material by the modern scholar. In addition, topics taken up in the course of this book are the legal consequences of pārājika, the mass suicide of monks, the tale of Vessantara's lavish giving, the impact of the account of the first saṅgīti on attitudes towards Vinaya rules, the account of the foundation of the order of bhikkhunīs, and the legal dimensions of the revival of the bhikkhunī order.
作者簡介
Bhikkhu Anālayowas born in Germany in 1962 and ordained in Sri Lanka in 1995. He completed a Ph.D. thesis at the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in 2000 and a habilitation thesis at the University of Marburg (Germany) in 2007. At present he is a professor at the University of Hamburg, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies (Germany).