Chan enlightenment is attained through a sudden encounter; or, it may come about spontaneously after serious and sincere investigation and introspection. Chan philosophy represents a clear current that is empty yet responsive, detached and magnanimous, open and broad-minded, bright and luminous. Chan as a way of life is positive and progressive, free and easy, simple and modest, confident and comfortable. Chan as a way of thinking is to let go of selfishness, self-deceit, self-pity, self-arrogance, and self-confinement, and only then can there be complete boundless freedom. Chan methods teach people to first practice knowing the self, affirming the self, and then shattering the self, and thus the enlightened state will appear. —Master Sheng Yen—
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,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.
本書將禪法的精華,化為生活中的指南,卻又充滿幽默,看完後你會發現,原來禪法就像呼吸一樣自然、親切!片桐大忍是近代西方最具影響力的禪師之一,擅長將一心專注的精神融入日常生活,在平凡的一言一行中,體悟禪的智慧、禪的藝術。片桐大忍禪師,以其畢生的實踐體悟,將禪門智慧在行雲流水的機趣中,娓娓道來;並以其對禪門公案的精闢見解,透過簡潔平易的語言,帶領讀者領略超越語言之外的永恆真理。
作者簡介
片桐大忍( Dainin Katagiri 1928~1990 )1928 年出生於日本大阪,他在橋本禪師(Eko Hashimoto)的指導之下,於永平寺接受三年訓練,隨後進入駒澤大學就讀。一九六三年到美國,派入洛杉磯的曹洞禪宗教團(Zenshuji Soto Zen Mission )服務,不久後前往日益蓬勃發展的舊金山禪修中心(San Francisco Zen Center ),成為鈴木俊隆禪師的助理。一九七二年移居明尼亞波里市,成為明尼蘇達禪修中心(Minnesota Zen Meditation Center)的首任住持,他在那裡督導位於城中心願生寺(Ganshoji)與明尼蘇達東南部寶鏡寺(Hokyoji Zen Monastery)的發展。1988年,香巴拉出版社出版他的第一本書《回歸沉默》(Returning to Silence),此書已被翻譯成數國語言。片桐大忍禪師於1990年逝世,留有十二位傳法弟子以及珍貴的法教,目前這些傳法內容持續編輯出版中。
譯者簡介
周和君台灣大學哲學系畢,美國紐約新社會研究院碩士,曾任編輯、採訪編輯和主編,目前為自由文字工作者,以及青林工作坊主持人。譯著偏重哲學及心靈類,有《狂喜之後》、《平心靜氣》、《觀照的奇蹟》及《女性寧靜的變革》等書。