Live a life of ease and freedom, on the basis of peace and solidity, with the principle of being less agitated and affected.
Many masters in the history of Chinese Chan Buddhism emphasized practice as daily living. Whether monastic or lay, a follower uses the concepts and methods of Chan in daily life. By doing so, one experiences calmness and ease while being spontaneous and lively amidst mundane reality. Chan is not a religion, not a philosophy, and surely not mysterious or weird sorcery. It is the wisdom of living, the cultivation of body and mind, and a principle and guideline for spiritual development. It is also the best method for influencing and purifying the environment.--Master Sheng Yen
作者簡介
Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009)
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 Mountain organization. In 2005, he established the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism, as an effort to reinvent Chinese 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 Institute of Liberal Arts, and Dharma Drum Sangha 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.
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.
第25屆傳藝金曲獎:最佳宗教音樂專輯獎入圍
尋禪 In Tune with Chan禪的音樂絲路當代經典禪樂大師瞿春泉編曲.製作 禪,來自於一回回的旅行,一次次地尋覓。音樂絲路,帶我們雲水禪的世界。《尋禪》,一場詰問生命的探索之旅,由國際知名作曲家瞿春泉編曲、製作,臺灣十六位精銳中、西樂演奏家共同參與演出,在磅礡大氣的樂音中,展現禪樂的深遠意境,直指尋禪的新絲路。〈扣問〉、〈默照〉、〈不二〉、〈雲水〉、〈無我〉、〈禮佛〉,環環相扣,禪者的心路歷程,由起疑始,踏上探索的旅程,至體會無我,得大自在。透過瞿春泉的巧妙編排,讓二十餘種中、西樂器的美妙音色,宛如飛天奏樂,充滿禪韻,一一化為禪者的寧靜心湖。迦葉追尋佛陀,而有拈花微笑;達摩遠渡重洋,而有中國禪宗;禪宗祖師雲水十方,而有千古公案。禪,是必須親自走過的心靈絲路,大漠千里、雪嶺冰封,在一一體驗中,化為生命的印記。名作曲家瞿春泉先生以尋禪為主題,編寫六首禪樂:〈扣問〉、〈默照〉、〈不二〉、〈雲水〉、〈無我〉、〈禮佛〉,邀請十六位優秀的演奏家參與演出,引領我們隨著音樂絲路,探索禪心。由〈扣問〉的鼓聲,追問生命之道;藉〈默照〉,重新認識已知的未知;在〈不二〉中,決心展開尋禪之旅;〈雲水〉行腳,只求眾生得益,管它是雲是水;但見〈無我〉,隨緣自在;最終以虔心〈禮佛〉,體會空曠明淨,禪就在那裡。透過《尋禪》的音樂絲路,每個人都能喚醒內在的佛心,取回心靈的經典寶藏。
製作人簡介
瞿春泉著名指揮家、作曲家,中國國家一級指揮。出生上海音樂世家,由父親瞿東森啟蒙,師承黃貽鈞、黃曉桐。音樂風格溫煦,嚴謹自然,極富人文氣息。經常應邀擔任海外各地華樂團指揮,累積不同的華人社會經驗,著重於各地音樂風格的研究,並善於結合當地音樂特性且為樂曲推陳出新,大力推動本土音樂創作。曾多次獲得中國國家文化部、廣播電視部及上海市頒發的各種優秀成果獎、優秀表演獎、創作獎,並巡迴世界各地表演。個人傳略先後收錄於英國劍橋國際傳記中心International, who‘s who of Intellectuals及《中國當代藝術界名人錄》、《中國當代音樂界名人大辭典》、《中國音樂家辭典》等。曾首演並錄製一批深具影響力的民樂作品如《長城隨想》、《達勃河隨想》、《花木蘭》等,近幾年在臺灣大力推動本土創作,積極推演與錄製大型國樂作品,如《新編大埔調》、《歌仔風》、《鄒族之歌》、《臺灣四季》等,為臺灣國樂累積保留曲目做出貢獻。