這是兩個生命交會的故事在平凡的日常事件中體會阿姜查洞悉人性的智慧和幽默
一九七○年,憂悶的美國沙彌法拉般若已受了兩年戒,在曼谷的寺院裡仍鬱鬱寡歡。與阿姜查的會面改變了一切。法拉般若看見阿姜查像隻快樂的大青蛙坐在荷葉上,他心想,如果在森林裡靜坐個三十年,可以像阿姜查一樣,也是件值得做的事。他開始看到了希望。可是遇見一位師父並不代表問題都可解決,相反地,在森林中修習需要極大的勇氣:師父可能是世界上最慈悲的虐待狂,他用諷刺、玩笑、甚至修辱來去除弟子的習性,磨練弟子的信心;還有,對於一個習慣都市生活的人,森林中的氣候、物質條件也時時刻刻挑戰著忍耐程度……這是兩個生命交會的故事:師父和弟子之間的信任與衝突、東方和西方的交疊與矛盾。讀者可以進入難得一見的上座部僧侶生活,在看似平凡的日常事件中體會阿姜查洞悉人性的智慧和幽默。這本珍貴的求法紀錄和所收錄的照片,讓我們更貼近佛陀的生命,在出版前早已是阿姜查弟子私下流傳的經典。
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保羅.布里特Paul Breiter於一九四八年出生於美國紐約市布魯克林區,於一九七○年旅行至泰國時,出家成為比丘。不久之後,他遇見阿姜查並成為他的弟子。布里特通曉泰語與依桑方言(Isan,近似寮語),負責擔任阿姜查指導西方學生的翻譯。他保有阿姜查開示法語的記錄,其中有些被集結成冊,納入與傑克.康菲爾德共同出版的《靜止的森林水塘》(A Still Forest Pool,Quest Books, 1985)中。他還翻譯了一本《戒律入門》(Vinayamukha(P.); Entrance to the Vinaya, Vol. III; Mahamakuta Royal Academy, 1983)。阿姜查於一九七九年訪問美國,布里特陪同他旅行並擔任翻譯。之後他記錄了跟隨阿姜查學習的一些故事,即本書《師父──與阿姜查共處的歲月》(Venerable Father: A Life with Ajahn Chah)。在一九七七年脫下僧袍還俗後,布里特回到美國跟隨日本曹洞宗的光文千也禪師 ( Roshi Kobun Chino Otogawa ),之後又隨西藏佛教寧瑪派的貢波?贊單 ( Gonpo Tsedan )修學佛法。他目前住在美國佛羅里達州。
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釋見諦一九五七年生,國立高雄師範大學英語系畢業,一九八一年禮心志法師及悟因法師於香光寺出家,後就讀於香光尼眾佛學院。一九八七年赴西雅圖就讀於華盛頓大學,先後取得教育碩士與博士學位。現服務於美青佛教會祇園寺。出版的譯作有Choosing Simplicity: A Commentary on the Bhikkshuni Pratimoksha(中譯英)、《師父:與阿姜查共處的歲月》與《親近釋迦牟尼佛》(英譯中)。 牟志京生於北京,八十年代到美國留學。先後在耶魯大學獲得電腦科學碩士、哲學碩士,及電腦科學博士學位。曾在大學、研究所及電腦公司從事教學、科研和軟體開發工作。從青年時代起即受到佛教思想的影響,近年正式皈依,並開始翻譯佛教經典書籍,譯作中包括《佛陀傳》。
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo containing translations of Dīrgha-āgama discourses and comparative studies of their Pāli parallels (as well as relevant Sanskrit fragments), together with three appendices. Several chapters and the appendices are devoted to examining aspects of the early Buddhist oral transmission. In addition, topics taken up in the course of this book are the analysis of views in the Brahmajāla, healing in early Buddhism, the Buddha's last meditation, his display of fire miracles, levitation, debating strategies, and the future Buddha Maitreya.
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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).
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo with translations of Ekottarika-āgama discourses and comparative studies of their Pāli parallels, together with three appendices on the terms Mahāyāna, Hīnayāna, and Theravāda. Several papers study aspects of the Ekottarika-āgama as a collection distinct from other Nikāya and Āgama collections. In addition, topics taken up in the course of this book are seclusion, the lion's roar, the wheel-turning king, Paccekabuddhas, and the four noble truths, as well as depictions of accomplished nuns and their significance.
作者簡介
Bhikkhu Anālayo was 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).
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo with translations of Saṃyukta-āgama discourses and comparative studies of their Pāli parallels, together with two appendices on the relationship between commentary and discourse as well as on the Udāna collection. Topics taken up in the course of the studies are the four noble truths as a diagnostic scheme, concern for the welfare of others, the transfer of merit, humour, Aṅgulimāla, teachings to laity, attitudes towards nuns, arahants and suicide, teaching and awakening, the gender-inclusiveness of the address 'monk', the acrobat simile, mindfulness of breathing, the Buddha's first discourse, self-cremation, and the Buddha's visit to his mother in the Heaven of the Thirty-three.
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), and a researcher at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (Taiwan).
The present book collects various research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo with translations of Madhyama-āgama discourses and a comparative study of their Pāli parallels, together with a brief discussion, found in the appendix, of the school affiliation of the Madhyama-āgama and its relation to the Majjhima-nikāya. The main emphasis in these studies is on detecting possible transmission errors in the Pāli versions through the help of the parallel Madhyama-āgama discourse. Topics taken up in the course of the different studies are the Buddha’s decision to teach, the role of investigation in early Buddhism, the notion of a recluse, the relationship between tranquillity and insight, the lateness of the dictum that a woman cannot be a Buddha, the beginnings of the Abhidharma, meditation on emptiness in early Buddhism, the development of the arahant ideal, the canonical account of the founding of the order of nuns, and the relationship between karma and liberation.
作者簡介
Bhikkhu Anālayo was 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 teaches at the Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg, and researches at Dharma Drum Buddhist College (Taiwan).
癌症可使人生苦澀,也能讓人變得有智慧。對大多數的人來說,癌症讓原本遙不可及的死亡轉變成驚心動魄的現實,它可能讓生命突然停滯不前,也可能成為故事新頁的催化劑,帶來深度探索自我的契機。如果你得了癌症,你對未來的恐懼和治療本身都會形成極大的壓力。研究結果指出,如果你能做好心理準備,好好調適在療程之間產生的焦慮與不安,就能在復原的過程中扮演更加主動積極的角色。「正念取向癌症療法」(MBCR)是由腫瘤心理學專家設計的課程,以喬.卡巴金所創建的「正念減壓療法」(MBSR)為架構,結合了正念靜觀、緩和瑜珈以及團體對話,幫助你與自己共處、調節生活。讀者將在八週的課程中學會:● 利用正念,減輕癌症療程與復原過程中產生的各種身心症狀● 利用正念靜觀和緩和瑜珈練習,增強免疫系統● 如何平復恐懼、不確定感、使不上力等等負面情緒● 如何用正念面對癌症症狀的痛苦、治療的副作用等等● 發掘自己征服逆境、恢復健康的能力
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琳達.卡森博士 Linda E. Carlson, Ph. D, R. Psych.卡森博士是恩布里基(Enbridge)中心的心理社會腫瘤學(Psychosocial Oncology)研究主席、加拿大卡加利大學(University of Calgary)的心理社會腫瘤學副教授、卡加利湯姆貝克癌症研究中心(Tom Baker Cancer Centre)的心理社會腫瘤學研究主任和臨床心理學家,曾獲亞伯達遺產基金會(Alberta Heritage Foundation)頒發的醫學研究健康學者獎(Medical Research Health Scholar Award)。她也是《正念的藝術與科學》(The Art and Science of Mindfulness)的共同作者之一,發表超過九十篇書籍文章與期刊論文,並經常在國際研討會上發表研究成果。麥可.史貝卡博士 Michael Speca, Psy.D., R. Psych.史貝卡博士是卡加利大學心理社會腫瘤學助理教授,也是前加拿大癌症協會在湯姆貝克癌症研究中心的博士後研究員。作為研究中心的臨床心理學家,他提供癌症病人和家屬諮商服務、帶領支持團體,也是「正念取向癌症療癒」課程的共同創始人。