佛法如暗夜之明燈、苦海之船筏。現今世界局勢動盪不安,人心惶惶,可從佛法中找到安心安定的力量!《勸發菩提心文》發心是修行的根本、生死解脫的關鍵,只要發菩提心,就有力量,無論在生活或修行上,皆能無往不利。
佛教藏經中關於菩提心的經論多達兩百餘部,當中文字簡潔、意旨深遠、最能感動人心者,當屬清代省庵大師所著的《勸發菩提心文》。此文旨在勸導眾生發起廣大菩提心,承擔上求佛道、下化眾生的菩薩行願,為歷來行者所推崇。本書重新詮釋此文,從現代視角出發,明確指出發心方向,並將菩提心細分為八類:邪正、真假、大小、偏圓,層次分明,義理精深。相較於其他佛經對發菩提心因緣的分類,文中所提出的十種「報恩發心」方式,更具實踐性與倫理意涵,契合當代人情與教育理念,展現出強烈的時代關懷,使發心成為真實修行的動力。本書突破傳統註解體例,融合現代生活經驗與心靈需求,彰顯菩提心在人間的實踐價值。於AI迅速發展、人心浮動的時代,期盼藉此引導佛弟子發願立志,破迷開悟,返歸菩提之道。
作者簡介
永東法師
美國西來大學宗教學博士,目前為臺灣佛光大學宗教學所兼任教授,與臺灣日本三十三觀音文化國際聯盟特別顧問。曾任佛光大學學務長、書院總山長、佛教學院院長、佛教學系系主任、佛光山禪學堂副堂主、佛光山北美巡迴弘講師、美國西來大學主秘、人事主任兼宗教學系講師,澳洲南天大學兼任教授,並於國際間多所大學進行客座講演與禪修指導等。著有The Short March to Wisdom、The Origin of Bodhicitta and its Development in Chinese Buddhism、《佛教人性與療育觀》、《當代台灣佛教發展趨勢》、《西晉聶道真居士譯經考》、《人間佛教世界展望》、《明‧蓮池大師《緇門崇行錄》與現代實踐典範》、《星雲大師著述「運用譬喻」模式研究──以《迷悟之間》套書為例》、《佛光山建築浮雕圖象之研究》等專書。
藏文本《維摩詰經》自譯出之後,在歷史上曾在不同時期和區域歷經抄寫、流傳、收存、修訂等過程,發展、繁衍出各種寫本和刻本,並曾影響清代學者修訂鳩摩羅什漢譯本,形成一個新的漢譯本《維摩詰所說大乘經》。本書以藏文本《維摩詰經》諸傳本之間的關係及其影響清代學者重修羅什譯本之過程為探討主題,分析、推演藏文《維摩詰經》諸傳本之系譜架構以及主導重修漢譯本之關鍵人物。全書分為五章:第一章說明研究動機、方法和目的。第二章綜述學界已經發表之相關現代研究成果。第三章採用文本對勘法,深入分析、比較敦煌藏文寫本殘卷PT610、PT611和13種甘珠爾傳本之間的差異,推演其傳承脈絡與體系。第四章考察經過修訂之《維摩詰所說大乘經》形成之緣起、核心人物、和刊印過程,揭開藏文本《維摩詰經》在漢地藏經發展史上曾經扮演要角的歷史真相。第五章總結各章之結論,依循歷史發展的脈絡,論述藏文本《維摩詰經》於漢、藏兩地傳佈與繁衍的情形。
作者簡介
林純瑜
德國波昂大學中亞語言文化研究所西藏學博士,現為佛光大學佛教學系副教授。長年專注於藏文文獻和西藏宗教與歷史研究。曾著有專書《龍藏.維摩詰所說經考》、Mi pham's Systematizierung von gTo-Ritualen,並發表 “Tibetan Magic for Daily Life: Mi pham's Texts on gTo-rituals,” “The Tibetan Image of Confucius,” “Conceptions of Death in Tibetan Folk Religion-A Survey Based on bKra shis 'dod 'jo,” “Pehar: A Historical Survey,” “The Fifteen Great Demons of Children,”〈《維摩經》藏譯本周邊文獻考察〉、〈《龍藏.維摩詰所?經》之重修──核心人物及其他〉、〈《維摩詰經》敦煌藏文寫本殘卷PT610、PT611研究〉等論文。
即使是在至暗時刻,灰燼中的火苗也得以重燃。撥爐有火,謹以此書的中譯出版,獻給先賢勇士。
對於西藏佛教歷史或教義感興趣的讀者來說,這是一部難得的讀本。
「這本書是藏學家羅納德.戴維森的代表作之一,反映的是歷史文獻學者視角下的西藏歷史與教法演變,特別是薩迦派道果系統教法的文獻成型過程。希望此中譯本的出版,對於臺灣佛學、藏學研究社群,能有所助益。」——梅靜軒〈導讀〉
西元950~1200年之間的西藏社會,是如何從武裝游擊兵的交鋒與體制崩潰的邊緣,轉化為由瑜伽士與學者所引導的佛教文化世界?
作者羅納德.戴維森(Ronald M. Davidson)認為這是由於一群活躍於此時期的僧侶、瑜伽士與貴族們合力激盪出的成果。西藏僧侶與瑜伽士翻譯了大量的印度佛教典籍。他們運用這些密續佛教的文獻與修持法為基礎,重塑西藏宗教、文化與政治體制。最終促成了西藏佛教的崛起,乃至取代印度,成為全亞洲的佛教文化中心。
作者生動地描繪了這些現身歷史舞台的人物,引領讀者觀看一群宗教菁英與權貴之士,如何打造出一個佛教文化世界,徹底地改變了西藏社會與文化的發展方向,鮮活地呈現了中世紀西藏發展的內在張力與轉型過程。
作者簡介
羅納德.戴維森(Ronald M. Davidson)美國加州大學柏克萊分校佛學研究博士,費爾菲爾德大學(Fairfield University)宗教學教授。他曾與藏人一同學習十多年,並與多位學者合作研究藏文典籍,以傳統方式學習儀軌與教義。著有《印度密教:密教運動社會史》(Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement)作者,並與史蒂文.古德曼(Steven D. Goodman)合編《西藏佛教:理性與啟示》(Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation)。
譯者簡介
黃書蓉:專任譯者陳桂芬:國立臺中科技大學兼任英文講師、法鼓文理學院佛教學系碩士班學生釋若理:香林精舍翻譯組組長 陳美靜:輔仁大學全人教育中心兼任講師、國立臺灣師範大學翻譯研究所碩士畢業洪琬雯:法鼓文理學院佛教學系博士班學生
潤飾者簡介
梅靜軒:法鼓文理學院佛教學系副教授
面對日新月異的時代發展、社會需求,漢傳佛教如何繼往開來?聖嚴法師指引的漢傳佛教生活智慧,不但是人類的安身立命之道,更能與時俱進,提供全方位的生命關懷,開創幸福的美好未來。聖嚴法師圓寂十週年(二○一九)舉辦之「佛法與社會科學」國際研討會,邀請近百位海內外學者發表「佛法」與「社會科學」的跨領域研究論文,提供漢傳佛教的智慧於各領域運用與研究,開創人人都能安心、安身、安家、安業的幸福社會。本書精選研討會的四篇專題演講、十一篇論文,橫跨佛法於經濟、公共治理、財務會計企管與社會學等四領域之研究,多方面深度探討聖嚴法師「建設人間淨土」的社會關懷和實踐方法。議題包括:社會學和佛法智慧的修持經濟富足與心靈安樂佛法與永續發展正念影響情緒平衡之研究「緣起領導」管理模式正念對工作家庭間情緒溢出調節功能的初探……等
作者簡介
Joel Magnuson獨立經濟學者Frances Berry美國佛羅里達州立大學Askew公共行政與政策學院教授Simon S.M. Ho香港恆生大學校長Richard Madsen美國加州大學聖地牙哥分校社會學系榮譽教授許永河國立成功大學經濟學系教授尤淨纓元智大學管理學院國企學群助理教授賴子珍元智大學管理學院國企學群副教授江靜儀銘傳大學經濟與金融學系助理教授朱金池中央警察大學行政警察學系教授兼警政管理學院院長吳志軒香港大學佛學研究中心名譽助理教授李啟華天主教輔仁大學會計學系副教授彭奕農國立臺北大學企管系助理教授陳思伃台北大學企業管理學系碩士陳定銘法鼓文理學院人文社會學群教授兼學群長徐郁雯國立中央大學客家學院客家語文暨社會科學學系博士生陳維武澳洲墨爾本大學社會工作系博士生/副研究員王宣曆美國哥倫比亞大學宗教學博士Rebecca S. K. Li美國新澤西大學人文社會科學學院社會學與人類學系副教授(依文章順序排列)
推薦主題
聖嚴思想不僅是可被系統化理解與建構的學術體系,更是回應人生課題的實踐智慧。
This is the fourth volume of proceedings of the Āgama seminars convened by the Āgama Research Group at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (formerly Dharma Drum Buddhist College). It comprises nineteen studies, contributed by eighteen different scholars, on various themes related to the Connected Collections of discourses (suttas, sūtras) — Saṃyutta-nikāya in Pali, Saṃyukta-āgama in Sanskrit — transmitted by different early Buddhist lineages of reciters, preserved in their Indic originals in Gandhari, Pali and Sanskrit as well as in Chinese and Tibetan translations. This research draws attention to fundamental methodological points posed by the study of these scriptural collections as windows into the formation of early Buddhist texts and the organisation of their transmission.
作者簡介
About the editor:Bhikkhunī DhammadinnāDharma Drum Institute of Liberal ArtsAbout the contributors:Oskar von HinüberAlbert-Ludwigs-Universität FreiburgBhikkhu AnālayoUniversität HamburgRupert GethinUniversity of BristolRichard SalomonUniversity of WashingtonMark AllonUniversity of SidneyJoseph MarinoUniversity of WashingtonJin-il Chung (鄭鎮一)Akademie der Wissenschaften zu GöttingenPeter Skilling (Bhadra Rujirathat)École française d’Extrême-OrientJens-Uwe HartmannLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenYao Fumi (八尾 史)Waseda Institute for Advanced StudiesBhikkhunī DhammadinnāDharma Drum Institute of Liberal ArtsBhikkhu PāsādikaAcadémie bouddhique Linh-SonBhikṣu Huimin (釋惠敏)Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal ArtsTaipei National University of the ArtsKarashima Seishi (辛嶋 靜志)The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka UniversityMarcus BingenheimerTemple UniversityKen Su [Su Jinkun (蘇錦坤) ]Āgama Research GroupChoong Mun-keat (鍾秉潔) [Wei-keat (煒傑)]University of New EnglandStefania TravagninRijksuniversiteit Groningen
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.