佛性(如來藏)思想由印度流傳至中國﹐經過千餘年的發展﹐可謂源遠流長﹐其思想複雜且豐富﹐對由中國佛教有很深遠的影響﹐如天台宗、華嚴宗、禪宗等都是建立在佛性的思想上。本書共收六篇專文﹐前三篇是印度佛教中有關 佛性思想之經論的研究﹐即《大般涅槃經》、《寶性論》、《佛性論》的佛性思想。第四篇討論《大乘起信論》的心性說。第五篇討論初唐性宗和相宗關於「一性」、「五性」的爭辯。最後一篇則是從天台宗主張草木有性談到現代 深層生態學﹐以論證佛性說可為現代生態學的哲理基礎。
作者簡介:釋恆清1943年生,台南新營人。美國威斯康辛大學佛學博士。曾任台灣大學哲學系教授、法光佛教文化研究所所長、臺灣大學佛學研究中心主。著有Syncretism of Ch''an and Pure Land Buddhism、《菩提道上的善女人》、《佛性思想》等中英文專書及多篇期刊論文,並英譯《優婆塞戒經》 (The S?tra on Upasak Precepts)、《四十二章經》、《心經幽贊》等。
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.
《〈破魔變〉中英對照校注》為敦煌寫卷的重要研究,〈破魔變〉講述佛陀成道時,遭逢魔王擾亂修行的故事。變文是受到佛教影響而興起的一種文學體裁,改寫佛經故事,讓故事更通俗易懂,將佛法的精神與意義深印人心,此種講唱佛經的方式,深深影響了中國文學和戲劇的發展。二○一五年七月至二○一七年三月,中華佛學研究所洪振洲教授與根特大學根特佛學研究中心(Ghent Centre of Buddhist Studies at Ghent University)安東平(Christoph Anderl)教授合作主持「中古佛教寫本資料庫編碼」專案,將部分敦煌佛教寫卷進行整理與數位化;二○一七年再設立「敦煌寫卷〈破魔變〉中英對照本專案」,將〈破魔變〉寫卷再次進行校注與整理,並出版本書。為方便中、西方讀者閱讀,書中附有〈破魔變〉寫卷彩圖,並將寫卷內容楷定成現代通用的正字,同時製作異體字表、通假字表,及提供中、英文的校勘與註解,以利讀者參照研究,能深入理解寫卷,感受變文之美,並體會佛法真義。
作者簡介
洪振洲(「中古佛教寫本資料庫編碼」專案主持人)臺灣科技大學資訊管理系博士,法鼓文理學院佛教學系專任副教授兼任圖書資訊館館長。他的研究興趣包含漢譯佛典作譯者分析、數位典藏專案建構、數位人文研究資源開發與數位文字處理議題,目前參與許多由法鼓文理學院執行的數位典藏計畫。安東平 Christoph Anderl(「The Database on Medieval Chinese Dunhuang Texts 」project director)Christoph Anderl is a Professor of Chinese Language and Culture at Ghent University. He has an MA in Chinese Studies from Vienna University, and a PhD in Chinese Linguistics from Oslo University.Anderl's research focuses on Medieval Chinese language and literature, with an emphasis on vernacular texts and Dunhuang manuscripts, Medieval Chan Buddhism, and the interplay of text and image in the transmission of Buddhist narratives.
The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment are a set of fundamental teachings of Buddhism in the form of a list. The list’s seeming simplicity belies the fact that it is in fact a kind of road map to enlightenment for anyone who follows it with diligence and sincerity. The Thirty-seven Aids comprise seven practices conducive to awakening. Each of the seven practices is itself a set of elements, which add up to the total of thirty-seven: (1) The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, (2) The Four Proper Exertions, (3) The Four Steps to Magical Powers, (4) The Five Roots, (5) The Five Powers, (6) The Seven Factors of Enlightenment, and (7) The Noble Eightfold Path. Master Sheng Yen’s down-to-earth teachings take the reader on a progression through each of the practices—many of which are familiar to all major schools of Buddhism—illustrating how they relate to the reader’s own practice on the path toward enlightenment.