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Humanistic Buddhism: Holding True to the Original Intents of Buddha-Chapter Two: The Humanistic Lifestyle of Buddha
The Buddha lived an extraordinary life. Growing up as the gifted Prince Siddhartha, he mastered the Five Sciences and Four Vedas at a young age. Life inside the palace meant he could have all he desired, including the power to reign over his kingdom. Despite this, he instead drew his attention to the forces of impermanence experienced in life and society such as the significant issues of suffering caused by birth, old age, sickness, and death; discrimination of the caste system; the oppression of power; wealth disparity; and the weak preyed upon by the strong. All these signs of inequality amongst living beings left him perturbed and perplexed.
Humanistic Buddhism: Holding True to the Original Intents of Buddha Foreword
“What is your faith?” A asks B. “Humanistic Buddhism.” Answers B. “If your faith is Buddhism, then it’s just Buddhism. Why add ‘Humanistic’?” Asks A again. “Because the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha, was not a god but simply a human being. The uniqueness of Buddhism is that it was founded by a human being, that is why it is called Humanistic Buddhism.”
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從四悉檀析論星雲大師的思想——再論大乘佛教的善巧方便一系概念
佛陀以何因緣應化世間？此一疑問開啟本文發展的線索與思路。程恭讓教授在其著作《佛典漢譯、理解與詮釋研究―以善巧方便一系概念思想為中心》，透過《大乘善巧方便波羅蜜多經》、《法華經》、《維摩經》、《華嚴經》、《勝鬘夫人經》等諸多佛經，已明白證明「善巧方便」這一系概念是佛德中非常重要的第七度方便波羅蜜；尤其是唯有發菩提心度化有情的菩薩，才會開展出來的大智慧，是故佛陀的善巧方便是為度化一切有情同圓種智而生，乃佛陀應世最重要的本懷。
星輝萬頃 雲水三千——星雲大師的「一筆字」與佛陀本懷
