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《人間佛教學報‧藝文》第63期出版
報創刊11周年紀念日，特以50篇佳文宴饗大眾，作為獻禮。 專題「心向光明：星雲大師人間佛教的精神氣象與心靈塑造」，探討人間佛教於生命層面的轉化歷程，收錄50篇佳文，有開山祖師的〈體會「我是佛光山」〉、程恭讓教授從雙塔輝映談趙樸老與星雲大師的交往情誼及其歷史意義。 「僧信見證」專欄有心定和尚、慧傳法師、吳伯雄、勾峰、蕭依釗等大德，書寫開山祖師的覺有情之路。專題報導有覺培法師的「越南弘法紀實」，敘述人間佛教在越南的成長茁壯。歡迎推廣訂閱，開示講學與贈禮。 ● 洽詢專線 : 07-6561921 轉 2542 人間佛教研究院 2026年5月16日《人間佛教學報‧藝文》第63期出刊，值此佛光山開山六十.....
《人間佛教學報 • 藝文》第64期出版
〈我的平等性格〉四篇重要論述，彰顯大師「佛法就是平等法」的核心價值。大師從「佛性平等」的真諦出發，打破傳統「僧尊俗卑」的成說，為現代教團奠定了「僧信平等、僧信共尊」的理論基石。 在「學者如是我觀」中，程恭讓教授透過嚴謹的文本考證，重申《法華經》中「法師」理念的本義在於「受持經典者」，為大師創設的「檀講師」制度提供了深刻的經典證據。王彬副研究員則從現代菩薩行的視角，論述人間佛教如何積極對接環保、政治與男女平權等當代全球性議題，展現佛教引領社會進步的正向力量。 「僧信如是我行」單元見證了佛光山弟子如何在全球視野中落實僧信共融。覺明法師記述了在印度深造九年的學術歷程，展現大師培育國際僧才的高瞻遠矚；.....
Situating Buddhist Modernism within a Global Context: The Global Spread of Fo Guang Shan
Only in the last decades has modern Buddhism become a serious topic of academic investigation. Today, however, the field is flourishing. Modern Buddhism in its many forms is studied in many languages and disciplines. Despite this recent advancement, the subject of investigation is not always that clear. What are we talking about when we are speaking of modern Buddhism? This paper aims to tackle this question by considering the global spread of Fo Guang Shan from a transnational perspective. Transnationalism describes a recent advance within the social sciences and humanities to move away from a research approach that examines its object of interest solely by placing it within the context of one nation state. In contrast to the notion of “international,” which according to the transnational perspective refers to the relationship between states, “transnational” refers to the sustained linkages and ongoing exchanges among non-state actors that cross national borders. Thus, if we apply the transnational lens to the study of modern Taiwanese Buddhism, it follows that instead of examining the religion by solely placing it within the boundaries of the ROC, we also consider the many border-crossings, linkages, and movements between Taiwan, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and the rest of the world that have together shaped its current state.
A Contemporary Artist’s Expressions of Buddhas & Pure Lands in the Human Realm
In Taiwan’s Socially Engaged Buddhist Groups, David Schak and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao (2005) highlighted a new religious phenomenon in Taiwan: the rise of socially engaged Buddhism, with Buddhist groups committed to working for the improvement of society and the well-being of the needy and the sick. The tremendous expansion of Buddhism in Taiwan, especially in the category of a local socially engaged type, is termed renjian fojiao (人間佛教 which translates directly as “terrestrial” i.e. “this-world” Buddhism), or expressed as “engaged” or “socially engaged.” Another frequently used phrase is rushi (入世 “entering” or “being in” the world), in contrast to chushi (出世 “leaving the world”)—mirroring a belief that the Pure Land is this earth, and their goal to purify it.
Geneaology and Taxonomy of the ‘Twentieth-century Renjian Fojiao 人間佛教’Mapping a famen 法門 from Mainland China and Taiwan to Europe
The first part of this paper will discuss concepts and practice of‘twentieth-century renjian fojiao’; it will start analyzing theoretical meanings and doctrinal implications of renjian fojiao in modern and contemporary Mainland China and Taiwan, and assess various case studies of ‘renjian fojiao in practice’ among Buddhist communities since the Republican period onwards and also from the pre-modern Imperial time. I will attempt a taxonomy of these principles and practices, and then ponder whether this renjian fojiao should not be classified as an overall ‘school’(zongpai 宗派) but considered rather as a ‘Dharma gate’ (famen 法門). Secondly, I will consider the transmission of renjian fojiao to Europe, more precisely the Netherlands, in particular I will look at how (Mainland China) Longquan monastery 龍泉寺 (located in Utrecht) and (Taiwan) Fo Guang Shan 佛光山 (located in Amsterdam) are adopting and adapting ‘twentieth-century renjian fojiao’ in the Netherlands. Finally, this paper will conclude by questioning how ‘twentieth-century renjian fojiao’ could be more present in international platforms that are working towards conflict resolutions and peace building, and therefore could intervene and facilitate dialogue and constructive interaction among different cultures and religions in today’s globalized and pluralistic society.
The Concepts and Practices of Vinaya in the Humanistic Buddhism: A Case Study of Fo Guang Shan Monastery
