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Humanistic Buddhism as an Approach to Management
The Humanistic Buddhism advocated by Venerable Master Hsing Yun serves as an antidote to the negativity, escapism, and long-running flaws of traditional Buddhism. It allows Buddhism to embed its profound prajñā wisdom into the fabric of society, enabling it to approach society to improve mankind and perfect character through altruistic deeds. In terms of wealth, Humanistic Buddhism does not harbor a negative view of money. Rather, it advocates making good use of wealth to promote the welfare of humanity and propagate Buddhist undertakings to advance the purification of this world.
Humanistic Features in Contemporary Chan Practices: Using Fo Guang Chan as an Example
From the transmission and lineage of the Chinese Chan School, the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun derives from the Linji School. The “Fo Guang Chan” initiated by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, emphasizes equal attention to faith and practice, the development of meditation and wisdom, and the practice of compassion and wisdom. This is evident in its method of teaching, curriculum design, setting, and delivery. It fully integrates with modern society, contemporary knowledge and conditions, and has started a new practice of Chan.
The Process of Modernizing Buddhism: Two Thousand Years of Rise and Fall in Human History
When Buddhism was transmitted into China over two thousand years ago, during the time of the Han Dynasty, Daoist ritual techniques and arts for achieving immortality were prevalent. As Chinese Republican-period scholar Tang Yongtong pointed out: During the Han period, other than the major rituals of worshipping heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers, there were many other types of sacrificial worship. Prior to the Qin Dynasty, there was already the belief that one must perform specific Daoist ritual techniques and arts in order evoke higher spiritual powers.
Humanistic Buddhism: Responding to Contemporary Developments
There are contemporary approaches to the use of Buddhist practices that can be said to be revolutionary in terms of how we study and evaluate the tradition. Since these practices are directed toward the public domain, they are one type of “Humanistic Buddhism.” A challenge for Buddhist groups is how to respond to these developments. A similar challenge exists for the academic study of Buddhism. How can we understand and deal with the contemporary world that has emerged?
The Value of the Buddhism Practiced by Fo Guang Shan
Buddhism has a long history with a vast body of texts and many schools of thought. Throughout its history, Buddhism has blended with cultures and ethnic groups of different regions, creating a Buddhist landscape where different schools of thought have blossomed. Especially in a modern society, there is a mixture of good and bad in this process. The ascetic style of Da Bei Monastery in Haicheng, the noisy style of Shaolin Monastery on Mount Song, the majestic style of Lingshan Temple in Wuxi, and of course Taiwan’s Chung Tai Temple style and Tzu Chi style are just a few of the many “blooms” that are accumulating in the “social image” and “social perception” of Buddhism.
Humanistic Buddhism: Responding to Contemporary Developments
There are contemporary approaches to the use of Buddhist practices that can be considered revolutionary in terms of how we study and evaluate the tradition. Since these practices are directed toward the public domain, they are one type of “Humanistic Buddhism.” A challenge for Buddhist groups is how to respond to these developments. A similar challenge exists for the academic study of Buddhism. How can we understand and deal with the contemporary world that has emerged?
主題演說之一：把「求」的佛教變成「給」的佛教——星雲大師人間佛教給當代佛教的啟示
有人這樣評價佛光山：「佛光山是給出來的。」此說有兩層含義：一是佛光山給了信眾乃至社會大眾他們所需要的東西，二是社會大眾反過來給佛光山以援手，成就了佛光山。
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
本文撰寫動機乃深受程恭讓教授《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》之啟發，深感整個佛法的弘傳教化，無非是「善巧方便」與「應機說法」二大原則。程恭讓教授透過諸多早期經典的重新翻譯與詮釋，爬梳出「善巧方便」一系概念是更高於六度波羅蜜，乃諸佛教化眾生的最重要法門。由此點出發，讓我們不得不重新思考佛陀出世的一大因緣，所謂「開示悟入」的道理。再次印證只要能契理契機，無一不是法藥，所謂不思議解脫法門。本文不揣鄙陋地試圖再從龍樹菩薩的「四悉檀」出發，論證菩薩道的「善巧方便」，也為當代佛光山人間佛教尋找另一個可為解讀的說法。
從「回歸佛陀本懷」看 《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》
中國佛教從中古至今一直存在重般若輕方便的傾向，導致在佛學研究和宗教實踐兩方面出現一系列問題。當代中國佛教仍在轉型途中，以人間佛教為代表的漢傳佛教發展如火如荼，「回歸佛陀本懷」成為時代命題。《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》從理論層面對這一問題作出回應，該書梳理佛教思想發展史，立足於經文全面考察「善巧方便」思想及中國人的詮釋，提出初期大乘經典實際建構了般若與方便「不即不離、不一不二、平衡開發、辯證彰顯」的菩薩智慧學系統，指出善巧方便思想在大乘理論體系中的連貫性和重要性。回歸佛陀的本懷首先是明確佛陀的教化理念，該書為中國佛教的發展提供一個建設性的方向。
一種個性化的書寫方式與解釋模式――讀程恭讓教授新著 《星雲大師人間佛教思想研究》
作為歷時四年之久的嘔心瀝血之作，程恭讓教授的《星雲大師人間佛教思想研究》(2015，台灣佛光文化事業有限公司) 一書終於呈現在讀者的面前。這部多達50 萬字之巨的浩浩鴻文雖然我還未來得及細細品讀，但在案頭翻閱之間就已感受到作者的精心架構與深思獨創之處――無論從謀篇布局還是從把握問題的視角來看，作者都不滿足於一般傳統的書寫方式與解讀模式。換句話說，在這本著作中，作者不僅意在客觀呈現星雲大師人間佛教思想，而更是著意通過自身的佛學理論視野與獨到觀察視角，對星雲大師人間佛教思想進行一次全新的個性化解讀。因此，這是一本當代佛教思想者關於當代佛教大師的思想評傳與深入研究，其中所涉及的問題與思考可能遠遠超出了思想評傳的本身，而具有佛教學術史視野下的理論價值以及有助推動人間佛教實踐深入展開的參考價值。
