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The Future of Humanistic Buddhism
In the late 1920s, to address the longstanding flaws present in traditional Buddhist practices since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Master Taixu (1889-1947) dedicated his life to Buddhism for human life, which puts an emphasis on and develops life. Since then, his disciples and those he has inspired proposed Humanistic Buddhism, which focuses on the realities of society. In the 1980s, Buddhists on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and in other areas with ethnic Chinese population, actively advocated and practiced Humanistic Buddhism.
Tracking the "Human" in Humanistic Buddhism (Ⅰ)
Perhaps Buddhism's greatest strength has been its endless ability to adopt and adapt to new environments and cultural contexts. Buddhist practitioners down through the ages have been amazingly adept at applying Creative Hermen-eutics, that is, serving as effective messengers for the underlying meaning of Buddhist Dharma in innovative ways. As we seek to translate Buddhism into a fitting form for the contemporary world, Humanistic Buddhism demonstrates great potential to "speak" to every individual, initially as a human being but also as a "buddha to be."
Tracking the "Human" in Humanisitic Buddhism (Ⅱ)
This spiritual troubadour of Tibet had an exceptionally humanistic touch in his teaching style. Wandering through the mountains of Tibet he encountered a wide range of human types, from shepherds, bandits, and logicians, to housewives, merchants, kings, and scholars, even a dying follower of the Bon religion that preceded Buddhism in Tibet.
Studies on Humanistic Buddhism IV: Human Life
Studies on Humanistic Buddhism IV: Human Life
Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Perspective on Humanistic Buddhism’s Life Education
Venerable Master Hsing Yun is the most important practitioner promoting the development of the contemporary Humanistic Buddhism movement. After arriving in Taiwan, he devoted himself to various causes aimed at maintaining the Dharma in the human world. This has entailed extensive practical efforts for its realization, focused specifically on six aspects: 1. popularizing Buddhism 2. propagating Buddhism 3. Buddhist education 4. establishing culture 5. building Dharma centers and 6. charitable works.
Editor's Preface：Human Life
Volume four of Studies on Humanistic Buddhism contains eight translated articles, two commentaries, two original articles, and a perspective piece all relating to human life. Human life is a topic with a vast scope. It was chosen because it is central to Humanistic Buddhism. As several articles in this volume and previous volumes discuss, Humanistic Buddhism developed as a response to the perception that Buddhism no longer related directly to human life. By the nineteenth century in China, Buddhism was seen to provide what came to be mainly perfunctory rituals to be performed upon the death of a family member. Humanistic Buddhism revived Buddhism as an intrinsic part of daily life.
探討人間佛教的「人」（二之一）
也許由於佛教最大的力量在於能夠不斷擷取以及適應新的環境和文化背景，佛教的修行者長遠以來均能採用創造性的詮釋法，亦即以創新的方式有效地傳遞佛法的含意。人間佛教試圖將佛法以順應現代社會的方式呈現，證明自身有極大潛力向每個「人」，亦即「未來佛」說法。
太虛與人間淨土最新研究之評述
太虛大師因當時社會批評佛教反現代化、厭世、逃避現實、寄生於經濟而作出回應，那麼很可能會把他對於「人間淨土」的思想看作是對社會福利及社會正義改革的號召，而這種努力只會影響在地球上生活的我們。另一方面，如果人們用與太虛一樣的傳統佛教觀念和目標來閱讀他的著作，可能會發現人間也可以存在於宇宙的其他地方。如果太虛大師的觀點的確如此，就不能將他的「人生佛教」翻譯為「入世佛教」和「入世淨土」，也不能把他的目的理解為只是為了提倡社會改革而排除其他傳統的修行及目標。本文從太虛大師關於人間淨土的論述，探討其如何運用現代宇宙觀提倡社會改革，也盡力保留傳統人間的觀念，讓人道特質可以在佛教宇宙觀裡彰顯。我們將會看到他保留了多少關於現實、心、修行和輪迴的傳統佛教觀點。
探討人間佛教的「人」（二之二）
這位西藏吟遊行者的弘法方式非常具有人間性。他在西藏山間雲遊之際，遇到各式各樣的人，有牧羊人、強盜、因明家、家庭主婦、商人、國王、學者，甚至還有一位是瀕死的苯教信徒，苯教在佛教尚未傳入西藏之前就已經存在了。
