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越境する仏教——13世紀日本中国間における戒律思想の共有を通して
日本中世における日本．中国間の交流は、海商の発展によって遣唐使派遣の廃止後いよいよ盛んになった1 。頻繁な日宋交流によって、日本に「禅宗」が伝えられ、日中両国間で協力しながら 教学研鑽が行われたことは、すでによく知られているところであ るが、戒律教義についても禅学同様に、日宋交流によって、日中 両国が同一の問題意識をもって、研究が進められていたことは、 これまでほとんど語られることがなかった。
隨順與智用：闖一條人間佛教的新路—以星雲大師1963 年七國訪問日記為考察中心
細細爬梳星雲大師1963年所著近30萬言的訪問日記《海天遊踪》，筆者看到其在80天的時間內先後訪泰國、印度、馬來西亞、新加坡、菲律賓、日本及英治香港，沿途不僅會逸興遄飛，更將「一路所見所聞所思毫無保留的記錄下來」。筆者通過研究分析大師對海外佛教的觀察與思考，捕捉記述他剎那的感受，可以發現七國行思是星雲大師對人間佛教道路自信的最真實脈動，字裡行間感受到星雲大師對人間佛教拔苦予樂、隨順智用、紹隆佛種的建模發端。星雲大師參訪七國佛教界和當地社會的視閾再擴展，不僅促其堅信1950年自己對台灣佛教事業辛苦踐行「要改制適應新的歷史時代」是完全正確的方向，更堅定其繼續對佛教事業在未來發展的頂層探索之路，以最終找到一個將佛教予以全面人間化暨通俗化並創建落地生根的核心載體 —佛光山應運而生成為必然。這部半個多世紀前的《海天遊踪》日記作為思忖之作，處處「充滿智慧的思想」，從中呈現出星雲大師勾勒人間佛教的最初願景：始終堅持要從正面、積極的角度對佛法予以開示。這種方法不僅能達到信眾歡喜的基本目的，更能實现佛法住世的最終目的：「創造了人間佛教改善人心的無限價值」，「發揮宗教淨化社會人心之功用」，以奉獻國家、服務社會。
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.
Melodic Meditation: Buddhist Chant as a Vehicle for Choral Composition
During the 2017–2018 academic year, it was my good fortune to spend five months in Taiwan researching Buddhist chant as a U.S. Fulbright Senior Scholar. My primary host institution was the Institute of Humanistic Buddhism here at Fo Guang Shan and I worked closely with the capable leaders of the Institute, most notably Venerable Miao Guang. I spent a majority of those five months living in the residence attached to 普賢殿 (Samantabhadra Shrine) on these Fo Guang Shan headquarters monastic grounds. Morning and evening chanting services in the Main Shrine were a typical part of my routine, as was the thrice-daily mealtime chanting.
Humanistic Buddhism in the Digital Age: Make Truth Great Again!
The new religion of the 21st century is turning out to be dataism. First mentioned by New York Times columnist David Brooks in 2013, the data revolution enables human cognition to be augmented by algorithms that could work on all kinds of information (Brooks 2013). In dataism, the value of humans or an enterprise is assessed by their ability to contribute to data processing. This may seem surprising to some of you in the audience but perhaps, a question may confirm this fact. If you were to employ an administrative assistant, would you choose one who can use the mobile phone to help you manage your busy calendar, employ the latest software to turn your ideas into stunning presentations, and churn out reports as you speak with voice-recognition technology or one who slowly punches on a keyboard and still rely on shorthand to take minutes? Alright, you may say that history has seen many jobs being replaced and people simply must learn new skills. However, what we are about to experience in the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Digital Age is not only a simple paradigm shift.
AI大語言模型 ChatGPT 在人間佛教弘法中的應用與未來展望
AI 大語言模型ChatGPT 憑藉其在人機交互方面的突破性創新，正在引領一場社會變革，並加速AI 時代的全面到來。對致力於弘法創新的人間佛教而言，該項技術在理論與實踐上具有應用的必要性和可行性，能夠在文化交流、教育培養和學術研究等領域發揮重要作用。然而，面對由資本、權力與科技聯合驅動的AI 技術創新導致的人的異化以及社會分化困境，人間佛教需要夯實經濟基礎，重視AI 與弘法的有機融合，積極發揮對社會價值觀的正向引導作用。同時，也需妥善處理與各方社會力量的互動關係，以應對AI 時代的挑戰。
