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佛光山長老口述史 見證星雲大師70載弘法足跡
0日起陸續出版。 為緬懷佛光山開山星雲大師開創佛光教團歷史，同時為人間佛教的行者撰寫記錄，保留人間佛教發展重要的口述史料，佛光山人間佛教研究院2023年推出《佛光山口述歷史》，在人間佛教研究院院長妙凡法師帶領下，採訪團隊先以佛光山開山長老為主要採訪對象，經邀請獲得慈惠法師、慈容法師、心定和尚、蕭碧霞師姑等四位長老的同意，開啟為期2-3年口述歷史計畫。同時，也得到慈莊法師慈悲應允，並榮幸邀請到依空法師一同參與此計畫，採訪撰寫慈莊法師。 除了採訪長老，採訪團隊亦走訪長老的家鄉、學佛的發源地宜蘭，尋訪大師當年帶著青年歌詠隊、弘法隊走過的足跡，同時積極查找文獻，建立口述歷史資料庫，以最嚴謹的態度，還原.....
蘭卡斯特教授新著《邂逅佛教》 英文原文版 8月推出
。 蘭卡斯特教授特別將本書題獻給佛光山開山祖師星雲大師，以紀念兩人近半世紀來超越時空與文化語言的深厚友誼，這份珍貴的友誼展現佛法作為心靈深處共鳴與理解的橋梁。本書特邀佛光山住持心保和尚、佛光山長老慈惠法師、美國西來大學校長謝明華撰序推薦，意義尤其深遠。 《邂逅佛教》是一本融合智慧與慈悲的佳作，適合每一位希望在當下社會中找到內心平靜與人生智慧的讀者閱讀。中文譯本將於2025年9月推出，期待能與中文讀者共享這份珍貴的智慧。 洽購：https://www.fgsbooks.com.tw/product/type/20012 蘭卡斯特教授透過五大主題、十七篇文章，以佛法智慧深入探討、反思人類共同面對的.....
因緣試記去來今──謹以此文紀念宗仰上人中興棲霞寺98 週年
Greed, Desire, and the Universal Need for Master Hsing Yun's Humanistic Buddhism: A View from the United States
Greed. We all know greed is a problem. U.S. citizen Bernie Madoff’s successful investment fund attracted wealthy investors. Every year his returns on investment were much larger than those of other funds. In the end it turned out that he was not investing his customers’ money at all. Instead, he was running a Ponzi or “pyramid” scheme, paying off the investors who withdrew their money with the money he was taking in from new investors. While the Ponzi scheme was going strong, he was the toast of New York City and highly admired by others in the finance world. When thousands of his customers lost large sums of money, he became the poster boy of greed. Yet of course his customers were greedy too.
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.
My Understanding about Humanistic Buddhism
Humanistic Buddhism inspires us to elevate and have faith in ourselves; because this self embodies the wisdom and virtue of the Buddha. Thus we must realize that we are all buddhas and be proud to say that “I am a buddha.” Such is the spirit of Humanistic Buddhism. Instead of placing our fate in the hands of divine entities, we should take responsibility for our own lives. The saying in the Āgamas, “Rely on the self, rely on the Dharma, rely on nothing else,” is a rendition of the faith of Humanistic Buddhism.
「MITRA」問世 柏克萊大學與佛光山合作研發AI佛典翻譯利器
ine Translation）史，介紹LLM大型語言模式，以及他近年開發的「法之善友AI翻譯器」（MITRA.，MITRA不僅是佛典翻譯的最佳工具，也助於梵文、漢文等語言結構。人間佛教研究院院長妙凡法師、副院長妙光法師、叢林學院女眾學部師生、本山法師及義工等近百人出席。 Nehrdich博士概述機器翻譯史，爬梳1950年代起以規則為本的機械翻譯（RBMT）時期、基於實例的機器翻譯（EBMT）時期、統計機器翻譯（SMT）時期，至2015年開始的神經機器翻譯（Neural machine translation）時期等各個階段，包含Google翻譯等工具的問世。此外，他簡介MITRA的三大核心功.....
加州大學柏克萊分校與佛光山簽署合作協議，攜手開發佛教AI翻譯軟體
山人間佛教研究院 加州大學柏克萊分校與佛光山簽署合作協議，攜手開發佛教AI翻譯軟體 為透過人工智能模組促成佛教大藏經、《星雲大師全集》等佛教文本英譯的效能與品質，財團法人佛光山人間佛教研究院副院長妙光法師6月4日前往美國與加州大學柏克萊分校人工智能研究實驗室（BAIR）與MITRA項目主持人Kurt Keutzer教授簽署合作協議。 參與合作協議簽署儀式者有佛光山北加州總住持如揚法師、美國加州大學柏克萊分校佛學研究中心主任Robert Sharf教授、人工智能研究實驗室副研究員Sebastian Nehrdich博士、資訊組主任藍效農先生及佛光大辭典英譯計畫編輯知悅法師等10 人。 結合 MI.....
