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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.....
佛光大辭典英譯線上培訓 妙用AI指令提升翻譯效率
同的需求，加強翻譯效率與品質。博士先是讓大家大致了解AI軟體演算法跟數據庫有緊密關聯，接著示範如何透過指令，讓AI解釋文言文或佛教經典文句中每個字的意義和功能，再依照英語的詞性，翻譯成完整的句子。妙光法師建議翻譯人員指示AI軟體將譯出的目標語重新翻譯回原始語，以進一步檢視譯文的語意與文句結構。課堂中以《成唯識論》短短一句「由假說我法，有種種相轉」為案例分析，翻譯人員針對不同AI軟體（如：Claude、ChatGPT4、MITRA等）對「有」和「轉」等字的翻譯或省略翻譯，提出見解，獲益良多。 博士也分享，龐大的數據量讓AI在擷取資訊的過程中難免容易失焦，因此，建議佛教譯者將佛典的電子文本、佛教名.....
人間佛教與當代社會第二堂課 人間佛教與AI之覺醒與共生
堂課「當人間佛教遇到AI－－危機中的覺醒與共生」。本場講座將於4月1日晚間7點半舉行，特邀西北大學佛教研究所所長李利安主講、陝西省社會科學院宗教研究所助理研究員黃凱與談，佛光山人間佛教研究院副院長妙光法師主持，共同探討佛教在AI時代所面臨的機遇與挑戰。 李利安將從社會結構變遷、自我價值重塑、人際關係變革等多個角度，深入剖析AI時代對人類社會的影響，並探討佛教作為一門深具智慧的思想體系，如何為當代人提供重新思考生命本質的路徑。他認為AI與佛教的對話不僅是科技與人文的交鋒，更是人類在快速變遷的時代中，尋找精神依歸的一次契機－－在危機中覺醒，在共生中前行。 此外，李利安也以AI與菩薩進行類比，指出菩.....
主題座談「拭目以待的挑戰與機遇：人間佛教如何面對AI時代的降臨」
：人間佛教如何面對AI時代的降臨”主題論壇在上海星雲文教館舉行。坐壇由西北大學佛教研究所所長李利安教授主持，中國人民大學哲學院張文良教授、西北大學哲學學院副院長王雪梅教授、佛光山人間佛教研究院院長妙凡法師共同予談，來自21所高校的35位海內外碩博士參加。 春節以來，隨著DeepSeek在各行業的應用，整個中國大地上都在密切關注AI的發展。AI對人類和社會都將帶來巨大衝擊。我們在這樣特殊的時代裡研究和觀察人間佛教；人間佛教也將抓住時代的機遇，迎接挑戰，並調整其自身的發展方向。這都是AI時代下需要思考的議題。 首先，李利安教授從人類歷史發展的角度引出話題。李利安老師講述了人間佛教產生於中國近代社會.....
Humanistic Buddhism for the Social Well-being (Ⅰ)：An Overview of Grand Master Hsing Yun's Interpretation in Theory and Practice
Venerable Dr. Hsing Yun is the Grand Master of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order, the 48th Patriarch of Lin Ji Ch'an tradition, and the foremost Chinese scholar-monk of our times. He has been impressed, since his adolescence, with humanism as the all-pervading characteristic of the teachings of the Buddha. He has devoted a life-time of study, research, contemplation, discussion, and teaching to clarify and elaborate the philosophical concepts inherent in Buddhism and their practical implications. The ultimate result of this effort is the identification of core teachings of the Buddha, which are relevant and immediately applicable to life in this modern world. He calls these teachings Humanistic Buddhism (Renjian Fojiao). He sees in it an enormous potential for social well-being and individual advancement.
