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A Discussion on "Faith" in Humanistic Buddhism as Exemplified by Venerable Master Hsing Yun's "Positive Forecasts for Life"
《人生卜事》是星雲大師依生命經驗口述的108則法語,希望佛法能在人有困境時,乃至日常生活中,做心靈上的指南。《人生卜事》的設計與用法看起來像算命,違背表面上的佛教教義:但是所謂的「卜事」不是占卜,而是透過對因果的釐清、身口意的淨化來改變人的命運。此設計受大眾的喜愛,展現星雲大師人間佛教的信仰觀。星雲大師針對當代迷信的引導,對比佛陀時代吠陀的祭祀儀式之教義,有多方面的相似之處,能看出星雲大師弘法的善巧方便。另外,本文旨在探討《人生卜事》如何引導人的正確信仰:從充滿迷信、恐懼,及個人慾望的信仰,到慈悲、智慧、利益眾生的菩薩道。
The Relationship between Buddhism and Life
There are two main schools of Buddhism, Theravāda and Mahāyāna. The former spread from southern India to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, and the island of Java during King Asoka’s reign in ancient India. The latter spread from northern India to Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, and the Ryukyu Islands during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Ming of the Han dynasty. It has since disseminated into all parts of Malaysia in the last two or three hundred years. Buddhism has spread throughout the world in two thousand and five hundred years. Today, it is distributed vastly, found not only in the Southeast Asian countries, but also Europe and the United States. The religion is practiced by people in the East and West, and has a significant number of devotees.
Humanistic Buddhism in Singapore
The term “Humanistic Buddhism” (人間佛教) brings to mind the thisworldly Buddhist teachings of Master Taixu (太虛, 1890–1947), Master Yinshun (印順, 1906–2005), and Venerable Master Hsing Yun (星雲, 1927–). Needless to say, transnational Taiwanese “mega-temples” such as Fo Guang Shan (佛光山) and Tzu Chi Foundation (慈濟功德會) have played a significant role in the propagation of Buddhism and promotion of cultural and philanthropic activities in global-city Singapore and around the world. Yet, unknown to many scholars (and Buddhists) perhaps, the early ideas of Humanistic Buddhism have arrived in Singapore even before these well-known global Taiwanese Buddhist organizations. In my talk, I will discuss the history of Singapore’s Humanistic Buddhism from the early twentieth century to the present. I will present the development of Humanistic Buddhism in Singapore into three phases: 1) Taixu’s Human Life Buddhism (人生佛教); 2) Yen Pei’s (演培, 1917–1996) Humanistic Buddhism; and 3) development of Taiwanese Humanistic Buddhist organizations in contemporary Singapore.
「自覺」與「自學」啟動生命向上的引擎POWER——《啟動斜槓人生》讀後感
第一屆博士人間佛教論壇 兩岸學者精闢演繹
、佛教對當代社會問題的因應。5、人間佛教的實踐對社會的影響。 「人間佛教座談會」邀請畢生提倡與實踐人間佛教的星雲大師闡述看法,大師提及,佛教是要帶給人幸福、安樂、自在、解脫和安身立命,奉行佛法才能獲得人生的圓滿,放下才沒有負擔、才能輕鬆自在,猶如皮箱,出門要提起,回家後要放下。 活動期間,主辦單位特別安排學員體驗佛門「五堂功課」中的早課與午齋過堂。北京大學博士生米媛分享,早課時看到莊嚴的觀音菩薩,內心有很大的觸動,感到磁場氛圍很好,大家都很認真讀誦經文,真心參與其中。 武漢大學博士生張曬表示,首次參加早課與過堂,深深感受佛教力量的偉大。許多人回應:這樣的修持安排可以更實際瞭解人間佛教。午齋過堂.....