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2016 星雲大師人間佛教理論實踐學術研討會兩岸學者取得高度共識與肯定
第四屆星雲大師人間佛教理論實踐學術研討會,3 月19至20日在大陸江蘇宜興大覺寺舉行。主辦單位人間佛教研究院邀請大陸與台灣兩地47位學者,分別從文學、史學、哲學、語言學、社會科學、音樂、藝術等面向,探討當代人間佛教的發展現況。與會學者對於佛光山教團在二十一世紀的發展皆高度肯定,並取得更深層的共識。
Fo Guang Shan Buddhism and Ethical Conversations across Borders: “Sowing Seeds of Affinity”
On the basis of a study of an international Buddhist movement, this article defines “ethical conversations across borders” – acts of ethical deliberation, evaluation or argument that take place in cognisance of multiple ethical regimes – and proposes the conditions under which they can take place. Fo Guang Shan, described in the first part of the article, is a Buddhist movement that originated in Taiwan, but which now has branches around the world. It seeks to promote the cultivation of virtue among its members and among other people with which it has contact. The teachings of Master Hsing Yun, the movement’s founder, advocate two methods through which this project can be realised, “sowing seeds of affinity” and “convenience”. The second part of the article generalizes observations made in relation to Fo Guang Shan and draws the conclusion that all “ethical conversations across borders” require two things, namely, the identification of similarities or “affinities”, and an account of difference that stipulates the units between which the conversation is to be carried on.