《祖堂集》死亡書寫研究—以東土祖師為核心

Death Narratives in the "Zutang Ji": A Study of Buddhist Patriarchs of East Asia

蔡榮婷(Jung-Ting Tsai)

《玄奘佛學研究》 18期 (2012/09) Pp. 25-62

https://doi.org/10.29955/HCJBS.201209.0002

摘要

本論文承繼〈《祖堂集》死亡書寫研究─以佛陀與西土祖師為核心〉的論文架構，針對從菩提達摩起始的東土祖師103位傳主，173則記載，展開後續的討論。經由死亡書寫（包含禪宗開悟聖者死亡現象的描述、處理後事的記載、面對死亡的反應、死亡的救度、有關死亡的教學與討論等）、死亡書寫蘊含的意義（包含看待死亡的觀點、面對死亡的態度）、死亡書寫體例（包含外在的用語與體例、內在的貫串脈絡等）等面向的討論，觀察禪宗傳入中國之後，禪宗的東土祖師如何穿越死亡的試煉，探索禪宗如何看待、面對、處理、討論與超越死亡等課題，並藉由「覺悟」與「死亡」的交涉疊合，思考禪宗死亡書寫蘊含的深意，以及覺悟者所帶給人類的新觀點與新視野。

關鍵字

禪宗 ； 祖堂集 ； 死亡書寫 ； 東土祖師

並列摘要

As a continuation of ”Death Narratives in the Zutang ji: A Study of the Buddha and the Buddhist Patriarchs of India,” this study focuses on 173 records relating to 103 prominent figures of East Asian Buddhism compiled in the Zutang ji, beginning with Bodhidharma. This paper examines how the early exponents of Chinese Chan trained themselves to face death, as well as their views about death and how they spoke of it. A detailed analysis is conducted on death narratives (Chan masters' characterizations of death, records of their funerals, reactions to death and teachings on death), the significance of death narratives (views and attitudes toward death) and the style of death narratives (diction and the sequence of ideas). This paper also explores the ways in which the Chan School regards, portrays and discusses death, as well as its teachings on transcending death. Finally, this article discusses the significance of the death narratives of the Chan School and its novel views of death by examining the way in which it superimposes representations of enlightenment and death.

並列關鍵字

Chan (Zen) ； Zutang ji (Anthology from the Patriarchs' Hall) ； death narratives ； patriarchs of Chan Buddhism

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