印順法師的東南亞佛緣

Dharma Master Yin Shun's Affinities with Buddhism in Southeast Asia

侯坤宏(Hou, Kun-hung)

《法印學報》 9期 (2018/12) Pp. 23-52

摘要

2016年7、8月間，筆者有緣到馬來西亞參訪佛教寺院，看到一篇印順法師寫的〈我對於王弘法居士的懷念〉，這篇文章未見收入《妙雲集》、《華雨集》或《永光集》等相關著作中，王弘法居士是慈航法師的弟子，她比較為人所知的名字是王弄書，曾在檳城辦理菩提中學，著有績效；因看到這篇印順法師寫的文章，引發筆者想進一步了解印順法師和東南亞佛教的因緣。印順法師自1952年到臺灣後，曾去過日本、美、泰國、高棉、香港、菲律賓、星洲（新加坡）、馬來西亞，但談到「出國遊化，那只是菲律賓與星、馬｣，印順法師遊化菲律賓與星、馬期間，曾分別到各地參訪寺院，舉行多次講經活動，與當地法師多所接觸。本文擬透過印順法師的東南亞遊化，觀察當年臺灣與這些國家的佛教交流活動；希望透過本文的討論，可以了解印順法師的東南亞遊化歷程，藉以觀察當年臺灣和菲律賓、新加坡和馬來西亞等東南亞國家的佛教交流活動。

關鍵字

印順法師 ； 王弄書 ； 東南亞 ； 菲律賓 ； 新加坡 ； 馬來西亞

並列摘要

When I took an opportunity of visiting Buddhist temples in Malaysia during July and August 2016, I came across an article, ＂My Remembrance of Kulapati Wang Hong-Fa,＂ written by Master Yin Shun. This article, however, can't be found in any of his published works, such as 《妙雲集》、《華雨集》and《永光集》. As a disciple of Master Tzu-Hang, Kulapati Wang Hong-Fa was widely known as Wang Nong-Shu, an extraordinary Buddhist woman who founded PhorTay Private High School in Penang. This school was a big success in many ways. This article has inspired the author to explore how Master Yin Shun had built a connection with Buddhists in Southeast Asia. Since Master Yin Shun settled in Taiwan in 1952, he went abroad a lot, visiting many countries and regions, such as Japan, the US, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia, but he only ＂converted the local people by preaching when he was travelling around the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia.＂ During that time, he visited a lot of Buddhist temples around these countries, while giving lectures in which he expounded the texts of Buddhism and reaching out to some of the local masters. The aim of this paper was to observe Buddhists' exchange activities between Taiwan and the abovementioned countries through Master Yin Shun's efforts to convert people by preaching Buddhist principles in Southeast Asia. This paper describes in detail how Dharma Master Yin Shun made endeavors to convert the local people in Southeast Asia, and by so doing, presents the Buddhist exchange activities between Taiwan and some areas of Southeast Asia, like the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia.

並列關鍵字

Dharma Master Yin Shun ； Wang Nong-Shu ； Southeast Asia ； The Philippines ； Singapore ； Malaysia