從清淨在源頭探析證嚴法師的環保濟世觀

環保是慈濟重要的八法印之一，三十年來接引了龐大的環保志工群體，並推廣至海內外。證嚴法師在其開示與專書中，多有對於環保的諄諄提醒，本研究在探討當代重要宗教家證嚴法師如何教諭慈濟人實踐環保，以達到對社會的關懷與佛法的宣導，並了解其「清淨在源頭」的意涵。證嚴法師的人間佛教在於實踐佛法，創造人間淨土，他提出清貧致福的思想，以對治對奢華浪費；並提出茹素是心靈環保，是大地環保之源之說。證嚴法師教諭慈濟人致力環保，以造就如西方極樂世界一般的淨土，強調淨土從心而生，清淨的源頭應從淨化人心做起，因此以淨化人心創造人間淨土，正是證嚴法師對人間佛教的實踐與目標。

關鍵字

淨化人心；慈濟；環保；證嚴法師

並列摘要

Environmental protection is one of the eight important missions of Tzu Chi Foundation. Over the past 30 years, it has attracted a large group of environmental protection volunteers from both at home and abroad. In her teachings and special books, Master Cheng Yen has a lot of sincere reminders about environmental protection. This research explores how the important contemporary religious, Master Cheng Yen, teaches Tzu Chi people to practice environmental protection in order to achieve care for the society and the advocacy of Buddhism, and to understand the meaning of "purity at the source". Master Cheng Yen's humanistic Buddhism lies in the practice of Buddhism and the creation of a pure land on earth. She put forward the idea of maintaining minimum material satisfaction to counteract the waste of luxury, and put forward that vegetarianism is the environmental protection of the soul as well as the source of the environmental protection of the earth. Master Cheng Yan instructed Tzu Chi volunteers to devote themselves to environmental protection, so as to create a world like the Pure Land. Emphasize that the pure land situation is born from the heart, therefore, the source of purity should start from the purification of the human heart. In summary, to create a pure land on earth by purifying people's hearts is exactly the practice and goal of Master Cheng Yen on humanistic Buddhism.