星雲大師對「四聖諦」的詮釋及其人間佛教思想動向

Master Hsing Yun's Interpretation of the Four Noble Truths and the Ideological Direction of Humanistic Buddhism

陳劍鍠(Chen, Chien-Huang)

《深入緣起．集眾法寶：人間佛教在東亞與東南亞的實踐》 2020年(上冊) (2020/06) Pp. 27-57

摘要

本文探討星雲大師對於原始佛教「四聖諦」的詮釋，以及由「四聖諦」聯結到大乘佛教的「四弘誓願」，從中檢視大師的人間佛教思想動向。研究結果顯示，大師認為「四聖諦」是聖典中的聖典，而且，對於體認實際人生，提供了有效的方法。另外，佛陀在三轉法輪時，已潛隱著「四聖諦」聯繫到大乘的「四弘誓願」，二者提供了人生解脫的方便，讓生命進入更上一層樓的境界，同時也讓「人間佛教」成為「行解並重、古今一體」的佛教。

關鍵字

星雲大師 ； 四聖諦 ； 四弘誓願 ； 人間佛教

並列摘要

This article explores Venerable Master Hsing Yun's interpretation of the Four Noble Truths (catvāri āryasatyāni) in early Buddhism, and further correlates the Four Noble Truths to the Four Vast Vows in Mahayana Buddhism, and thereafter, inspect Venerable Master Hsing Yun's ideological direction for Humanistic Buddhism. The research findings indicate that Venerable Master Hsing Yun believes that the Four Noble Truths is one of the most sacred canon, which is proven to provide an authentic way of experiencing life. Moreover, the sermon Buddha delivers in his life time (commonly known as ＂turning the Wheel of Dharma＂) can be relates to the later Four Noble Truths and the Four Vast Vows - both have shown ways to end suffering, thereby to let people moving on to a higher levels of existence, and finally to allow Humanistic Buddhism to attain the ideal of uniting mental comprehension and physical practice, and of the past and present.

並列關鍵字

Venerable Master Hsing Yun ； Four Noble Truths ； Four Vast Vows ； Humanistic Buddhism