生活禅:当代人间佛教的社会路向  

Life Zen: The Direction of the Contemporary Socially Engaged Buddhism

作　　者：刘元春[1] 

机构地区：[1]上海社会科学院佛教研究中心,上海200020

出　　处：《教育文化论坛》2011年第4期112-120,共9页Tribune of Education Culture

摘　　要：生活禅,不唱高调,贴近生活,把握当下,深蕴着大乘佛教思想,体现出中国禅宗的主体精神,彰显了"觉悟"与"奉献"的人生信仰价值取向,富有开放、宽容、求真、灵动的风格,契合当代的现实需要,能够推动人间佛教思想落实到现实生活之中,以促成生活之"相续"与"转依",达成生命之"尊严"与"和谐"。探究生活禅的思想脉络与精神特质,其显示出"生活性"、"智慧性"、"道德性"、"社会性"等特性,具有时代特点,可以成为当代人间佛教的社会路向。Life Zen is close to people＇ s life. It is deeply embedded in Mahayana Buddhism and reflects Chinese Chan Spirit. Life Zen manifests such life belief as consciousness and devotion. It is open, generous, looking for the truth and agile. It matches the needs of the contemporary society and may promote the realization of socially engaged Buddhism in real life, thus to realize the dignity and harmony of life. This paper examines the spirit of Life Buddhism and its features of being real, intelligent, moral and social, which has clear era features and could be the direction of the contemporary socially engaged Buddhism.

关 键 词：生活禅 人间佛教 社会路向 

分 类 号：B946.5[哲学宗教—宗教学]