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| An Interpretation of Yin Shun's Ren Jiao Fo Jiao in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic | ||
| 作者 | Ho, Jacqueline (著)=何靜琪 (au.) |
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| 出處題名 | 法印學報=Journal of Dharma Seals |
| 卷期 | n.14 |
| 出版日期 | 2023.12 |
| 頁次 | 55 - 92 |
| 出版者 | 財團法人弘誓文教基金會 |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.hongshi.org.tw/ |
| 出版地 | 桃園縣, 臺灣 [Taoyuean hsien, Taiwan] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Humanistic Buddhism=人間佛教; Pure Land in the Human Realm=人間淨土; COVID 19=新冠肺炎; Pandemic=流行病 |
| 摘要 | According to the main tenets of Yin Shun's Ren Jian Fo Jiao, sentient beings should seek rebirth in the human realm rather than a heavenly pure land because one directly enters Buddhahood in the human realm, representing the quickest path. Yin Shun envisioned that Ren Jian Jing Tu is the transformation of the human realm into a pure land through the removal of the dukkha of sentient beings. Rather than focusing on the chanting of the Buddha's name (nien fo), which was seen as a form of upāya (fang bian), for example, Yin Shun advocated the need to follow the bodhisattva path (pu sa dao) and to adopt the bodhi-mind (puti xin). The bodhisattva practice of creating a pure land on earth is made possible through tangible acts of service which can manifest in the form of humanitarian work. With the on-set of COVID-19 in 2019, how would Yin Shun's Ren Jian Fo Jiao be interpreted in light of the global pandemic? How would Yin Shun's Ren Jian Jing Tu be envisioned, and what would bodhisattva practice look like? I propose to shed light on a nuanced view of Yin Shun's Ren Jian Fo Jiao through a discussion of the notion of collective karma, which is defined as a group's experience of the law of cause and effect. For instance, the global pandemic can be interpreted as the fruition or effect of past accumulated karma of the world's population. In this case, how would the human realm be transformed into a Ren Jian Jing Tu? I propose the following three preliminary observations: 1) The creation of a Ren Jian Jing Tu could be envisioned through an individual's personal responsibility to prevent the spread of COVID-19, acting as an extension of bodhisattva practice, 2) the global pandemic heightened Yin Shun's advocacy of the preciousness of human life and earthly mortality, and 3) the corona virus challenged Yin Shun's emphasis on self-power (the reliance on personal efforts vs. the other powers of deities) by limiting personal autonomy and control; in turn, self-power had to be negotiated in a new light. These observations will be investigated through a study of organizational practices of Buddhism in Taiwan from 2019 to 2023. 根據印順法師的思想，如何在全球大流行病中在人間建立淨土？淨土將如何構想？佛陀的法教或修行將如何應用？根據印順法師「人間佛教」的主要原則，眾生應該尋求在人間轉生，而不是追求天上的淨土，因為在人間可以直接成佛，代表著最快的道路。印順法師構想了「人間淨土」是通過消除眾生的苦厄，將人間轉化為淨土。與專注念佛不同，被視為方便法門。印順法師主張需要追隨菩薩道，並培養菩提心。菩薩在地上創造淨土的修行是通過實際的奉獻行為實現，具體可呈現為人道主義工作的形式。隨著2019年COVID-19的爆發，如何在疫病全球大流行的背景下詮釋印順法師的「人間佛教」？「人間淨土」將如何構想？菩薩修行又會是什麼樣子？我建議通過討論集體業力的概念，對印順法師的「人間佛教」進行解釋，集體業力被定義為群體對因果律的體驗。例如，全球大流行病可以被解釋為世界人口過去累積的業力的果報或效應。在這種情況下，人間將如何轉化為「人間淨土」？我提出以下三個初步觀察：1.創造「人間淨土」可以通過個人的責任來防止COVID-19的傳播，作為菩薩修行的延伸；2.全球大流行病加強了印順法師對人生珍貴和凡人有限性的倡導；3.新冠病毒挑戰了印順法師對自力（依靠個人努力而不是神祇的其他力量）的強調，通過限制個人的自主權和控制權；自力必須以新的角度來討論。這些觀察將通過研究2019年至2023年間台灣佛教組織的實踐來進行調查。 |
| 目次 | 1. Self-quarantining as an Extension of the Bodhisattva Practice of Morality (Sila) 60 2. The Preciousness of Human Life and the Fight Against Death(Mara) 66 3. Metaphorical Interpretation of Vaccines and the Embodiment of Wisdom 71 4. The Present Moment and the Disillusionment of the Digital World 78 |
| ISSN | 22241299 (P) |
| 點閱次數 | 172 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.02.05 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.02.05 |
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