法華經=Lotus Sutra; 生命教育=life education; 佛之知見=wisdom and insight of the Buddha; 一念三千=one thought-moment retract three thousand realms; 四安樂行=four practices of sukha-vihāra
In this era of globalization, material life is flourishing, but the development of body and mind are gradually down wave. Different kinds of mental illness appeared, such as Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorders. Under the influence of utilitarian thought, social values seems to become confused that make us gradually lose the self awareness ability, interaction between people a become less and less., sense of alienation increase. Quality of life is gradually sinking, these phenomena reflect the mental and physical development of life is facing problems. What can we do to solve these problems? Buddha is a great educator. He concerned about human’s life , his mission in this world is to cure the sentient beings through dharma . Buddha is cultivate from the human being to the noble saint is a life education process, perhaps we can find the way to safe the world through the Sutra teaching. Buddha showed us the truth of life through the teaching of the Lotus Sutra. Buddha mentioned that all the human beings can attained Buddhahood. Apart from here, we knew that the objective of Buddha coming to this world is to help the human beings to attain the Buddhahood through the four steps of life education process. Buddha want to teach sentient beings with wisdom and insight of the Buddha, to show the sentient beings with wisdom and insight of the Buddha， to enlighten sentient beings with the wisdom and insight of the Buddha, and to cause sentient beings to enter the path of the wisdom and insight of the Buddha. This paper is trying to focus on The Life Education Blueprint of The Lotus Sutra based on the wisdom and insight of the Buddha. Life Education emphasized on theoretical and practical cultivation. Beside showing the truth of the universal, Buddha also taught us the practical ways to become a noble saint. Buddha mentioned that the wisdom of emptiness is important in the life education process. We need the wisdom to inspire the self- awareness of human beings. In the Chapter 14 of the Lotus Sutra, Buddha emphasized about Ease in Practice, there are four practices of sukha-vihāra. (peaceful and happy conduct). These are the practises of the bodhisattva mahāsattva. We can apply these four kinds of practices to manage ours action, speak, mind and vow in order to attain the happiness and joyfulness of life. These were the practices of bodhisattva, will bring happiness to ourselves and others. The research discuss on the dialogue between the Lotus Sutra and the human beings. Buddha said that all sentient beings can attain the Buddhahood, the wisdom and insight of the Buddha inspire the human beings to cultivate and practice Buddhism. Then, understanding the phenomenon of human beings through the study of Tian-tai Chi-I “ one thought-moment, retract three thousand realms” philosophy. Finally, the four practices of sukha-vihāra will lead us to have a peaceful and happy conduct for living wisely and happily. The wisdom of the Lotus Sutra is important for life education!
