從會通的旨趣到人間佛教的先聲——略論聖嚴法師對宗密《華嚴原人論》的解讀=From the Integration to the Herald of Humanistic Buddhism – On the Interpretation of Zongmi’s Manuscript Huayen Yuanrenlun by Master Sheng Yen
華嚴原人論=Huayen Yuanrenlun; 宗密=Guifeng Zongmi; 聖嚴=Master Shengyen; 《華嚴心詮》=Huayen Interpretation of Truth Mind; 漢傳佛教的時代化=Modernization of Chinese Buddhism; 人間佛教=Humanistic Buddhism
Huayen Yuanrenlun 華嚴原人論 is the manuscript written by Kuei-feng Tsung-mi圭峰宗密 the fifth patriarch of the Huayen School. In Tsung-mi’s period, the integration trends between the exegesis traditions and the ascetic practicer inside Buddhism had been more remarkable, which also extended to the relationship and ideological dialogue between Buddhism and Taoism or Confucianism. The manuscript discased in this paper is the representative work of Chinese Buddhist to actively participate such ideological dialogue by integrating and not only the Buddhism thought but the major ideologies with doctrinal arrangement P’an-chiao 判教,a central the method of Chinese Buddhism. This manuscript accompanied with Ch’an Preface 禪源諸詮集都序, another work of Tsung-mi show the harmony ideological feature of Tsuing-mi and the Huayen School in that period, which influenced the later Buddhism writers, gave the theoretical ground for the integration trend of Buddhism and proved the ideological evolution of Taoism or Confucianism in following period.
Master Sheng Yen was professional in India and Chinese Buddhism and take his whole lifetime to carry forward the Humanistic Buddhism by spreading the Buddhist culture and doctrine studies. The manuscript Huayen Interpretation of Truth Mind 華嚴心詮, is written by Master Sheng Yen as the Modelized interpretation of Tsung-mi’s Huayen Yuanrenlun. This manuscript intensively reflected the Master’s viewpoints towards the Huayen thought, including the modernized interpretation of Chinese Buddhism, Huayen School, and Tsuingmi’s thought. Here, I focused on the Master’s modernized research of Huayen Yuanrenlun in interpretation of the text, the feature of the interpretation and the value in enlightening the following scholars. The work Huayen Interpretation of Truth Mind 華嚴心詮 not only opened a paradigm to reflect the value of the ancient texts, but also provided an important document for further understanding Master’s thought in the viewpoints of doctrinal traditions of Chinese Buddhism, Modernized and Humanistic Buddhism and Buddhist paleography.
