脈絡化與再脈絡化：聖嚴法師於華嚴與如來藏思想之現代詮釋與教學=Contextualization and Re-contextualization: On Master Sheng Yen’s Hermeneutics and Pedagogy on and Huayan and Tathāgatagarbha Thoughts
This paper attempts to bring to light Master Sheng Yen’s interpretation and teachings of Huayan School of thought and the thought of Tathāgatagarbha by recontexualizing them in the modern dissemination of Buddhism. We will analyze Master Sheng Yen’s hermeneutics in his interpretation and bring forward the philosophic significance thereof by situation them in three the frameworks, namely the intellectual history, meditative practice of Chinese Buddhism and in the dialogue of “Buddhist Modernism”. With respect to the intellectual history of Chinese Buddhism, Master Sheng Yen’s interpretation of two school of thoughts cannot be easily placed in the so called “substantial idealism” (borrowing Master Yinshun’s term). In terms of meditative practice, his teachings of Huayan and Tathāgatagarbha constitute in its doctrinal foundation, which in turn inform Master Sheng Yen’s interpretation. Lastly, as a modern Buddhist teacher, educator, and founder of a globally influential Buddhist organization, Master Sheng Yen’s interpretation and teaching should be recontextualized in the “Buddhist Modernism” problematics in order to bring to light the significance of his dissemination of Chinese Buddhism in our modern society.
