人間佛教經典學習的新模式 ── 以佛教弘誓學院《阿含經》研習營為例=Comments Innovative Learning Model of Buddhist Sutra in Humanistic Buddhism: A Case Study on the “Āgama-sūtras Workshop” in Buddhist Hongshi College
After having attained supreme enlightenment, the Buddha rotated his first Dharma Wheels to preach for the Five Ascetics. At the Deer Park in Sarnath, after he delivered his first teaching—the Four Noble Truths, the Buddhist Dharma, having been passed down orally by his brilliant disciples and connected by successive teachers, has run propagated since then from India to China, which has already formed a unique way of preaching Dharma in the Chinese Buddhism district. As for the traditional Dharma-preaching ways, preachers used to explain or interpret every word or line, putting the equal emphasis on the process of “hearing” and “contemplating”. However, lack of the disciplines of “real practice” makes it quite hard to attain the purpose of “the emphasis laid both in the explanation and practice” during learning. Buddhism-practicing process will never exist or succeed without the learning orders of “hearing, contemplating, and cultivating”, which were involved to the greatest extent in the “Āgama-sūtras Workshop” held by the Buddhist Hongshi College. It is more like the Buddha’s ingeniousness when preaching than absolutely a new teaching method. Whether Buddha’s preaching to his disciples or mutual discussions about the Dharma among them, the orders have never ever been disobeyed. How did the leader lecturer, Master Chao-hwei, in this workshop interpret “Āgama-sūtras”? Looking upon Buddha Dharma as a philosophy of life, on which Master Chao-hwei has been based, is the fundamental power for her to study and preach “Āgama-sūtras”. Her deep insight and the ability to preach the Buddhist sutra is second to none, with whom I will never keep up for my whole life, not to mention putting any criticism on her study. The above is the writer’s knowledge gained from this workshop. Filled with the Dharma blissfulness from this workshop, I sincerely hope to obtain some constructive comments from any of you, who have been engaging in the same pursuit of massive knowledge from learning Buddhist Dharma as me.
