佛教的醫藥觀與養生觀的研究 — 以日常法師《菩提道次第廣論》開示為中心=Buddhist Perspective on Medicine and Health Promotion: Focused on Venerable Master Ri-Chang's Interpretations on Lamrim Chenmo
This paper analyzes the main ideological concepts of Lamrim Chenmo and The Manuscript on Lamrim Chenmo of Venerable Master Ri Chang to explore the Buddhist perspective on medicine and health promotion. In doing so, it seeks to help patients understand the causes of illnesses and to have a correct concept of health promotion and then to prevent illnesses and to have correct attitude while seeking medical care; The paper also seeks to help medical practitioners to understand the same, so that they have a new understanding of disease treatment and a new way of doctor-patient communication. First, we discuss the perspective on medicine and health promotion in modern medicine, including the development of Western medicine, current modern mainstream medicine, Indian traditional medicine and its modern development. Then, the relevant viewpoints of Indian Buddhism were sorted out and divided into three parts: the original Buddhism, the early Mahayana and the Vajrayāna period. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the thoughts related to diseases, health promotion and medicine in Lamrim Chenmo and Manuscripts on Lamrim Chenmo. The discussion on Lamrim Chenmo is divided into four parts: 1. Causes of illnesses and causes of death; 2. Views on medicine: patients should follow the doctor's advice, medicine is a partner, treatment methods, one should be brave and tough when facing illness, providing cure is a way of bodhisattva; 3. Health promotion concepts: 4. How to face disease and death. The discussion on Manuscripts of Lamrim Chenmo is divided into four parts: 1. Causes of illnesses and causes of death; 2. Attitudes toward illnesses; 3. Health promotion concepts; 4. hospice care: take refuge in Triple Gem, thinking of death, control of symptoms of death. In addition, it also discusses the relationship between doctor and patient, how to cure the greed for food, and how to cultivate oneself despite illness. Lastly, with the three modern diseases: hypertension, cancer and dementia, as the theme, we explore the modern significance of Buddhist perspective on medicine and health promotion.
