1. Special Issue: Chan Buddhism and the 21st Century.
2. Author Affiliation: University Miami, USA.
關鍵詞
Chan; delusions; didacticism; enlightenment; Huaishen; nonduality; Su Shi
摘要
This paper examines ways leading Song-dynasty Chan teachers, especially Cishou Huaishen 慈受懷深 (1077–1132), a prominent poet-monk (shiseng 詩僧) and temple abbot from the Yunmen lineage, transform the intricate rhetorical techniques of Chinese poetry in order to explicate the relationship between an experience of spiritual realization beyond language and logic and the ethical decision-making of everyday life that is inspired by transcendent principles. Huaishen’s poetry expresses didactic Buddhist doctrines showing how an awareness of nonduality and the surpassing of all conceptual boundaries and categories can and must be applied to negotiating moral choices in concrete everyday situations that are either conducive or detrimental to the attainment of enlightenment. My main argument is that Song Chan discourse does not lead to antinomianism or an indifference to the conflicts of the mundane world but, instead, features an ethical approach for determining an aspirant’s degree of illumination. This function is central to the school’s overall teaching mission of assisting those seeking to overcome their egocentric delusions by realizing the benefits of Chan insight.
目次
Abstract 168 Keywords 168 1 Nondual Philosophical Implications in Chan Poetry 168 2 Huaishen’s Didacticism 171 3 Levels of Huaishen’s Chan Moral Philosophy 174 4 Concluding Remarks 179
