試闡佛教的品格教育 -- 以善財五十三參之人文關懷與哲學向度為主軸=On Buddhist Character Education Informed by the Humanistic Concern and Philosophical Dimension of the Fifty-three Visits of Sudhana
The subject matter of this paper is to explore the fifty-three visits of Sudhana-sresthi-daraka to kalyanamitra in "Bodhisattva Avalokite?vara," Gandavyūhasūtra. It takes the noble character presented in this chapter as the model for learning and interprets Buddhist character education through its humanistic concern and philosophical dimension in wishes to help one manage his life, improve one's body, mind and soul as well as fulfill the true, good and beautiful state of life. In the face of the ultimate truth, one is expected to know goodness, aspire for goodness as the ultimate goal, have moral reflection and identify oneself with goodness inwardly and finally fulfill the ultimate promise, which is in turn externalized as truthful good deeds and expressed as good character. Through the unity of knowledge and practice, one would step on the way to the perfection of life. Beside the foreword and the conclusion, this paper is divided into four parts: first, the model of noble character; second, facing the ultimate truth; third, aspiring for the ultimate goal; and fourth, fulfilling the ultimate promise.
