John Dewey and the Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle Way1

This paper argues that the central philosophical movement in the complex history of Buddhism that originated with Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha and carried on by Nāgārjuna (among other later Buddhist philosophers) shares some common themes with the pragmatic philosophy of John Dewey. These themes are the rejection of traditional metaphysics as definitive of philosophy, a return to the correct understanding of the nature of experience, and a particular view about the conduct and nature of philosophy. Dewey is used to illuminate such controversial problems in the Buddhist tradition as why the Buddha is silent about metaphysical questions, what it means to say that everything is anitya, and how we are to understand Nāgārjuna's key concepts of pratītyasamutpāda and ?únyatá.     

佛教义理与因明逻辑

佛学与因明的关系问题是学术界尚未涉足又不可回避的重要课题。本文通过对三法印说与因明量论、三自性说与因三相、缘起说与三支论式等这些主要方面的比较分析，认为佛学对因明有着极为深刻的影响，彼此间诸多的相息相通之处是不可置疑的；以此阐明佛学与因明之间存在着相当密切的内在因缘关系。不过，佛学与因明在一些关键之点上有其根本区别，表明佛学本身固有的浓郁的宗教伦理体系色彩，而因明在本质上是一个不断趋向合理性、科学性、有效性的逻辑体系。     

佛教哲学与德里达解构主义

针对有的学者把德里达解构主义看作当今“新乘”佛教的状况及学界对德里达思想误读的现象,提出以佛家思想为参照系,对两者在世界“有”“无”关系的本体论问题、世界存在方式问题及语言观等方面进行比较,并强调两者的不同之处是占主流的。此外,对德里达逝世之后的解构主义前景作了展望。     

Paleo-Compatibilism and Buddhist Reductionism

Paleo-compatibilism is the view that the freedom required for moral responsibility is not incompatible with determinism about the factors relevant to moral assessment, since the claim that we are free and the claim that the psychophysical elements are causally determined are true in distinct and incommensurable ways. This is to be accounted for by appealing to the distinction between conventional truth and ultimate truth developed by Buddhist Reductionists. Paleo-compatibilists hold that the illusion of incompatibilism only arises when we illegitimately mix two distinct vocabularies, one concerned with persons, the other concerned with the parts to which persons are reducible. I explore the view, its roots in Buddhist Reductionism, and its prospects.

Buddhist Non-Cognitivism

The purpose of this essay is twofold. First, I plan to argue that in light of Buddhist epistemology and metaphysics, it would be an inherent contradiction to the Buddhist tradition as whole to defend the cognitivist view that moral knowledge is possible. Quite the contrary, this essay will demonstrate that, in light of Buddhist theories of knowledge and metaphysical philosophies of no-self and emptiness, Buddhist ethics only makes coherent sense from a standpoint of non-cognitivism. Second, from the arguments that support a non-cognitivist reading of Buddhist ethics, I plan to show that such a standpoint does not entail moral nihilism. Rather, what we find in Buddhism is a middle-way ethic of pluralism. Herein I shall argue that the moral life of Buddhism non-cognitively arises within skandha of feelings, yet is conditioned by the cognitive nature of Buddhist wisdom.     

巴利佛典关于说法次第和注意事项的说明

通过声音来说法,是佛教的一个古老传统.说法是佛教最为重要的传播形式,因此,在佛教经典中关于说法、听法的利益、说法的次第、信众的性格和行为特征以及说法的注意事项、说法时的语调等,都有非常仔细的说明.本文主要根据巴利语佛教经典,对与说法相关的内容做了一个简要的说明.     

Buddhist logic and apologetics in 17<Superscript>th</Superscript> century China: An analysis of the use of Buddhist syllogisms in an anti-Christian polemic

Conclusion A glimpse of the new application of Buddhist logic in the seventeenth century leads us to reflect about our approach to logic in a given religious tradition: Should we isolate a logical system from the very context that has given rise to the genesis and development of such an intellectual apparatus? Methodologically, we do have the legitimate right to approach Buddhist logic from a purely logical point of view. However, when we study the actual use of Buddhist logic in the seventeenth-century anti-Christian polemic, an analysis of its intentional application allows us to conclude that Buddhist logic in the context of controversy is primarily apologetic. Therefore, with a methodological concern, I suggest that philosophers and logicians should reconsider the apologetic nature of logic in any given religious tradition.     

缘起与践履--浅谈佛教有关道德实践心理机制的思想

本文以佛教的缘起思想为理论背景,从道德实践的心理动力源、道德实践的目的因、道德实践判断及道德实践的客观依据等四个方面,系统地探讨了佛教有关道德实践心理机制的思想.希望能以此来促进我们对传统道德伦理思想的思考,并有所借鉴.     

中国化的佛教绘画艺术以宋代画僧为中心的考察

中唐以后,随着中国化的佛教宗派——禅宗的影响逐渐扩大, “悦禅之风”不但在佛教僧人中广为盛行,在文人士大夫阶层也流传甚广.到了宋代,禅宗和净土宗更是成为当时佛教的主流宗派.在此阶段,佛教与中国传统的儒家、道教文化进一步融合,极大推进了佛教中国化的进程. 这一思想潮流也表现在当时的佛教艺术之中,直观地体现在宋代画僧的作品...     

陈寅恪与佛教研究

佛教研究曾经是陈寅恪学术研究的一个重镇,也是他最为拿手的好戏之一,并且业已取得了为世人所瞩目的成就;但他最终还是放弃了对佛教的研究。本文首先概述陈寅恪学习、研究佛教的经历,然后论述其佛教研究论著,并且做出几点价值判断,最后剖析陈寅恪为什么放弃了对佛教的研究。     

Buddhist Life Stories

This article argues that contemporary Buddhist memoirs are an important source to investigate and understand the phenomenon of modern Buddhism. Modern Buddhism is a current development in which Buddhists consider their tradition in new ways. The connections between life stories and modern Buddhist traits are striking. No document can get closer to the source of this movement than a life story. In this article I consider this in terms of the memoirs of the German Buddhist nun Ayya Khema and the Sinhalese monk Bhante Gunaratana. Although the figures may not represent all of the categories of modern Buddhism, the reader understands their choices in terms of their entire lives. The reader is constantly faced with the interplay between modern and traditional traits that make up their life stories.     

佛教节日

佛教在中国传播过程中,一些宗教仪式与传统的民间风俗相结合,逐渐形成名目繁多的宗教节日。每逢这些节日,寺院和民间通常要举行各种纪念活动。这些民族化的佛教节日,主要有佛诞节、盂兰盆节、佛成道节等。     

试论佛曲与梵呗的社会综合价值

《维摩诘所说经》云:"歌咏诵法言,以此为音乐。"[1]《金光明经玄义》云:"此娑婆国土,音声为佛事。"[2]《乐璎珞庄严方便品经》云:"若有众生乐向鼓、贝、箜篌、簧吹、箫、笛、歌舞音乐等乐,大德须菩提。我随如是诸众生等,所有悕望所求所乐一切给与。然后劝发无上道心。"[3]佛经典籍中有诸多关于音乐的描写,佛教对于音乐的重视不言而喻,实际上,原始佛教的主要传播手段便是口耳相传、口传心授。