The World of Chan禪的世界（英譯版）

　　Chan is not necessarily any one thing, nor does Chan affirm or deny anything. However, whatever you need, Chan gives to you.

　　For regular meditators, this book provides basic sitting meditation techniques. Exceptionally busy people are advised to try and use the Chan cultivation methods in this book to harmonize themselves, and dissolve their attachment to “self.” From relaxing the body and mind for as little as three minutes to attending to body and mind throughout daily life, these methods show the simplicity and practicality of expedient Chan methods.--Master Sheng Yen

Contents
Preface
Basic Methods for Chan Sitting Meditation 1
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 11
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Daily Life 19
The Evolution of Chan Practice Methods 25
What is Chan? 39
Chan Wisdom 51
Wisdom and Blessings 65
Chan: Uplifting the Self 77
Chan: Dissolving the Self 89
Chan and Life 101
Chan and Daily Life 111
The Chan of Protecting the Spiritual Environment 121
Chan: Understanding and Practice 131
Chan and the Arts 145
Harmonizing Life155
Life, Time, and Space 167
Reason and Emotion 181
The Ability to Take Things On and Let Things Go 209
Taking Things On, Letting Things Go 219
Impermanence and Non-self 235
Uplifting the Character of Humanity 241
A Positive View of Life 253
Contemporary Buddhism, Contemporary Life 269
Today’s Young Buddhists and the Proper Outlook on Life 279
Pure Minds, Pure Environments 291
Green the Globe, Purify the World 297
Our Living Environment: A Buddhist Perspective 305
A Pure Land on Earth 323
Appendix 335

作者簡介

    

Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009)

　　聖嚴法師1930年生於江蘇南通，1943年於狼山出家，後因戰亂投身軍旅，十年後再次披剃出家。曾於高雄美濃閉關六年，隨後留學日本，獲立正大學文學博士學位。1975年應邀赴美弘法。1989年創建法鼓山，並於2005年開創繼起漢傳禪佛教的「中華禪法鼓宗」。

　　聖嚴法師是一位思想家、作家暨國際知名禪師，曾獲臺灣《天下》雜誌遴選為「四百年來臺灣最具影響力的五十位人士」之一。著作豐富，中、英、日文著作達百餘種，先後獲頒中山文藝獎、中山學術獎、總統文化獎及社會各界的諸多獎項。

　　聖嚴法師提出「提昇人的品質，建設人間淨土」的理念，主張以大學院、大普化、大關懷三大教育推動全面教育，相繼創辦中華佛學研究所、法鼓佛教學院、僧伽大學、法鼓大學等院校，也以豐富的禪修經驗、正信的佛法觀念和方法指導東、西方人士修行。

　　法師著重以現代人的語言和觀點普傳佛法，陸續提出「心靈環保」、「四種環保」、「心五四運動」、「心六倫」等社會運動，並積極推展國際弘化工作，參與國際性會談，促進宗教交流，提倡建立全球性倫理，致力世界和平。其寬闊胸襟與國際化視野，深獲海內外肯定。

　　Master Sheng Yen was born in 1930 and became a monk in 1943. He conducted a six-year solitary retreat, after which he went to Japan for further study and obtained a doctorate in Buddhist literature at Rissho University. In 1975, he began sharing the Dharma in the US, and in 1989, founded the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism.

　　He authored more than 100 publications in Chinese, English, and Japanese, and received the Sun Yat-sen Art and Literary Award, the Sun Yat-sen Academic Award, and the Presidential Cultural Award, among other honorary awards.

　　He proposed the vision of “uplifting the character of humanity and building a pure land on earth,” founded the Chung Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Dharma Drum Sangha University, and Dharma Drum University. Experienced in Chan using correct approaches, he guided practice in both the West and East. Popularizing the Dharma in modern language, the Master initiated movements including Protecting the Spiritual Environment, Four Kinds of Environmentalism, the Fivefold Spiritual Renaissance Campaign, and the Six Ethics of the Mind. He shared the Dharma globally with a broadminded perspective, winning him worldwide recognition.