禅宗:生活重于教义,审美高于信仰

On the features of Chan Buddhism

主张“不立文字,教外别传”的禅宗与传统佛教以及一般的所谓宗教有很大的差异,这往往导致人们很难理解甚至误解禅宗。实际上,禅宗的特征可以概括为“生活重于教义,审美高于信仰”这十二个字。一方面,禅宗否定佛教教义,将日常生活本身当做修行;另一方面,禅宗又“呵佛骂祖”,抛弃对佛的信仰,只追求个己“禅悦”的审美境界。尽管禅宗看起来颇为离经叛道,但是禅宗依然认为自己没有违背佛教的基本精神且最能反映佛教的终极关怀。

Chan Buddhism is very different from traditional Buddhism and generally so-called religion by advocating that daily life is more important than Buddhism doctrines while aesthetic enjoyment more important than belief. On one hand, Chart Buddhism denies Buddhism doctrine, making daily life itself as Buddhist practicing; on the other hand, Chan Buddhism deserts the belief in Buddha, just pursuing the aesthetic state of peaceful happiness in one＇ s internal mind. Though Chan Buddhism seems as rebelling against the prevalent ideas and practices of Buddhism, it still considers that it mirrors the spirits of Buddhism most thoroughly than other sects of Buddhism.