章太炎“菩萨行”评析

On ZHANG Taiyan's Idea of "Buddha Practice"

章太炎“菩萨行”既指道德修养行为之本身,又指道德修养之过程,还是道德修养之方法;“菩萨行”主要特征体现为“入世修证重于出世修证”、“利他重于自利”、“中土圣贤即大乘菩萨”;“菩萨行”精神的意义在于它带给整个社会的价值,是一种以失去小我而赢得大我、失去有限而赢得无限、失去有形而赢得神圣的道德活动。

As ZHANG Taiyan＇s Idea of morality cultivation, ＂Buddha practice＂ refers not only to the behavior of cultivating morality, but also the process and method of it. The idea of ＂Buddha practice＂ is characterized with the following： attaching greater importance to morality cultivation in this world than morality cultivation out of this world, the priority of benefiting others to benefiting oneself, the identification of Zhongtu Saint to Buddha of Great Vehicle. The ultimate goal of ＂Buddha practice＂ is to obscure the boundary between life and death, and then if＇ imbued with it, the moral subject can achieve eternal life through his death and thus reach the highest state of morality.