“悲欣交集”——弘一法师生死观探秘

Study on Master Hong Yi′s Outlook on Llife and Death

弘一法师是中国近代佛教史上的传奇人物,在律学、诗词、书画领域贡献至鉅。他直探佛教本源将信仰落实于实践,表现在生死观方面,他了悟佛教生死观的本质,突破明清以来追求死后世界的已经变异的世俗化的佛教生死观,以"了生脱死"为旨归,直指生命的超越;他外依于律学,精研行持,内归心于净土,以净土修行为证道途径;最终由安然离世实证了自己的生死观,成为后人的楷模。

Master Hong Yi, who made a great contribution to the study of temperament, poetry, painting and calligraphy, is a legend in China＇s modern history of Buddhism. His outlook on life and death shows a clear train of thought which grew steadily through his teaching career. He understood the nature of the Buddhist outlook on life and death. What＇ s more, he has broken the variable and secular outlook on it ever since the Ming and Qing Dynasty. He relied on the study of temperament externally and belonged to the pure land internally. He practiced Buddhist by pure land to find liberation from the life and death, and restored it to the life level. He proved his outlook on life and death at last by his peaceful leaving the world.