寒山与“垮掉的一代”禅宗精神的契合

Similarities Between Hanshan＇s Lifestyle and the Beat Generation＇Spirit of Zen

20世纪50年代，美国“垮掉的一代”抛弃世代信奉的基督新教，改信禅宗，试图从东方禅宗中寻找精神的寄托、信仰的归宿。他们游历东方，以了解东方思想，修行禅定，静坐默想，修身养性，求得毫无约束的精神解脱，交融于广阔无垠的宇宙世界。这一值得深思的精神事件与中唐诗人寒山的生活言行、“荒野情结”、对待人生和自然的态度等均有着精神的契合。

In the 1950s, the Beat Generation began a long pursuit of the spiritual freedom. They gave up Protestantism and converted to oriental Zen to seek for self- cultivation and spiritual salvation. Under the influence of oriental ideology, they found an outlet to remove their spiritual shackles caused by the convention confinement so as to be part of the vast universe by practicing Buddhism and making meditation. The Beat Generation, which provokes profound thoughts, and Hanshan, a secluded poet and monk in Tang dynasty, share such spiritual similarities in lifestyle, Wilderness Complex, attitudes toward the Nature and life.