对上世纪末“禅宗热”的反思

Reflection on the “Chan Buddhism Fever” in the Late 20^(th) Century

上世纪八十年代中国的"禅宗热",受到走红于欧美的铃木禅学的影响,特殊的社会历史条件下,它被作为个体人格自我完成的良药推向社会。回头看,"禅宗热"的兴起和扩散,有其必然性和合理性;但向前看,以理想人格的培养为目标,以群体和个体的关系为主题,从为中国在后现代的崛起作好思想和文化准备的高度看,对禅宗这一文化遗产的正反两面,还有很多整理和发掘工作要做。

The 'Chan Buddhism Fever' in 1980s was impacted by the Zen of Suzuki, which was popular in Europe and America at that time. In the particular social and historical conditions, Chan was promoted as an effective medicine with which individuals can perfect their personalities on their own. The rising and spread of 'Chan Buddhism Fever' was necessary and reasonable. However, there is still much to do about analyzing the positive and negative aspects of Chan as cultural heritage in cultivating ideal personality and treating the relationship between group and individual so as to serve for the rising of China in the post-modern era.