论慧能的戒律思想

Buddhist Discipline Thought of Huineng

慧能是禅宗六祖,南宗的实际创始人,他发扬"止恶扬善"的戒律精神,提出无相戒、无相忏悔、无相三归依戒和自性四弘誓愿,立足于自性清净心,将戒体与戒相融为一体,把皈依三宝变成对自性的皈依,并在自性中忏悔恶业。这种将他律化为内心自律的戒律思想是佛教戒律发展史上的重大革新,具有重要的历史地位,促使禅宗成为中国最有影响力的宗派。时至今日,慧能的戒律思想对中国佛教的发展以及国家法律的建设仍然具有重要的借鉴意义。

Huineng was the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, and was the actual founder of South-Zen, he promoted the discipline thinking of ＂To stop evil to reward good＂, and put toward non-self discipline, non-self confession, non-self Three Conversions discipline and self four great ambitions, based on self pure mind,he mixed discipline ontology and discipline phenomenon together, turned revering to Three gem （Buddha,Dharma,and Sangha） to converting to self-nature,and confess sin in self-nature. This kind of dis- cipline thought which convert self-discipline to discipline by others made a great change in the history of Buddhist discipline,and has a important position,it prompted Zen Buddhism being the most powerful Bud- dhist sect. Even now, Huineng＇s discipline thought has important reference and practical value to develop- ment of Chinese Buddhism,as well as to construction of national laws.