《释迦牟尼佛传》与星云大师的宗教情怀

The Story of Buddha and Master Xingyun's Religious Complex

《释迦牟尼佛传》是星云大师影响最为深远的一部文学作品,是星云大师以虔诚的佛教徒的身份写作的佛传,这部作品承载了佛陀的基本理念,更承载了作者星云本人的基本理念。其写作思维和世俗作家、世俗学者迥然不同。其写作目的、写作策略受制于佛陀本人的历史、星云所处的时代背景和星云本人的宗教革新思想,其对人间的思考亦展示了太虚大师以来尤其是星云本人倡导的人生佛教(或曰人间佛教)理念。相应地,作者也选择了叙事与说理相结合的叙事策略,在人间情义与佛教道理之间取得了平衡。星云创作《释迦牟尼佛传》这一行动本身就是一种宗教革命的尝试,《释迦牟尼佛传》也因此见证了一个时代的风云际会。

The literary biography of Buddha The Story of Buddha by Shi Xingyun conveys fundamental ideas of Buddhism and the author＇s ideas about Buddhism. The writing intention and strategies are determined by the history of Buddha, Xingyun＇s time and his ideas on Buddhist reformation. Xingyuffs minds present the idea of ＂humanistic Buddhism＂, which has been supported by Taixu and Xingyun himself.