论南宋灵隐寺慧远禅师的禅学及其修行

On Huiyuan Zen Master's Zen idea and his practice in Lingyin Temple in Southern Song Dynasty

慧远禅师为南宋灵隐寺一代高僧,其虽转益多师,但主要深得圆悟克勤禅师真传,大展机锋棒喝之临济宗风,并运用得出神入化,以诗化的禅语开示后学,强调顿渐一体,圆融无碍。慧远为宋孝宗所器重,赐号"佛海"。其传法海外,点悟日僧觉阿,使临济宗风传之东瀛,在中日佛教交流史上写下浓笔重墨的一页。慧远的弟子除了佛门中人外,尚有官绅儒士,如内翰曾开·知府葛郯等。在慧远禅师的公案中,可以看到其具有卓绝的禅学智慧和勇猛精进的精神,体现出一代禅学大师的风范与气概。

Huiyuan Zen Master was an eminent monk in his generation. He lived in Lingyin Temple in Southern Song Dynasty. Although he had more than one teacher, he mainly learnt from Keqin Master. He showed the styles of Rinzai School, test students by harsh words or cruel and sudden punishment, and used them sublimely. He en- lighten the later schools by using Zen quotes which sounds like poems, and stressed gradual integrate and perfect penetration without obstruction. Huiyuan Master was highly esteemed by the Emperor Xiaozong and was given the name of Fohai. He taught his ideas in foreign countries, enlightened a Japanese monk. He disseminated Rinzai School to Japan, which had far - reaching significance in the history of communication of Buddhism between China and Japan. Some of Huiyuan Master＇ s students were not monks, but worked in government, like Zengkai and Get- an. In Huiyuan Master＇ s cases, we can see his Zen wisdom and spirit of brave diligent between the lines. The cases showed his demeanor and spirit as a Zen Master of a generation.