《坛经》中的“性空”思想初探

The Thought of“Emptiness”in the Rostrum Scriptures

六祖慧能大师讲法的内容由其弟子记录编纂成《坛经》,这是唯一一部由中国僧人讲法而被尊为经的佛教典籍。由此可见《坛经》一书在佛教界的重要性。《坛经》一书有着精深玄妙的思想,其中有"即心即佛"的佛性观、"明心见性"的修行观、"自修自度"的解脱观等,这诸多的思想成为禅宗最为根本的特质。在这些思想中始终贯彻着佛教的根本思想"缘起性空"之理论与不落有无二边的中道思维方式。

His disciples recorded and compiled the content of Sixth Patriarch Master argument as Rostrum Scrip-tures, which is the only one argument by Chinese monks and revered as Buddhist scriptures. Thus, Rostrum Scrip-tures is a book on the importance of the Buddhist community. Rostrum Scriptures, a mysterious book, has profoundthoughts, including＂Heart Buddha＂, the Buddhist concept,＂clearing your heart＂, the spiritual concept, andself-study and self-cultivation, the liberation outlook. These thoughts have become the most fundamental character-istics of Zen. The thoughts always implement the fundamental idea of＂origin of emptiness＂, the theory of Bud-dhism and the Golden Mean, the unity of substance and function.