禅宗美学的生命智慧:宇宙、生命与艺术的圆融无碍

Life Wisdom of Zen Aesthetics: the Complete Integration of the Universe, Life and Art

禅宗美学是中国古代美学史上具有深广影响的“四大美学主潮”之一。作为中华民族所特有的生命智慧,禅宗美学以其独特的观照方式、体悟方式与生存方式,创构了禅意盎然的空灵艺境,成就了中国古典艺术精神史上的一个高峰,积淀为中华民族文化心理的深层结构。与西方知识论哲学美学不同,中华美学精神通常体现为宇宙精神、生命精神与艺术精神的浑融通达与气韵贯通,其精神旨归与终极关怀是宇宙、生命与艺术的圆融无碍之境界。从宇宙论哲学维度看,禅宗美学具有静观终极存在的宇宙意识;从生命论哲学维度看,禅宗美学追求生机盎然的自由境界;从艺术论哲学维度看,禅宗美学标举直觉顿悟的审美意境。体悟领会禅宗美学的智慧精神是传承弘扬中华美学精神与中国艺术精神不可或缺的重要组成部分。

Different from the western philosophical aesthetics of epistemology, the spirit of Chinese aesthetics is usually embodied in the universal spirit, the life spirit and the art spirit. Its spiritual aim and ultimate care are the complete integration of the universe, life and art. From the dimension of cosmological philosophy, Zen aesthetics has the cosmic consciousness of observing the ultimate existence in silence;from the dimension of life philosophy, Zen aesthetics pursues the free realm full of vitality, and from the dimension of art philosophy, the aesthetic conception of intuitive insight is embodied in Zen aesthetics.