《禅林宝训》的住持管理之道及其对领导者的启示

The Abbot Management of Admonitions for the Buddhist Monastery and its Enlightenment for Today’s Leaders

禅宗文化是中华优秀传统文化的重要组成部分,《禅林宝训》是中国禅宗在发展过程中形成的宝贵财富,其所蕴含的管理智慧为当今领导者提升自身领导能力提供了源头活水。《禅林宝训》向人们展现了作为领导者的住持,其个人的思想、理念、言行和能力等直接影响和决定寺院的兴衰。住持在管理上采取权力下放、依靠大众、知人善用、引导教化、培养僧才的管理之道。这启示当今的领导者在领导和管理工作中要抓大放小、高瞻远瞩;要选贤任能,建立人才上升的良性机制;要善于教育,培育适宜人才成长的土壤。

Zen culture is an important part of Chinese excellent traditional culture,and Admonitions for the Buddhist Monastery is a valuable asset formed in the development of Zen,whose management wisdom provides a source for today’s leaders to improve their leadership.This book shows that abbots as leaders,whose personal thoughts,ideas,words and deeds and abilities directly affect and determine the rise and fall of monasteries.Abbots adopt the management method of decentralizing power,relying on the public,inspecting and appointing talents,guiding and cultivating monks.The enlightenment tells today’s leaders that the key issues and foresight should be paid attention to and unimportant ones should be ignored;talents should be selected and a benign mechanism for their rising,suitable soil for their growth should be established.