中国佛教里的竹

Bamboo in Chinese Buddhism

佛教是中国古代文化很重要的组成部分,竹子也是中国古代文明的一大象征。在佛典里,“青青翠竹,总是法身”。“竹径通幽处,禅房花木深”(唐·常建),“修篁半庭影,清磬几僧邻”(唐·姚合),禅诗里,竹与禅高度融合。佛教始祖释迦牟尼有“竹林精舍”,大慈大悲的观音菩萨有“紫竹林”,宋僧赞宁写过竹子专著《笋谱》,清竹禅和尚画出了传世的墨竹。大量史料告诉人们,竹的文化,竹的文明,同样也与中国佛教结下了不解之缘。本文仅通过中国佛教里的竹,深入理解中国竹文化的博大精深,寻觅中国古人们“不可一日无此君”的真谛。

Buddhism is a main composition in ancient civilization of China, bamboo is also major symboliza-tion. In Buddhism,'Green bamboo, always magic body'. From some historical data, bamboo civilization and bamboo culture have also attached an indissoluble bond to Chinese Buddhism. This paper has better understanding broad and profound of Chinese bamboo civilization by bamboo of Chinese Buddhism, to seek true essence of ' can not without bamboo one day' by ancient people in China.