寺院养老的灵性生活秩序:从俗智到圣智的转变

The Order of Spiritual Life in Monastic Eldercare: Transformation from Secular Wisdom to Sacred Wisdom

进入佛教安养院养老的老年人将经历生活方式由世俗到神圣的模式转变。这一转变的核心逻辑关涉两个方面:其一,对生命意义进行解释和判断的价值观基础,逐渐由俗世价值观转为佛教价值观,即俗智的消减与圣智的递增;其二,灵性生活秩序作为安养院所强调的精神生活秩序被逐渐建构起来,也就是安宁的心灵与超脱的信念之统一。佛教安养院的养老方式超越了血缘家庭,提供了一种其他养老机构缺乏的精神生活秩序,提供了另一种审视养老伦理的思路。

The senior people who choose to live at Buddhist nursing homes will experience the lifestyle change from secular to sacred. The core logic of this change involves two aspects. First,the value basis of explaining and judging the meaning of life gradually changes from secular values to Buddhist ones,that is,from decrease of secular wisdom to increase of sacred wisdom. Second,the order of spiritual life emphasized as such by Buddhist nursing homes is gradually established,that is,peaceful mind and transcendental belief are united. Eldercare at Buddhist nursing homes, which has transcended the kinship family, provides not only an order of spiritual life unavailable in other oldage care institutions but also another way to think about eldercare ethics.