HK 禅宗天坛大佛1993n宝莲禅寺DhyanaZennL A 西来寺npublic hearing1985
1988
nI don't mean to be disrespectful, but I have some friends who use Buddhism and east religon and east philosophy and they sort of mix that up with the new age. And that's ok, it works for them, that's fine. But my concern is that is that sort of anything goes, you know it's like free market in spirutuality, whatever i am saying or thinking today is fine. Because we have these core teachings in the Buddahism, it keeps us in check, so we don't go to anything that if it feels ok, we are trying to avoid that. This Buddahism gives me discipline without the necessity a god to reward me or punish me.
The buddha's dream 2500 years ago are stil wit us. and they are made incarnates in one of the most tenacious belief systems of all time, and some of the most iconic and beautiful monuments in the world
年轻人出去转转,尼泊尔,泰国,柬埔寨什么的都已经被各种欧美人占领,很多嬉皮士也有很多在当地的寺院里修行的人。当然,也有很多中国人,但中国人大都是去旅游消费看热闹的。西方人已经认识到了他们在精神方面的缺失,片中提到了两点,其一,佛教是唯一强调不用去信别人,是要靠自己悟道修行的;其二,佛教产生的二千五百年间都是直面死亡这个问题的,而西方的一些宗教都或多或少在躲避这个终极问题。
而中国人自己的博大精深的传统,就都丢在脑后,考雅思考托福为了出国学两句洋腔进个外企而疯了似的奋斗着。非得等哪天老外都开始大讲特讲佛道儒等中国文化了,中国人才去跟着迎合,再都往回学,就不能独立思考么?!就不能学会珍惜自己拥有的东西么?!就看别人吃的才好吃是么。
现代化物质社会的路子是一条死路,西方人走到如今,到头来还是不会幸福。在我看来,物质对于每个人来说,标准或底线是不同的,有些人的欲望就是无限的,有多少都不嫌多;可有些人的马斯洛需求金字塔(物质和精神)确实就是倒置的。
本人信佛信道不信教。道是中国土生土长的,可以解决一切今世问题。佛是解决死后以及来生问题的。
BC250 阿育王 allynKarma 业nSri LankaTooth relicnNirvanaSamsaraThailand卧佛寺mid 19th centuryn
吴哥窟破落的美meditationn
HK 禅宗天坛大佛1993n宝莲禅寺DhyanaZennL A 西来寺npublic hearing1985
1988
nI don't mean to be disrespectful, but I have some friends who use Buddhism and east religon and east philosophy and they sort of mix that up with the new age. And that's ok, it works for them, that's fine. But my concern is that is that sort of anything goes, you know it's like free market in spirutuality, whatever i am saying or thinking today is fine. Because we have these core teachings in the Buddahism, it keeps us in check, so we don't go to anything that if it feels ok, we are trying to avoid that. This Buddahism gives me discipline without the necessity a god to reward me or punish me.
The buddha's dream 2500 years ago are stil wit us. and they are made incarnates in one of the most tenacious belief systems of all time, and some of the most iconic and beautiful monuments in the world
佛教世界的七大奇观选取的地点分别是:
(1)菩提伽耶(Bodh Gaya)的摩诃菩提寺(Mahabodhi)——印度比哈尔(Bihar)南部伽耶市近郊。
(2)博纳佛塔(Bodanath Stupa)——尼泊尔加德满都市中心以东八公里。
(3)佛牙寺(the temple of the tooth)——斯里兰卡康堤市康堤湖畔。
(4)卧佛寺(Wat Pho)——泰国曼谷市帕那空区。
(5)吴哥窟(Angkor Wat)——柬埔寨暹粒市。
(6)宝莲寺(Po Lin),天坛大佛——中国香港大屿山昂坪。
(7)西来寺(Hsi Lai Temple)——美国加利福尼亚州洛杉矶。
主持Bettany Hughes是一名历史学家,她考察了上述地点,并和佛教徒交流,介绍了他们的生活方式以及与佛教相关的核心概念,比如法(Dharma),轮回(Samsara),禅(Chan/Zen),涅槃(Nirvara)。
由于以地点为主要线索,更像旅游观光片。内容欠缺之处是未考察中国大陆和日本佛教,主要以南传佛教为主。脉络比较清晰,是以佛教从发源到传播展开。
本片给我的启发之一是,哲学作为一种生活方式。无论何时何地,只要拥有相同的精神信念,有相同的追求目标,并用这种信念指导生活,就可以说是成为某种哲学的具体化生动的存在。无论是何种信念,只要真实相信,就不会陷入money-oriented或materialistic导向的价值虚无中,可以得到宁静幸福。
其次是关于禅的问题,live in this present,这种实现了内心安宁与平静的精神状态,意味着过去和未来都是虚妄(佛教本身就是要将人从时间的束缚中解脱出来)。想到罗汝芳言“所云杂念忿怒,皆是说前日后日事也。工夫紧要,只论目前。……一毫杂念也不生。”我们要做的,只是时时刻刻保有这份平常心。
遗憾的是提到极具意义的北传佛教和禅宗居然只点到香港,这让内陆和日本情何以堪。
而二十世纪再传入欧美,这一碰撞竟是美国六十年代嬉皮士与禅宗潮、西藏潮交融的渊源,继而联想到《达摩流浪者》《消失的地平线》《僧侣与哲学家》等曾经一系列偶观,一时感慨万千,信不信佛好像离我很远,但佛教引发的文化、艺术、建筑、美学、哲学思想却是渗透我以往,所谓佛性的因缘、广博、开放、变通…这也是佛教延绵的生命力原因吧。