Taiwan went through an intense period of social change in 1949. The island's politics, economy, ethnicity …… had undergone considerable change. In response this period of tumultuous change, Master Dong Chu founded the "Humanity" magazine to help people cope.
Seventy years later, "Humanity" had weathered being shelved, relaunched and redesigned. It still continues to publish topics that help people cope with the changes in today's world monthly. As "Humanity" approaches its 70th anniversary, it is encountering a different kind of changing world. 27 June 2018, with the aim of sharing the diversity of spiritual practices, we invited dharma masters from different traditions to share the compassion and wisdom of Buddhadharma. The full texts of the keynote speeches and panels are included in this special issue of " Awakening in the Global Buddhist Village".
"Humanity's" guiding teacher, Master Sheng Yen, dedicated his life to bringing Chinese Chan Buddhism to the West. Many Westerners who became his students twenty to thirty years ago continue to follow his footsteps, engage in self cultivation and teaching, establish centers and transmit the lineage. How did they discover Chan Buddhism and how did they find their teacher, Master Sheng Yen? These stories of the teacher and the student are very inspirational.
In the twenty first century, on this 70th anniversary of "Humanity" magazine, Buddhism has spread around the world resembling a global Buddhist village. From the United States of America, Bhikkhu Bodhi described his process of transformation from a traditional monastic to that of a social advocator because he witnessed the oppression of human beings caused by the current social systems; to Italy's Bhikkhun? Dhammadinn? who shared about her journey of how she went from learning dancing to engaging in Buddhist research and ultimately to becoming a female monastic.
Contributing to the world in our capacity of Chinese Chan Buddhism, "Humanity"70 along with the Buddhist Dharma family all over the world and our friends on the same path, let us "Awaken in the Global Buddhist Village"!
About the Humanity magazine
Founded in 1949, Humanity magazine was the first Buddhist magazine published and released in Taiwan. Founded by Ven. Dong Chu and later continued by his disciple Master Sheng Yen, it has been one of the most influential magazines in Taiwan’s Buddhist circles.
Humanity magazine concerns itself about contemporary development of Buddhism, and puts an emphasis on the uplifting of people’s minds and spiritual lives. Each month’s topic not only touches upon various social phenomena, but also explores from Buddhist concepts to worldly studies, to encourage readers to search their inner beings and incorporate Buddhist practice into their daily lives. For cover and layout design, the magazine has invited outstanding illustrators to help render an elegant yet fun style, thus through pages allowing readers to slow down and find a space for spiritual relaxation, self-transformation, and the enjoyment of purity and freedom by applying the Dharma in life.
The magazine had been discontinued for a while due to Master Sheng Yen’s solitary retreat practice. When it was reissued in 1982, as an encouragement, he wrote:
Seek progress in the ordinary life and see the glory of life in hardship.
Seek development in harmony and see the hope in the hard work.
Seek abundance in peace and calm and see the solemness in the training.
Seek wisdom in silence and see the compassionate aspiration in the proactive commitment.
In the future, the Humanity magazine will continue to uphold Master Sheng Yen’s encouragements and expectations, to keep on sharing Buddhist wisdom and compassion, to help bring brightness and hope to the world.
本期內容簡介 電影中的人生悟境王尚智《靈異第六感》朱少麟《蘿拉快跑》林隆璇《駭客任務》陳樂融《安娜與國王》陳念萱《高山上的世界盃》 張曼娟 多等一分鐘幾米繪圖人生月曆朱德庸參畫頭凌佛手繪法鼓山
雜誌簡介Humanity Magazine《人生》雜誌創刊於1949年,是台灣第一份本土佛教期刊,是近代高僧東初老人,集合數位佛教青年,於北投法藏寺創辦。這是一份教內通力合作,推動「人生佛教」的一份刊物,也是相當具有歷史意義的一份刊物。Starting publication in 1949. Humanity was Taiwan’s first Buddhist magazine, founded by Ven. Master Dongchu in Fazun Monastery, Beitou, Taipei. Mainly focuses on applicability in daily life, showing pioneering thinking in the area of Buddhist cultural work.當年物質極度缺乏,《人生》雜誌仍克服萬難,艱辛耕耘,秉持佛陀聖教,作大獅子吼,在神佛不分、缺乏正信佛法的時代,堪稱一股清流。
本期內容簡介 楊惠南談新世紀領航員昭慧法師的社會良心陳邁、潘燊昌的企業良知平珩的表演藝術平衡檯聖嚴法師、楊國樞、李亦園平安開講 幾米 繪圖人生月曆朱德庸 參畫頭凌拂 手繪法鼓山
雜誌簡介Humanity Magazine《人生》雜誌創刊於1949年,是台灣第一份本土佛教期刊,是近代高僧東初老人,集合數位佛教青年,於北投法藏寺創辦。這是一份教內通力合作,推動「人生佛教」的一份刊物,也是相當具有歷史意義的一份刊物。Starting publication in 1949. Humanity was Taiwan’s first Buddhist magazine, founded by Ven. Master Dongchu in Fazun Monastery, Beitou, Taipei. Mainly focuses on applicability in daily life, showing pioneering thinking in the area of Buddhist cultural work.當年物質極度缺乏,《人生》雜誌仍克服萬難,艱辛耕耘,秉持佛陀聖教,作大獅子吼,在神佛不分、缺乏正信佛法的時代,堪稱一股清流。