Chan is not necessarily any one thing, nor does Chan affirm or deny anything. However, whatever you need, Chan gives to you.
For regular meditators, this book provides basic sitting meditation techniques. Exceptionally busy people are advised to try and use the Chan cultivation methods in this book to harmonize themselves, and dissolve their attachment to "self." From relaxing the body and mind for as little as three minutes to attending to body and mind throughout daily life, these methods show the simplicity and practicality of expedient Chan methods.--Master Sheng Yen
●作者簡介:
Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009)
聖嚴法師1930年生於江蘇南通,1943年於狼山出家,後因戰亂投身軍旅,十年後再次披剃出家。曾於高雄美濃閉關六年,隨後留學日本,獲立正大學文學博士學位。1975年應邀赴美弘法。1989年創建法鼓山,並於2005年開創繼起漢傳禪佛教的「中華禪法鼓宗」。
聖嚴法師是一位思想家、作家暨國際知名禪師,曾獲臺灣《天下》雜誌遴選為「四百年來臺灣最具影響力的五十位人士」之一。著作豐富,中、英、日文著作達百餘種,先後獲頒中山文藝獎、中山學術獎、總統文化獎及社會各界的諸多獎項。
聖嚴法師提出「提昇人的品質,建設人間淨土」的理念,主張以大學院、大普化、大關懷三大教育推動全面教育,相繼創辦中華佛學研究所、法鼓佛教學院、僧伽大學、法鼓大學等院校,也以豐富的禪修經驗、正信的佛法觀念和方法指導東、西方人士修行。
法師著重以現代人的語言和觀點普傳佛法,陸續提出「心靈環保」、「四種環保」、「心五四運動」、「心六倫」等社會運動,並積極推展國際弘化工作,參與國際性會談,促進宗教交流,提倡建立全球性倫理,致力世界和平。其寬闊胸襟與國際化視野,深獲海內外肯定。
Master Sheng Yen was born in 1930 and became a monk in 1943. He conducted a six-year solitary retreat, after which he went to Japan for further study and obtained a doctorate in Buddhist literature at Rissho University. In 1975, he began sharing the Dharma in the US, and in 1989, founded the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism.
He authored more than 100 publications in Chinese, English, and Japanese, and received the Sun Yat-sen Art and Literary Award, the Sun Yat-sen Academic Award, and the Presidential Cultural Award, among other honorary awards.
He proposed the vision of “uplifting the character of humanity and building a pure land on earth,” founded the Chung Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Dharma Drum Sangha University, and Dharma Drum University. Experienced in Chan using correct approaches, he guided practice in both the West and East. Popularizing the Dharma in modern language, the Master initiated movements including Protecting the Spiritual Environment, Four Kinds of Environmentalism, the Fivefold Spiritual Renaissance Campaign, and the Six Ethics of the Mind. He shared the Dharma globally with a broadminded perspective, winning him worldwide recognition.
有效的情緒引導、同理關懷,讓孩子恢復平和安定。★ 亞馬遜評價高達4.5顆星。★ 練習用心、養成專注力,是孩子最好的成長資本。★ 培養情緒智慧,提升樂觀與自信。☆ 每冊均有徐素霞(兒童美術教育家、專業畫家)專文導讀☆ 附「讓心寧靜的小遊戲」、「親子禪坐方法」輕鬆簡單引領您和孩子一同探索情緒、學習轉念,讓溫馨互動的時刻,成為您與孩子共同的美好回憶。【情緒小導師】內含3本繪本:《和平小豬學禪修》生活總是不停的趕、趕、趕,小豬有太多地方想去、太多事想做了!而且有時候,當事情不是自己想要的樣子時,或當心愛的東西不見了,小豬就很容易變得失望、生氣又傷心。小豬該怎麼樣讓自己好好放鬆心情、平靜面對這一切呢?禪修是一個很棒的方法!《暴跳牛的心情罐子》小牛彼得的心情變得超級差,而且動不動就火大,於是被冠上了「暴跳牛」的封號。「這一切都要從某一個很討厭、很倒楣的日子開始。那一天,每件事都不對勁。……」《貪心猴和快樂熊貓》平常,熊貓就只是散步、做家事、讀書、吃東西、玩遊戲,然後休息。猴子每天做的也是一模一樣的事情,可是,爲什麽熊貓那麼快樂與平靜,猴子卻不快樂呢?
●作者簡介: 蘿倫‧艾爾德佛(Lauren Alderfer) 擁有全球教育領導(Global Educational Leadership)博士學位的修行者、作家、諮商師、教育工作者,擅長在教學與著述中融合東方靈性哲學與西方觀點。蘿倫擁有三十多年的國際教育經驗,曾任教於美國的多所國際學校,並於數個大學研究所課程擔任客座教授。她在其著作《教學即心靈修行》(Teaching as Spiritual Practices)中,邀請教育者利用每日的教學活動耕耘一己的內在生活,培養正念覺察與慈悲心。 她曾旅居印度十多年,與印度的西藏流亡社群共同合作,催生了數本童書,包括《九根半手指:西藏的業力故事》(Nine and A Half of Fingers: A Tibetan Tale of Karma)、《犛牛的毛怎麼那麼長》(How Yak Got His Long Hair)等。這些書的宗旨是保存西藏口語傳統、發揚西藏文化中關於慈悲與正念的價值。她的暢銷書《貪心猴和快樂熊貓》亦是推廣正念之道的童書著作之一。 蘿倫經常在國際學校與文學季舉辦「說故事」活動,並在國際學校與國際會議主持正念訓練工作坊。二○一二年,她與女兒合作,透過DayaLife(www.dayalife.org)與教育工作者和旅居海外的國民分享日常生活中的正念修習與瑜伽等促進身心健康之道。她目前仍著述不輟,往返於印度和美洲。個人網站:http://www.laurenalderfer.com。 ●繪者簡介: 凱莉‧李‧麥克林(Kerry Lee MacLean) 凱莉擁有美國那洛巴大學(Naropa University)心理學學士學位。凱莉自十四歲起開始固定禪修,並有二十多年禪修指導經驗。她自一九九八年起開始主持「香巴拉兒童成年儀式」(Shambhala Children’s Rites of Passage),並且協助佛教社群發展兒童與家庭禪修的教育計畫。 曾著作並繪製獲獎的《科羅拉多小豬》(Pigs Over Colorado)系列繪本以及《家庭禪修書》(The Family Meditation Book),另繪有《和平小豬學禪修》(Peaceful Piggy Meditation)、《貪心猴和快樂熊貓》(Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda)等書。 凱莉也是五個孩子的媽,這五個快樂、有趣、貼心、聰明又好心的孩子叫凱麗、泰莎、葛瑞格、蘇菲與安卓,他們全在母親的著作過程中幫上了忙。她生活中最喜悅的事就是在科羅拉多州的博德市(Boulder)教小朋友禪修。她目前和魔術師先生海特還有她的臭狗歐薩住在博德市。更多關於她的著作、工作坊,以及兒童與家庭禪修資訊,請見她的個人網站:http://www.familymeditation.com/。 ●譯者簡介: 蔡孟璇
人類。大學讀外文系,碩士讀語言學,但都不包括動物的語言,因此翻譯本系列童書前特地赴動物園與小侄女家中惡補、進修,獲得許多指導與啓發。曾任出版社編輯多年,編輯並翻譯身心靈類相關書籍多冊,如《新好生活》、《心靈能量》、《當女人是一隻鳥》等,現為自由譯者。曾獲第二十三屆與第二十五屆梁實秋文學獎譯文組評審獎。信箱:[email protected]。
The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment are a set of fundamental teachings of Buddhism in the form of a list. The list’s seeming simplicity belies the fact that it is in fact a kind of road map to enlightenment for anyone who follows it with diligence and sincerity. The Thirty-seven Aids comprise seven practices conducive to awakening. Each of the seven practices is itself a set of elements, which add up to the total of thirty-seven: (1) The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, (2) The Four Proper Exertions, (3) The Four Steps to Magical Powers, (4) The Five Roots, (5) The Five Powers, (6) The Seven Factors of Enlightenment, and (7) The Noble Eightfold Path. Master Sheng Yen’s down-to-earth teachings take the reader on a progression through each of the practices—many of which are familiar to all major schools of Buddhism—illustrating how they relate to the reader’s own practice on the path toward enlightenment.