聖嚴法師是享譽國際的一代禪師，畢生致力於弘揚漢傳佛教，尤其是漢傳禪佛教。禪宗深受如來藏思想影響，法師相當重視如來藏思想其圓融態度，不但認為佛性如來藏的信仰對於推動人間淨土建設工程是相當重要的，甚至認為要適應未來的世界佛教，仍將以如來藏思想為其主軸，對於如來藏思想高度肯定。但是如來藏思想的爭議由來已久，因其學派立場主張一切法空是不了義，以「常樂我淨」為主要宗義，因此常被中觀、瑜伽二派學者認定是真常論者、有我論者，在教界受到一些批評。聖嚴法師曾經六年掩關閱藏，佛教史類、經典釋義類、禪修類、法門指導類著作等身，畢生致力於禪、淨、律、密以及各宗各派教理教史的研究，法師認為其中受用最多的、弘化最好用的、也最能被大眾接受的，還是如來藏的信仰。對於教界學界對如來藏思想的批評與質疑立場仍堅定，其中必有其卓見。本文期望通過聖嚴法師的佛性與如來藏思想的系統考察，探討他如何對佛性進行現代的詮釋，以及如何將佛性思想整合到人間淨土的修學指導當中，研究成果既有助對法鼓山人間淨土修學內涵的解明，也有助於對當代台灣人間佛教實踐狀況的理解。 Master Sheng Yan is an international generation Zen master. He is devoted to promote the Chinese Buddhism,especially the Chinese Zen in his life. Zen Buddhism influenced by the thought of the Tathagata, Master Sheng Yan attaches great importance to the attitude of harmony in the thought of the Tathagata. Not only the belief of Buddha-possession is very important to promote the construction project of Ren Jian Pure Land. Even think that to adapt to the future of the World Buddhism, will still take the idea of the Tathagata as its main axis. Attach great importance to the thought of the Tathagata. But the idea of the Tathagata has been debated for a long time. Because the Tathagata holds that nothing is justified by the law. The Tathagata is the main zongyi of ＂always le my net＂, so it is often regarded by the middle school and the yoga two scholars as the true and the real, and there are some criticisms on the teaching profession. Master Sheng Yan has been reading Tripitaka in the mountains for six years. Master Sheng-Yan wrote a lot of books. Master Sheng Yan strives to study Dharma and Buddhist history，Master Sheng Yan believes that the most easily understood and easiest to teach in the Dharma is the belief in the Tathagata. Although Buddhist circles and scholars have criticized the idea of the Tathagata, he still thinks that the idea of the Tathagata is important. There must be a great reason for his persistence. I am writing this paper is to hope that the master of the Buddha-yan Tibetan thought systematic observation, study how he to the Buddhist nature of the modern interpretation, and how to integrate the Buddhist ideas into the world of Pure Land guidance, The research results of this paper are helpful to understand the significance and method of how Master Yan-Zang thought should be applied to the construction of pure land in the world, and to understand the contemporary Buddhism practice in Taiwan.
