| 摘要: | 佛光山開山星雲大師（以下簡稱大師），出家八十年，一生的心願乃弘揚人間佛教，至今培養一千三百僧眾弟子，在全球五大洲建寺院道場三百多間，本文研究目的旨在大師使佛光山成為一個具影響力的全球性佛教團體，甚至對整個佛教現代化之實踐中，最有影響力之「菩薩性格」。 因此，本文藉著《貧僧有話要說》，本著大師「不忍眾生苦，不忍聖教衰」之悲願而親自口述的著作，歸納分析其中大師展現「悲」、「智」、「願」、「行」的理念與事跡。而這與大師對於「菩薩性格」的論述彼此互相呼應。大師因應現代社會狀態及發展而提出的現代菩薩性格之論述中，「護法衛教」與「善巧方便」為其論述中的兩大獨特性，對於弘揚佛法、接引眾生顯得特別重要。但是，無論時代如何變遷及進步，大師對於大乘菩薩性格特質的核心精神是不變的，即「悲」、「智」、「願」、「行」之精神，這也就是大師「菩薩性格」的論述中，不論在佛教歷史上傳統的菩薩性格還是與時俱進的現代菩薩性格都具有的性格特質。因此，《貧僧有話要說》中所展現的，即是大師對於「菩薩性格」論述之實踐面，同時也是大師將佛法傳到世界五大洲之原因。
Venerable Master Hsing Yun (hereby known as Venerable Master) is the founder of Fo Guang Shan. In his eighty years as a monastic, he vows to propagate Humanistic Buddhism, and now has 1,300 monastic disciples and built over 300 branch temples across the five continents. The objective of this thesis is to determine that Venerable Master's characteristics of a bodhisattvas enables him to lead Fo Guang Shan as an influential global Buddhist organization, as well as realize the modernization of Buddhism. This thesis will examine Hear Me Out: Messages from a Humble Monk, a book that is narrated by Venerable Master out of his compassionate vow, “Never have the heart to watch sentient beings suffer or allow the degeneration of Buddhism to happen”, to discuss how Venerable Master demonstrates the ideology and realization of “compassion,” “wisdom,” “vow,” and “practice.” These ideology relates to the explanation of the characteristics of a bodhisattvas by Venerable Master. In his explanation, Venerable Master listed “protect the Dharma and defend Buddhism” and “skillful means” as two important characteristics of a bodhisattva in view of modern society's current situation and development. These two characteristics are especially important in propagating Buddhism and reaching out to all beings. However, Venerable Master's explanation of the core values of the characteristics of a Mahayana bodhisattva, namely “compassion,” “wisdom,” “vow,” and “practice,” does not change despite the progress and transformation over time. In his explanation of the characteristics of a bodhisattva, Venerable Master states these are the characteristics shared by both traditional and modern bodhisattvas. Hence, Hear Me Out: Messages from a Humble Monk is a practical record of Venerable Master's characteristics of a bodhisattva, presenting the reason why he could propagate Buddhism across the five continents. |
