作者:釋證嚴(Shih Cheng Yen)
譯者: Dharma as Water Team, Tzu Chi USA
語言:英文
出版社:靜思人文志業股份有限公司Jing Si Publishing Co., Ltd.
出版日期:2020 年 03 月
裝訂方式:平裝
頁數:128頁
Hyread電子書:https://reurl.cc/vd7pRl
Amazon電子書:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HRMKSGS
About the Author
Dharma Master Cheng Yen was born in 1937 in a small town in Taichung County, Taiwan. When she was twenty-three years old, she left home to become a Buddhist nun, and was instructed by her mentor, Venerable Master Yin Shun, to work “for Buddha’s teachings, for sentient beings.” In 1966, she founded a charity, which later turned into the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, to “help the poor and educate the rich”—to give material aid to the needy and inspire love and humanity in both givers and recipients.
In recent years, Master Cheng Yen’s contributions have been increasingly recognized by the global community. In 2011, she was recognized with the Roosevelt Institute’s FDR Distinguished Public Service Award and was named to the 2011 TIME 100 list of the world’s most influential people. In 2014, she was presented with Rotary International’s Award of Honor in recognition of her humanitarian efforts and contributions to world peace.
Introduction
What is a “bodhisattva”?
“Bodhisattva” does not have to refer to a carved statue, neither does it have to refer to a being with supernatural powers. A true bodhisattva is a person who does not fear hardship in body and mind in seeking to help others.
This book compiles discourses from 1990 on the Ten Grounds of Bodhisattvas, the ground of joy, the ground of freedom from defilement, the ground of radiating light, the ground of blazing wisdom, the ground of overcoming difficulties, the ground of manifestation, the ground of far-reaching practice, the ground of stillness, the ground of excellent wisdom, and the ground of the Dharma-cloud.
Using examples from both present-day life and Buddhist classics, Dharma Master Cheng Yen describes the ten grounds that bodhisattvas go through in their practice. Each ground builds on the previous, from the ground of joy all the way to the ground of the Dharma-cloud. By progressing through these grounds, ordinary beings can gradually proceed toward the stage of supreme, universal and perfect enlightenment.
作者介紹:
證嚴上人於一九三七年,出生於臺灣臺中清水。上人服膺上印下順導師「為佛教、為眾生」之慈示奉持不懈。一九六六年創辦佛教克難慈濟功德會,自此展開「濟貧教富」的工作。慈濟世界在法師慈悲呵護下,數十年來,一步一步地堅實茁壯;發展為慈善、醫療、教育、人文四大志業,以及國際賑災、環境保護、社區志工、骨髓捐贈八大腳印,透過親手拔除眾生的苦痛,以善與大愛膚慰人間。近年來,證嚴上人的貢獻獲得國際間一致推崇;於2011年獲美國羅斯福基金會頒贈「傑出公共服務獎」, 並被時代雜誌列為2011年全球百大最具影響力人物。2014年獲頒國際扶輪社「最高榮譽獎」,肯定證嚴上人對於人道主義精神與世界和平的貢獻。
內容簡介:
何謂「菩薩」?
所謂「菩薩」,並不是指土雕木刻的形像,也不見得要飛天遁地;真正的「菩薩」,是不畏心勞身苦而能濟世救人的人。
本書收錄一九九○年證嚴上人講述之歡喜地、離垢地、發光地、焰慧地、難勝地、現前地、遠行地、不動地、善慧地及法雲地等「菩薩十地」的內文。上人在講述菩薩修行的十地階段時,會運用現代生活或是佛典故事舉例以加深讀者印象。菩薩十地中從第一「歡喜地」開始到最後一地「法雲地」,每一地都是建構在前一地之上;期許讀者從第一地的方法做起,循序漸進往下一地邁進直到十地圓滿。