顆鮮活及敏感的心之起用
顆鮮活及敏感的心，是要頭腦、思想、概念、評鑑等止息了，才能得以起用。
Month: May 2007
信心
信心(Faith)，是一切心靈轉化得以發生的基礎。
徹底完美的道德
學佛，是追求徹底完美的道德。那甚麼是徹底完美的道德？那就是在一切的身、語、意中沒有一點自我中心的成份，換言之，就是無我的境界。故此，想學佛有所成就，不談道德的完美，只是一種妄求！
月稱反對因明學評議
引言 本文旨在評議及考察月稱(Candrakirti，c.600-650)對因明學(Hetu-vidya)所採取的態度。我們不難在其重要的著作如《淨明句論》(Prasannapada)及《入中論》中找到他批判清辨(Bhavaviveka，c.500-570)以因明學詮釋中觀學的論述。無可否認，月稱對運用因明學這一依重邏輯及語言概念去把捉真實(第一義)的方法，的確採取一個明確的否定態度。但這種的態度，亦不是月稱所獨有，而是始自中觀學派的開創者龍樹(Nagarjuna，c.150-250)。龍樹其中一部有名的著作《廣破論》便全面地批判了開創及奉行五支論式的正理派(Nyaya School)。
A sentence of enlightenment: “One should use one’s mind in such a way that it will be free from any attachment.”
Introduction Huineng (慧能), as told by the Platform Sutra, was fully awakened by a sentence of the Diamond sutra: He [Hongren, the fifth Patriarch] expounded the Diamond Sutra to me [Huineng]. When he came to the sentence, “One should use one’s mind in such a way that it will be free from any attachment,” I…
No Merit!
Introduction The dialogue between Bodhidarma and Emperor Wu (464-549 CE) of Liang Dynasty was a very popular koan, especially Bodhidarma’s famous words, “No merit”(無功德). This dialogue, whether it historically happened or not, was still a debating issue. May be we need more strong evidence before come to a definite conclusion. Nevertheless, the dialogue which widely…
Explain the three nature of perception (三性)
Introduction Yogacara, one of the two major schools of Mahayana Buddhism, flourished in India from the 4th to 12th century CE. It is also named as Vijnanavada, Vijiaptimatra or Cittamatra. Due to its privilege given to the concept of ‘consciousness’ or ‘mind’, it is sometimes simply called as ‘Mind-only’.
Becoming
事象並不是‘是/is’，而是‘將要成為/becoming’。
佛教的語理應用
佛教對於真假、虛實有其自身一套的語理應用：凡是依因待緣而有/顯現的事象，在佛家眼中就是虛、假和不實！那在這語理下的理解，現象界的一切皆可言之為「一切有為法，如夢幻泡影，如露亦如電」—沒有實在性可言。(請參三法印中的無常—沒有現象可持續多於一剎那) 同樣地，佛教對生/有、滅/無也 有其自身的一套語理應用。
時空幻相
時間和空間是幻相，是人類概念化的幻有。這是因為它們需要其他的條件因緣才能顯現，被認知。並沒有一自足的東西名若時間或空間存在。