Socially Engaged Buddhism
Socially Engaged Buddhism
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佛教社会化
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10.21313/hawaii/9780824833350.001.0001
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2009
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Sallie B. King
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Sallie B. King
《社会参与的佛教》介绍了当代东西方佛教徒的运动，他们在佛教思想、价值观和灵性的基础上，积极参与世界问题——社会、政治、经济和环境问题。萨莉·B·金 (Sallie B. King) 是北美该领域最重要的专家之一，她以通俗易懂的语言阐述了该运动背后的哲学和伦理思想，并研究了业力、四圣谛、相互依存、无害性和非评判主义等关键原则与社会参与的关系。许多人认为佛教徒只注重精神成就。金教授探讨了为什么虔诚的佛教徒会参与解决世界问题，以及他们如何将这种参与与不执着于世俗事物的佛教教义相调和。她回答说，虔诚的佛教徒指出，因为人类痛苦的根源在于心灵，而不是世界，所以追求启蒙并不需要背离世界。努力减少人类、生物和地球的痛苦是精神实践不可或缺的一部分，并带来无私和同情心。 “社会参与的佛教”是对社会行动的持续反思，作为一种精神形式，以同情心、草根赋权、非评判主义和非暴力的行为来表达。它提供了一个鼓舞人心的例子，说明人们如何努力解决威胁我们星球及其人民的和平与福祉的问题。
"Socially Engaged Buddhism" is an introduction to the contemporary movement of Buddhists, East and West, who actively engage with the problems of the world - social, political, economic, and environmental - on the basis of Buddhist ideas, values, and spirituality. Sallie B. King, one of North America's foremost experts on the subject, identifies in accessible language the philosophical and ethical thinking behind the movement and examines how key principles such as karma, the Four Noble Truths, interdependence, nonharmfulness, and nonjudgmentalism relate to social engagement. Many people believe that Buddhists focus exclusively on spiritual attainment. Professor King examines why Engaged Buddhists involve themselves with the problems of the world and how they reconcile this involvement with the Buddhist teaching of nonattachment from worldly things. Engaged Buddhists, she answers, point out that because the root of human suffering is in the mind, not the world, the pursuit of enlightenment does not require a turning away from the world. Working to reduce suffering in humans, living things, and the planet is integral to spiritual practice and leads to selflessness and compassion. "Socially Engaged Buddhism" is a sustained reflection on social action as a form of spirituality expressed in acts of compassion, grassroots empowerment, nonjudgmentalism, and nonviolence. It offers an inspiring example of how one might work for solutions to the troubles that threaten the peace and well-being of our planet and its people.