Showing posts with label Manpukuji. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manpukuji. Show all posts
Friday, April 24, 2020
Ming-dynasty Style Chanting in Today's Manpukuji 黄檗山 萬福寺と雲水の一日 京都・宇治
It is amazing that Japanese monks in today's Manpukuji 萬福寺 in Uji 宇治 still chant liturgy in Chinese pronunciation. I recommend this short video to study the liturgical tradition Yinyuan Longqi 隱元隆琦 brought to Japan. Pay attention to 5:00'' and see how a monk chanted “謹白大眾, 生死事大,無常迅速,各宜醒覺,慎勿放逸。” in recognizable Chinese. It is clear that today's Chinese monastic liturgy originated from the seventeenth century.
Saturday, April 4, 2020
2013 Obaku Study Tour Essays in Chinese and Japanese
I am glad that my report on my 2013 visit to Japan have been published in both Chinese and Japanese. Thanks for many people who have helped me during the trip and for publishing and translating my essay.
Note: 黄檗参学記(和訳) : 隠元禅師ゆかりの寺院を巡って Translated by Yang Kuei Hsiang 楊桂香, Hayashi Masako 林正子, and Tanaka Shōzō 田中昭三. Obaku Bunka 黄檗文華 (135): 223-204, 2015. (Translated from Chinese)
Friday, November 3, 2017
Chinese-style Chanting of the Heart Sutra by Japanese Obaku monks
When Yinyuan went to Japan in 1654, he also brought the Chinese-style chanting method to Japan which has been preserved in Manpukuji today. We heard the chanting during the summer of 2017. Here is an example of chanting the Heart Sutra in Chinese by Japanese Obaku monks. The Chinese pronunciation can be clearly heard.
日本の般若心経(黄檗宗・唐音)を聴く
日本の般若心経(黄檗宗・唐音)を聴く
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Yinyuan's Mount Fuji Garden at Manpukuji
I was delighted to peek inside the East Abbot's Compound 東方丈 at Manpukuji when I visited Kyoto in early June 2017. If I am right, the garden is the famous Mount Fuji Garden Yinyuan built. Yinyuan felt deep affection towards Mount Fuji 富士山 and wrote several poems about it. See my another post Yinyuan and Mount Fuji.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Obaku Exhibition at Manpukuji Bunkaden 黄檗山の名宝と河口慧海生誕152年記念・松本章男寄贈資料記念展
It was my great pleasure to attend the special Obaku Art Exhibition at Manpukuji Bunkaden 黄檗山の名宝と河口慧海生誕152年記念・松本章男寄贈資料記念展 which marked the 152th birthday of the Obaku monk-traveler Kawaguchi Ekai 河口慧海 and was supplemented by books donated by author and essayist Matsumoto Akio 松本章男. Although it was late, Tanaka Chisei 田中智誠 osho extended the exhibition for a week to allow me, Prof. Narusawa Katsushi 成澤勝嗣 and his students from Waseda University to see it. Many thanks to Tanaka san's guide and Ms. Yang Kuei-hsiang's 楊桂香 translation.
Monday, June 12, 2017
Conference on Buddhist Texts in Modern East Asia at Fo Guang Buddhist University
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Special Exhibition on Fushimi castle and Yodo castle 伏見城と淀城 at Kyoto City Archaeological Museum 京都市考古資料館
During my stay in Kyoto, there was a special exhibition on the Fushimi castle and Yodo castle 伏見城と淀城 at Kyoto City Archaeological Museum 京都市考古資料館. Because Manpukuji 萬福寺 is located close to these two strategic towns in southern Kyoto, it is very important to understand the history of these two castles. The rise of these two castles has a lot to do with the transportation, fishing industry, and military actions during the Edo period. In front of the museum, there was a huge stele on Nishijin 西陣 textile. The building used to be a museum for Nishijin textile industry.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Obaku Zen Master Gaoquan Xingdun's 高泉性潡 Calligraphy at Harvard Art Museum
Two weeks ago, when I visited the renovated Harvard Art Museum, I saw Obaku master Gaoquan Xingdun's 高泉性潡 (1633-1695) calligraphy is on permanent display. It reads "Emptiness Drives Iron Boat 虛空駕鐵船". The phrase was taken from Chan Lamp Transmission Records during the Jingde Reign (No. 2076 景德傳燈錄 (卷17) T51, p0342b). For details, see Harvard cataloging information online. Gaoquan was the fifth abbot of Manpukuji and served Yinyuan as an attendant and secretary for a long time.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Special Spring Exhibition of Obaku Patriarchal Portraits at Manpukuji, Kyoto: April 20-May 31
◇同時開催・・・仏教書フェア 京都報音舎協賛
| 会期 |
平成28年4月20日(水)~5月31日(火)
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| 開館時間 |
9:30~17:00(但し、入館受付は16:30まで)
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| 休館日 |
毎週火曜日(但し、5月3日、5月31日は通常開館)
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| 入館料 |
大人:300円、高校生200円、中学生100円(30名以上の団体時は各50円引)
受付は三門にて 別途、萬福寺入山料(大人500円が必要となります) |
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Tanaka Ryohei 田中良平 Etching of Manpukuji at Petrie Rogers Asian Fine Art and Antiques in Tucson
In Laurie and Waynor's collection at Petrie Rogers Asian Fine Art and Antiques in Tucson, there is indeed a work related to Manpukuji by contemporary Japanese artist Tanaka Ryokei. Little know about how the artist produced this work and his connection with Manpukuji. Laurie said he lives in Kyoto, then it makes sense that he went to Manpukuji often. Maybe people who know Manpukuji well can tell from where the artist made the sketch. The artwork is on sale in the gallery.
Japanese Ltd Ed. Etching Tanaka Ryohei Manpukuji Temple
item#: 1138500
price: $275.00
Japanese limited edition copperplate etching titled “Manpukuji Temple” by Tanaka Ryohei 田中良平 (b. 1933). Pencil-signed, dated 2002, and numbered 11/150 in the lower margin. Paper size about 12"V x 10 1/4"H (image: 8"V x 6 1/2"H). Excellent condition.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲 Exhibition at Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo
伊藤若冲の生誕300年を記念した特別展、山種美術館で開催
伊藤若冲の生誕300年を記念した特別展、山種美術館で開催
Glad to know through Dr. Yang Kuei Hsiang that there is another exhibition on Itō Jakuchū's 伊藤若冲 paintings in Tokyo. There are about 70 items by him and other painters on display. He was a great Edo period painter who had been influenced by the Chinese painting style, probably influenced by Chinese monks in Japan as well. He must have connections with Manpukuji. He painted Ingenmame which I have introduced in my previous post on Ingenmame 隠元豆 painted by Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲.
Glad to know through Dr. Yang Kuei Hsiang that there is another exhibition on Itō Jakuchū's 伊藤若冲 paintings in Tokyo. There are about 70 items by him and other painters on display. He was a great Edo period painter who had been influenced by the Chinese painting style, probably influenced by Chinese monks in Japan as well. He must have connections with Manpukuji. He painted Ingenmame which I have introduced in my previous post on Ingenmame 隠元豆 painted by Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲.
会期: 2016年1月3日(日)~3月6日(日)
※ 会期中、一部展示替えを行います。
会場: 山種美術館
主催: 山種美術館、朝日新聞社
開館時間: 午前10時~午後5時(入館は午後4時30分まで)
休館日: 月曜日(但し、1/4・1/11は開館、1/12は休館)
入館料: 一般1200円(1000円)・大高生900円(800円)・中学生以下無料
※( )内は20名以上の団体料金および前売料金。
※障がい者手帳、被爆者健康手帳をご提示の方、およびその介助者(1名)は無料。
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※ 複数の割引の併用はできません。
主な出品作品: 1. 愛でたい、めでたい、HAPPYな日本美術 ―鶴亀・松竹梅・福神・聖地・吉祥―
伊藤若冲《布袋図》*、 《恵比寿図》*、 《群鶏図》*、 柴田是真《円窓鐘馗》、 狩野一信《布袋唐子図》*、 《七福神図》*、 河鍋暁斎《浦島太郎に鶴と亀》*、 《五月幟図》*、 竹内栖鳳《艸影帖・色紙十二ヶ月》のうち「鯛(一月)」、 横山大観・川合玉堂・川端龍子《松竹梅》、 横山大観《蓬莱山》、 《心神》、 下村観山《寿老》、 菱田春草《白牡丹》、 小林古径《鶴》
2. HAPPYになる絵画 ―笑い・ユーモア・幸せな情景―
伊藤若冲《河豚と蛙の相撲図》*、 《仔犬に箒図》*、 《伏見人形図》、 歌川国芳《両面相 だるま・げどふ、伊久・とくさかり》〔1/3~2/7展示〕*、 《白面笑壁のむだ書》〔1/3~2/7展示〕*、 《きん魚づくし ぼんぼん》〔2/9~3/6展示〕*、 《其まゝ地口猫飼好五十三疋》〔2/9~3/6展示〕*、 柴田是真《墨林筆哥》、 山口華楊《生》、 川﨑小虎《春の訪れ》
約70点
※出品内容には変更が入る場合があります。
※ 「*」印は個人蔵、その他は山種美術館蔵
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Obaku Archbishop Ven. Kondo Hiromichi's 近藤博道 Inauguration Ceremony in Oct. 27, 2015
On Oct.27, 2015 (today), a new Obaku Archbishop Ven. Kondo Hiromichi近藤博道 will be inaugurated as the sixty-second abbot of Manpukuji. I am always fascinated by the ritual ceremonies of the Obaku sect in Japan and wondering how much have been preserved since Yinyuan's time. The agenda below shows the basic structure of the ceremony still maintains some elements from the seventeenth century. It will be a great topic to do religious and ethnographic research. The inauguration ceremony of the Sixtieth generation abbot Sengoku Taizan 仙石泰山 on Oct. 28, 2001 has been put on Youtube and a link is provided below.
黄檗宗管長近藤博道大和尚晋山式
来る十月二十七日 (火) 黄檗宗大本山萬福寺 第六十二代堂頭、 黄檗宗管長近藤博道大和尚晋山式を挙行いたします。
08:00 総門より晋山 三門祝問 諸堂巡拝
09:00 維那 上堂第一請 東方丈寿位の間にて
受付開始 大殿横テント
10:30 来賓・賀客・役位は順次法堂に入堂 法堂
11:00 祝國開堂式
12:00 本堂前にて記念撮影 祝辞 鏡開き
祝斎 各斎会会場にて
14:00 散会予定
On Oct.27, 2015 (today), a new Obaku Archbishop Ven. Kondo Hiromichi近藤博道 will be inaugurated as the sixty-second abbot of Manpukuji. I am always fascinated by the ritual ceremonies of the Obaku sect in Japan and wondering how much have been preserved since Yinyuan's time. The agenda below shows the basic structure of the ceremony still maintains some elements from the seventeenth century. It will be a great topic to do religious and ethnographic research. The inauguration ceremony of the Sixtieth generation abbot Sengoku Taizan 仙石泰山 on Oct. 28, 2001 has been put on Youtube and a link is provided below.
黄檗宗管長近藤博道大和尚晋山式
来る十月二十七日 (火) 黄檗宗大本山萬福寺 第六十二代堂頭、 黄檗宗管長近藤博道大和尚晋山式を挙行いたします。
| 08:00 | 総門より晋山 三門祝問 諸堂巡拝 | |
| 09:00 | 維那 上堂第一請 | 東方丈寿位の間にて |
| 受付開始 | 大殿横テント | |
| 10:30 | 来賓・賀客・役位は順次法堂に入堂 | 法堂 |
| 11:00 | 祝國開堂式 | |
| 12:00 | 本堂前にて記念撮影 祝辞 鏡開き | |
| 祝斎 | 各斎会会場にて | |
| 14:00 | 散会予定 |
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Special Exhibitions at Manpukuji Archive
| Painted by Chen Xian, Inscribed by Yinyuan |
黄檗山萬福寺 http://www.obakusan.or.jp/
文華殿 昭和47年(1972) 黄檗文華の殿堂として、その宝物・ 資料の収蔵保管と展示のために、 開山隠元禅師300年大遠諱を記念して建立されました。
収蔵品には、 隠元禅師の画像を多く描いた喜多元規の作品をはじめ、 しばしば寺に出入りしたという伊藤若沖 (じゃくちゅう) や池大雅の名画があり、 さらに隠元禅師の遺品や中国伝来の品々も多数保存されています。
一般公開は、年2回 春と秋に特別展を約1ヶ月間開催しています (月曜休館)。
一般公開は、年2回 春と秋に特別展を約1ヶ月間開催しています (月曜休館)。
秋季特別展のご案内
黄檗山萬福寺文華殿 秋季特別展(40)
『黄檗の文華』-明清文人趣味の系譜-
〔同時開催〕仏教書フェア-京都・報音舎協賛
〔講演会〕『明清文人の生活空間』 京都大学人文科学研究所助教 髙井たかね氏
日時:11月15日(日) 14:00
場所:第一文華殿ホール(要電話予約)
会期:平成27年10月21日(水)~11月30日(月)
休館日:毎週火曜日(但し、11月3日は開館)
開館時間:9:30~17:00(入館は16:30まで)
入館料:一般:300(250)円、高校生:200(150) 円、中学生:100(50)円
※( )は30名以上の団体時、別途入山料が必要となります。
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Mystery of Master Tiechuan 鐵船, who was the Last Eminent Chinese Monk invited by the Edo Bakufu to Japan
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| China National Library, Beijing, Beihai |
In Sept. 15, 2015, I was doing research in China National Library in Beijing for the Obaku canon preserved there and accidentally discovered the recorded sayings of Tiechuan, which was reprinted during the Republican period. It appears to be a rare book and was not included in any other publications, including the Jiaxing canon. I believe that this new discovery can supplement chapter 7 of my book.
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| Original index card for Tiechuan's recorded sayings |
.......扶桑日邊領承 王命 大唐國裡訪求 禪師,只希撥轉船舷,蚤此邀迎楖栗,肅投誠懇,曷勝瞻戀。右耑
啟上
前龍潭現住寶巖鐵船度公和尚大禪師蓮座
名勒正幅
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Prof. Hayashi Masako's 林正子 Study of Obaku Sculptor Fan Daosheng 范道生 and His Father Fan Jue 范爵
| Fan Daosheng's Maitreya Sculpture |
Prof. Hayashi's article is not a simple biography of him and his father. Rather, she built a rich context to put Fan and his father in the complicated maritime politics and culture among China, Japan, and Vietnam. Through her work we now know that his father Fan Jue might have migrated to Vietnam between 1651-1654 and lived in the China Town at Hoi'an 會安 under the aegis of the Ngyuen regime. He was an active member of the Ming loyalist community Mingxiangshe 明香社. He and his son even helped to build statues and bells for Japanese temple Matsumotoji 松本寺 in Japan Town patronized by Japanese merchant Kadoya Shichirōbee かどや しちろうべえ 角屋七郎兵衛. The complicated situation can be seen from the following chart Prof. Hayashi created.
The full citation of this article is as follows:
広南の范爵--新黄檗仏師范道生の父
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: 黄檗文華 / 黄檗文化研究所 編. n128 (2007-08): 43-60
She also wrote many related articles on Vietnam, China and Japan during the early modern period, which are highly valuable.
越南本について--『東洋文庫蔵越南本書目』にみる日本とのかかわり
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: 跡見学園女子大学人文学フォーラム. (2011): 118-127
台南の劉永福--「奉旨剿滅倭寇」の黒旗
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: 史苑 / 立教大学史学会 編. v52 n2 (1992-03): p28-51
『大南寔録』の成立過程--道光五旬節慶賀使節を中心として
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: フォーラム / 跡見学園女子大学文化学会 編. n18 (2000-03): 105-121
『大南寔録』の成立過程(2)フランス支配下における変質を中心として
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: 人文-自然-人間科学研究 / 拓殖大学人文科学研究所編集委員会 編. n5 (2001-5): 256-243
『大南寔録』の成立過程(4)『正編第四紀』の黒旗軍記事にみる編纂意図
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: 跡見学園女子大学文学部紀要. n41 (2008-3): 29-48
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: 跡見学園女子大学文学部紀要. n42 (2009-3): 87-100
『大南寔録』の成立過程(6-A)嘉定と仏山
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: 跡見学園女子大学文学部紀要. n44 (2010-3): 29-46
『大南寔録』の成立過程(6-B)ルグラン-ド-ラ-リラエ師
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: 跡見学園女子大学文学部紀要. n47 (2012-3): 89-105
越南五戸寺の明命9年銘鐘をめぐって(1)ベトナムへの返還運動とその意義 by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako Article Article Language: Japanese Publication: 人文-自然-人間科学研究 / 拓殖大学人文科学研究所編集委員会 編. n11 (2004-3): 96-107
越南五戸寺の明命9年の銘鐘をめぐって(2)銘文の紹介
by 林 正子; ハヤシ マサコ; Hayashi Masako
Article Article
Language: Japanese
Publication: 人文-自然-人間科学研究 / 拓殖大学人文科学研究所編集委員会 編. n16 (2006-10): 42-54
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
Special exhibition of Obaku Culture in Kyoto, April 22--May 31, 2015 黄檗山萬福寺文華殿春季特別展 4月22日(水) ~ 5月31日(日)
For those who are in Japan, this can be an excellent opportunity to learn about Obaku culture.
Follow the link at http://www.obakusan.or.jp/bunka/index.html.
Follow the link at http://www.obakusan.or.jp/bunka/index.html.
第2文華殿オープン記念 ■■~ 新添資料と黄檗山の名宝展 ~
【歳寒三友図】
霜雪の寒苦に堪える松・竹・梅を描いたもので、不変・忍耐・魁を象徴する。また松・竹・水仙を描く場合もある。蘇軾によれば、梅竹石を「三益之友」とし、画題ともなす。
【涅槃図】
黄檗の法式儀軌を示した「黄檗清規」寛文12年(1672)隠元自序跋本があり、隠元の遺命により黄檗第5代高泉によって翌年の延宝元年に刊行された。その中で「報本章第2」に「仏降誕」(4月8日)、「仏成道」(12月8日)、「仏涅槃」(2月15日)の三仏忌について記されている。
涅槃忌(会)には「遺教経」を誦すとある。画題は釈迦八相の事蹟中の入涅槃(入滅)の後継をあらわす。そこには法要参詣者も含め会衆へ向けての釈迦最後にして最重要な教誡メッセージが込められている。
即ちニルヴァーナ(涅槃)の四つの属性(四徳)を常楽我浄(永遠であり、安楽に満ち、絶体であり、清浄である)とし、煩悩を滅盡した理想の境地(悟りの)への導きである。
黄檗宗の送儀式(津送儀)では、「諸行無常、是生滅法、生滅滅已、寂滅為楽・・・」の無常の偈を中陰期間中の法要最後に誦している。
■ 会 期: 平成27年4月22日(水) ~ 5月31日(日)
■ 休館日: 毎週火曜日 ※5月5日は開館
■ 時 間: 9:30 ~ 17:00 ※入館受付は16:30まで
■ 入場料 ※入山料別途
| 個人 | 団体(30名以上) | |
|---|---|---|
| 大人 | 300円 | 250円 |
| 高校生 | 200円 | 150円 |
| 中学生 | 100円 | 50円 |
| 小学生以下 | 無料 | ― |
Monday, April 6, 2015
Talk at OSU on Yinyuan
I forgot to announce the talk I just gave at OSU last Friday.
Reading Religion as Event History: Chinese Monks, the Pirate
King, and Japanese Shoguns in Seventeenth-century East Asia
Presented by Jiang Wu, associate professor, Department of East Asian Studies, the University of Arizona (Tucson)
Abstract: Situated at the margin of East Asian political
history, religion rarely shaped the course of history as significant events. However,
when religion did intersect with the secular power, it is difficult for
scholars to fully understand its meaning. In this talk, Dr. Jiang Wu examines
the historical events leading to the 1661 founding of Manpukuji 萬福寺in
Japan by the Chinese Zen master Yinyuan Longqi 隱元隆琦(1592–1673), whose
life was involved with Zheng Chenggong’s 鄭成功resistance movement in
Southeast China and the shogunal politics in early Edo Japan. In addition, he
will reflect upon the methodological issues for interpreting religious events
in East Asian history.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Ven. Shengyan (Sheng Yen) 聖嚴 visited Huangbo Monastery in 2002
I was surprised to learn that Ven. Master Sheng Yen 聖嚴 not only wrote an essay on Yinyuan but also visited Yinyuan's temple in Fuqing in 2002, just a year after I visited there in 2001. He wrote a travelogue for this visit which I pasted below. He met the abbot Beisheng 悲昇 who received me as well. Ven. Beisheng has a disciple called Mingkong 明空, who accompanied me during my stay. I thanked all of them in the preface to my first book Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-century China (Oxford, 2008).
| Yinyuan Memorial Hall at Huangbo Monastery (Chinese Manpukuji). Shot by Jiang Wu, 2001. |
五百菩薩走江湖 聖嚴法師著
二八、福清市黃檗山的萬福寺
| [日期:2010-07-23] | 作者:聖嚴法師著 |
二八、福清市黃檗山的萬福寺
十月十三日,星期日。晴。
昨晚抵達福州的長樂機場時,福建省佛教協會祕書長本性法師, 也是福州開元寺的住持,已經率領著當地的比丘、 比丘尼和居士代表,拉著一長幅寫著「 熱烈歡迎台灣法鼓山大陸佛教聖蹟巡禮團蒞閩參訪」的紅布條, 在登機門的出口處等候我們。之後,他還一直陪著我們, 直到我們離開廈門為止。
當天上午,我們留在福州的福清飯店休息, 等待各班次的包機陸續抵達。十一時三十分進午餐, 十二時三十分登上大巴士前往福清市郊外的黃檗山萬福寺。 經過一個小時的車程,抵達漁溪鎮梧瑞村的黃檗山。 此山距離福清市二十多公里,是在十二個群峰環繞之中, 猶如一座蓮花。它和百丈山、雲居山的地形狀況 非常類似,而這座寺院就是建於蓮台正面的山坡上,腹地非常寬暢。
現任方丈是三十四歲的悲昇法師,他原藉山東,一九九○ 年畢業於福建佛學院。 該寺在一九八九年成立了黃檗山萬福寺修建委員會, 主任委員由妙湛法師擔任,一九九○年悲昇法師畢業之後, 就被妙湛法師推薦擔任該寺的住持;但他直到現在, 還謙稱自己是監院而不是住持,其實除了他之外,並無另外的住持。
十月十三日,星期日。晴。
昨晚抵達福州的長樂機場時,福建省佛教協會祕書長本性法師,
當天上午,我們留在福州的福清飯店休息,
現任方丈是三十四歲的悲昇法師,他原藉山東,一九九○
▲萬福寺的大雄寶殿。
當天他帶著監院道昌法師和該寺的僧俗男女四眾, 捧香案列隊到總三門迎接我們。我下車之後, 遠遠就看到三門上掛著一幅歡迎的紅布條,寫著「 熱烈歡迎台灣法鼓山大陸佛教聖蹟巡禮團蒞寺參訪」。 三門左旁有塊石碑,用金字刻著「黃檗山萬福寺」六個大字。 接著經過三門殿、天王殿,而到了大雄寶殿。 殿宇都非常的雄偉壯麗。天王殿的左右兩側,有兩座石塔; 大殿的左右兩側,則有鐘樓、鼓樓。我們在大雄寶殿上香禮佛之後, 就請悲昇法師為我們介紹該寺的歷史環境。
隨後我也對我們的團員開示說︰黃檗希運是臨濟義玄的師父, 我是臨濟法門的傳承者,當然是黃檗希運的子孫, 而萬福寺自然也是法鼓山的根源和祖庭了。經我這麼一說, 大家就對這個道場有 了歸屬感,深覺自己不是客人,而是回家的遊子。 悲昇法師雖然年輕,但是非常厚重而謙虛, 他把我當成長老法師接待,並說曾在我的著作中獲得許多法益, 就是缺少親近我的機會。所以他和我們之間,也都覺得不是外人了。
隨後我們也參觀了大殿後面的藏經樓、法堂、觀音殿、禪堂, 以及隱元禪師紀念園。
目前全球共有三處黃檗山萬福寺。 第一座就是我們訪問的福州福清市的黃檗山; 另一處是在江西新昌縣的黃檗山;而在日本京都的宇治縣, 也有一座黃檗山。至於福州這座寺院稱為黃檗山的原因, 和希運禪師有關。據說黃檗希運出生於福建省,幼時到黃檗山出家; 這座寺院原是振幹禪師於唐德宗貞元五年(七八九年)創建的。 最初名為「般若堂」,經過八年之後,擴建為「建佛寺」。後來希 運禪師回到此處,由於全山遍植黃檗樹,所以命名為「黃檗山」; 希運在此,前後共住了十九年。
那麼究竟什麼是黃檗樹呢?悲昇法師帶我到後山院中的山崁上, 看到幾株兩丈多高的香椿樹,還有好多小株的香椿樹在旁邊。 他告訴我說,所謂的黃檗就是香椿,我問他:「 有沒有古代留下的黃檗樹呢?」他說沒有。因為這種樹, 最多活不過一百年,樹身就會爆裂而死。我相信這個說法, 我們所種的香椿,就是吃它的嫩葉,只要插枝就能活, 很少看到一丈以上、比碗口更粗的香椿樹。因此它是藥用的植物, 也是食用的香料,並不能作為建材。
當天他帶著監院道昌法師和該寺的僧俗男女四眾,
隨後我也對我們的團員開示說︰黃檗希運是臨濟義玄的師父,
隨後我們也參觀了大殿後面的藏經樓、法堂、觀音殿、禪堂,
目前全球共有三處黃檗山萬福寺。
那麼究竟什麼是黃檗樹呢?悲昇法師帶我到後山院中的山崁上,
▲黃檗樹就是香椿樹。
首次在文獻記載中看到萬福寺的名字,根據資料, 是在明神宗萬曆三十五年(一六○七年),相國葉文忠公奏請敕「 萬福禪寺」四字匾額,接著在萬曆四十二年(一六一四年) 賜藏經全套;明毅宗崇禎二年(一六二九年), 請金粟密雲禪師任方丈;崇禎六年,費隱禪師繼其席; 崇禎十年隱元禪師承其位。後來到清世宗順治十一年(一六五四年) ,隱元禪師應日本長崎的崇福、興福諸寺的邀請, 束裝率徒三十餘人東渡,七年後在日本京都宇治縣大和山, 仿照福州萬福寺規模,開創了一座寺院,亦名黃檗山萬福寺。
希運禪師出家後,覓師訪道曾先後到天台山、長安, 後來因為有人啟示他應參訪懷海,於是他又前往江西的百丈山。 得到百丈的印心之後,他來到江西新昌 縣的鷲峰山,創建了一寺。因為他懷念幼年出家的道場, 所以也把這座鷲峰山的新寺院稱為黃檗山萬福寺。 他就在此鼓吹直指、單傳的心要,他主張:「獨佩最上乘, 離文字之印,唯傳一心,更無別法。」因此而被形容為「其言簡、 其理直、其道峻、其行孤。四方學徒,望山而趨,覩相而悟, 往來海眾,常千餘人。」在他一生中,主要弘化的道場, 也就是江西的那座黃檗山。
不過在唐武宗會昌二年(八四二年)的法難期間,河南節度史裴休, 以及任官於江西洪州的鐘陵,曾把希運禪師接到洪州龍興寺( 亦名為大安寺)。然後在唐宣宗大中二年(八四八年), 裴休又把希運禪師迎到宣州宛陵的開元寺,為建大禪院,請師說法。 最後,希運禪師於大中四年八月(八五○年)圓寂於江西的黃檗山, 留下了兩部文獻 :《希運禪師傳心法要》以及《宛陵錄》。
希運禪師的禪風對後來中國禪宗的影響非常深遠。他的弟子群中, 如有臨濟義玄、睦州道明(陳尊宿)、千頃楚南, 以及裴休等十多人,對後世也有很大的影響,在他圓寂後, 唐宣宗皇帝敕號為「斷際禪師」。 其實臨濟宗的禪法應該就是黃檗宗的禪法,只是到了臨濟義玄以後, 門庭大盛,所以又開出了臨濟宗以及以下的黃龍及楊岐兩派。 在我的《禪門驪珠集》內,有收集他的事蹟和語錄,例如他說「 大唐國裡無禪師」、「擇菜去」、「噇酒糟漢」、「黃檗禮佛」, 都是膾炙人口的名公案。
而日本的那一座道場,是因為隱元禪師不忘出身的根本, 效仿希運禪師而創建的,所以也稱此道場為黃檗山萬福寺。 這就是飲水思源,知恩報恩的精神。
這也正是我要回到大陸去做佛教古蹟巡禮的出發點之一。 不論是民族、宗教,對於淵遠流長的血統、文化和祖先的智慧, 以及各種各樣的遺產,都必須要有認同和傳承的責任。 所以佛教徒要到印度去做佛陀古蹟的巡禮;回教徒要去麥加朝聖; 猶太人念念不忘耶路撒冷; 羅馬天主教徒則希望去義大利聖彼得大教堂朝晉。 而日本佛教徒的各宗各派,尋根探源都是到中國大陸, 譬如說天台宗到浙江的天台山國清寺;密宗到中國陝西的青龍寺; 唯識宗到西安的大興善寺;禪宗的曹洞宗要去南嶽的南台寺、 江西洞山的普利禪寺,以及浙江的天童寺; 黃檗宗就到福清的黃檗山。而且他們對於中國的祖師, 特別是和他們的法源直接相關者,都非常的重視, 除非已經找不到寺廟遺址,否則一定會一次一次的組團參拜。 又如鑑真大師對日本 戒律的開創和弘揚有重大貢獻, 因此他們對於凡是鑑真大師在中國大陸到過的道場乃至地點, 都被認為是他們的法源。
由於日本黃檗宗曾經前來參拜祖庭,便特別在福清的黃檗山境內, 建了一座隱元禪師紀念院。院中有許多棟建築物,其中的主殿, 就是隱元紀念堂。堂中所供奉的隱元禪師塑像, 是依據日本收藏的畫像複製好了送來的。此外, 他們還對黃檗山做了若干捐獻,從他們所立的碑文可以看到, 捐資興建的共有五項:(1)禪堂(選佛場) 建築面積三百五十七平方公尺。(2)禪堂前後庭院綠化, 面積九百平方公尺。(3)禪堂橫東司(洗手間), 面積五十三平方公尺。(4)古黃檗山萬福寺塔院, 面積三百一十五平方公尺。(5)費隱亭及四周綠化, 面積八百一十五平方公尺。
另外我們還看到了七塊碑文: 日本黃檗宗訪問古黃檗祖山記;隱元禪師紀念碑;隱元禪師頌德碑; 東渡僧人供養碑;隱元禪師詩偈二首碑;一座立碑上面寫著:「 日本黃檗山萬福寺開山隱元禪師東渡振錫之聖地」, 這座立碑是一九八九年由趙樸初居士所寫; 以及重修古黃檗山萬福寺塔院碑記等。從這些紀念物的記載, 可見日本人對於源頭祖庭的重視。
我們中國人實在應該覺得慚愧,歷代祖師所建的道場, 總是會被一次一次的破壞,而日本的古寺院則只有一次一次的修復, 很少被徹底毀滅過。我真懷疑為什麼自稱為文明古國的中國, 會如此的野蠻?除了北魏武帝、北周武帝、唐武宗、周世宗的所謂「 三武一宗」的滅佛運動,還有清朝咸豐年間的太平天國洪楊之亂, 以及二十世紀中葉的文化大革命,都曾大大破壞毀滅了佛教的文物。 這種狀 況在日本,不是絕對不曾發生過,卻不會如此嚴重。 所以我常常感歎,中國有人用智慧創造文化, 也有人用暴力毀滅文化,這都是活生生的中國歷史。
黃檗山的範圍實在很大,我參觀了庭院,拜了祖塔, 又到了一座掛有一面號稱是世界最大銅鼓的黃檗亭。 此時該山女眾學院的三十多位師生,正在亭前拍團體照。 由於我的到來,所以也請我加入拍了一張合照, 這讓他們感到既意外又驚喜。他們恭敬的合掌為我迎送, 其威儀令人讚歎。
首次在文獻記載中看到萬福寺的名字,根據資料,
希運禪師出家後,覓師訪道曾先後到天台山、長安,
不過在唐武宗會昌二年(八四二年)的法難期間,河南節度史裴休,
希運禪師的禪風對後來中國禪宗的影響非常深遠。他的弟子群中,
而日本的那一座道場,是因為隱元禪師不忘出身的根本,
這也正是我要回到大陸去做佛教古蹟巡禮的出發點之一。
由於日本黃檗宗曾經前來參拜祖庭,便特別在福清的黃檗山境內,
另外我們還看到了七塊碑文: 日本黃檗宗訪問古黃檗祖山記;隱元禪師紀念碑;隱元禪師頌德碑;
我們中國人實在應該覺得慚愧,歷代祖師所建的道場,
黃檗山的範圍實在很大,我參觀了庭院,拜了祖塔,
▲隱元紀念堂內供奉的隱元禪師像。
▲於黃檗亭前,與黃檗女眾學院師生合影。
現任福清黃檗山住持悲昇法師,年紀雖輕,卻非常有心, 當我回到美國之後,還接到他的一封信。因為那天我們來去匆匆, 他沒有時間可以向我請教佛法,感到十分遺憾。 這封信寫得非常誠懇,文字的修養也很有深度。玆錄如下: 聖嚴老法師獅座下:
拜讀示函,如飲醍醐,無任歡喜。
法師譽滿寰宇,望重宗門,愚忝居黃檗法席,然所學所知, 得益法師著作甚多,兩岸雖隔,然執侍左右之念未泯,公因緣會遇, 得償夙願,千古欽式,舍師而誰,所遺憾者法師來去匆匆, 未能多聆法要,尚祈法師慈悲,二六時中悅賜棒喝之音,以警昏昧, 用開愚頑。愚尚有一願,乞法師玉成,望為本山書「黃檗」二字, 以作鎮山之寶,忝增黃檗勝景 ,祖道情長,唯師為繼,黃檗鬱鬱,乞師恩滋。耑此恭頌法躬康宇, 如意鈞安不肖悲昇百拜頂禮壬午十月五日
讀了他的信,我感到非常慚愧,也覺得非常欣慰。慚愧的是, 我回到祖庭,不但沒有任何貢獻,反而打攪了他們。 我還記得很清楚,在全部的行程中,每個寺院都只有列隊迎接, 而唯有這座黃檗山,除了迎接,當我們離開時還列隊恭送。 男女兩眾的佛學院出家學僧,以及常住的住眾一百二十多人, 分別穿著黃、黑兩海青,搭著衣,如此列隊迎送, 一路上也只有這個道場。而悲昇法師來到黃檗山已經十六年, 都是做著行政的工作,以及負責男女兩所佛學院的教育工作, 在繁重的工作中他還能夠寫出如此情文並茂的信,實屬難能可貴。 黃檗祖庭能有像他這樣一位真正的龍象人才,真的讓我欣喜。
現任福清黃檗山住持悲昇法師,年紀雖輕,卻非常有心,
拜讀示函,如飲醍醐,無任歡喜。
法師譽滿寰宇,望重宗門,愚忝居黃檗法席,然所學所知,
讀了他的信,我感到非常慚愧,也覺得非常欣慰。慚愧的是,
Monday, January 19, 2015
Exhibition for the 350 years of Obaku Culture at Horinji 宝林寺, Hamamatsu 浜松
There was an exhibition of Obaku culture in Horinji 宝林寺 at Hamamatsu 浜松 City Museum held from Nov. 1 to 30, 2014. Just received a catalog from Tanaka Chisei 田中智誠 osho at Bunkaden 文華殿 archive. Arigato. Horinji was founded by Chinese monk Duzhan Xingying 獨湛性瑩 (1628-1707) in 1667. He later became the fourth abbot at Manpukuji.
Labels:
Bunkaden 文華殿,
Duzhan Xingying,
Hamamatsu,
Horinji,
Manpukuji,
Tanaka Chisei,
宝林寺,
浜松,
獨湛性瑩,
田中智誠
Friday, September 19, 2014
blurb and backcover of Leaving for the Rising Sun
I am glad that the backcover is ready for the paperback edition. Thank Prof. Lynn Struve for her kind words.
Back cover
“In this wonderfully
informative study, Jiang Wu extends the significance of his previous,
groundbreaking book, Enlightenment in
Dispute, from China into the greater East Asian sphere of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. Through the career and legacy of the eminent monk
Yinyuan Longqi (1592–1673) in China and Japan, Wu penetrates the crisis of
cultural legitimacy that beset East Asia, particularly Tokugawa Japan, after
the demise of the Ming dynasty.”—Lynn Struve, Professor of Chinese History, Indiana
University, Bloomington
In 1654 Zen Master
Yinyuan traveled from China to Japan. Seven years later his monastery,
Manpukuji, was built and he had founded a new tradition, called Obaku. In this sequel to his 2008 book, Enlightenment in Dispute, Jiang Wu tells
the story of the tremendous obstacles faced by Yinyuan, drawing parallels
between his experiences and the broader political and cultural context in which
he lived.
Yinyuan claimed to have inherited the “Authentic Transmission of the
Linji Sect.” After arriving in Japan, he was able to persuade the Shogun to
build a new Ming-style monastery for the establishment of his Obaku school. His
arrival in Japan coincided with a series of historical developments, including
the Ming-Qing transition, the consolidation of early Tokugawa power, the growth
of Nagasaki trade, and rising Japanese interests in Chinese learning and
artistic pursuits. While Yinyuan’s travel is known in scholarly circles, the
significance of his journey within East Asian history has not been fully
explored. Leaving for the Rising Sun provides
a unique opportunity to reexamine the crisis in the continent and responses
from other parts of East Asia. Using Yinyuan’s story as a bridge between China
and Japan, Wu demonstrates that the monk’s significance is far greater than the
temporary success of a religious sect. Rather, Yinyuan imported to Japan a new
discourse of authenticity that gave rise to indigenous movements that
challenged, and led to the eventual breakup of, a China-centered world order.
Jiang Wu is an associate professor in Department of East Asian Studies at the
University of Arizona. His research interests include Chinese Buddhism,
especially Chan/Zen Buddhism and the Chinese Buddhist canon, Sino-Japanese
Buddhist exchanges, and the application of spatial analysis tools in the study
of religion and culture. He is the author of Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in
Seventeenth-century China (2008).
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