会议论文·《金光明经》—大乘佛教最优秀的随身宝
《金光明经》—大乘佛教最优秀的随身宝
Prof.G.C.Tripathi
作者简介:G.C.Tripathi教授,新德里英迪拉·甘地国立艺术中心Kalakosh部门的教授及部主任,获得阿格拉大学梵文硕士及博士学位、德国弗莱堡大学哲学博士、阿拉哈拜德大学古代史专业的文学博士。曾是阿拉哈拜德G.N.Jha梵语研究学会中心的原则起草者,任教于阿里格尔、乌代浦尔、弗莱堡、Tuebuigln、海德尔堡、柏林、莱比锡等大学。用英文、德文、印度文及梵文出版发表了约20本专著、100篇研究论文。专业领域:吠陀宗教及神话、印度哲学、古典梵文研究以及写本。内容提要:本文力图阐释与强调《金光明经》作为大乘佛教教派的信徒们的简单易懂的经文的重要性。大乘佛教的基本原则与哲学原理,诸如空、存在无数佛、菩萨的理念、三身佛,尤其是对佛法的认同使之成为一个永恒和无所不包的永久原则,以及潜在的慈悲的佛教理念(karuna)等等,在这部经中,以如此有趣的方式和如此简洁的语言表现出来,震撼每一个人的心灵。本文试图详细阐述这一观点。
Suvarnaprabh?saasanexcellentVade-mecumforthelaityofMah?yanaBuddhism
Prof.G.C.Tripathi
Biography:Prof.G.C.Tripathi,ProfessorandHeadoftheKalakoshDivisionoftheIndiraGandhiCentreNationalCentrefortheArts,atNewDelhi.HehasacquiredMaster'sandDoctoratedegreesinSanskritfromtheUniversityofAgra,aDr.PhilfromtheUniversityofFreiburginGermanyandD.Litt.,fromtheUniversityofAllahabadinAncientHistory.HehasbeenPrincipleoftheG.N.JhaCentralSanskritResearchInstituteatAllahabadandhastaughtattheuniversitiesofAligarh,Udaipur,Freiburg,Tuebuigln,Heidelberg,BerlinandLeipzig.Publishedaround20booksand100ResearchPapersinEnglish,German,HinduandSanskritlanguages.Fieldsofspecialization:VedicReligionandMythology,IndianPhilosophy,classicalSanskritstudies,Manuscriptology.
Abstract:ThepapertriestointerpretandunderlinetheimportanceoftheSuvarnaprabh?saasaverysimpleandeasilycomprehensiblecanonicaltextforthefollowersoftheMahayanaschoolofBuddhis?.ThebasictenetsandthefundamentalphilosophyofMahayanaBuddhismlikeVoidness(Shunyata),existenceofmyriadsofBuddhas,theidealofBodhisattva,thethreebodies(kaya)ofBuddhaandespeciallyhisidentificationwithDharmamakinghimaneverlastingandallencompassingeternalPrincipleunderlyingthecreationalongwiththeBuddhistidealofuniversalcompassion(karuna)etc.arealldealtwithinthisSutrainsuchaninterestingmannerandinsuchasimplelanguagethatithasmadeitdeartotheheartofeveryone.Thepaperseekstoelaboratethispointê.
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