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一行禅师 (1926-2022)

作者 | 宗萨钦哲仁波切

2022.01.23

一行禅师圆寂，这是我们这个世界多么大的损失 --- 这个世界纠缠于过去和未来，这个世界对住于此刻几乎没有兴趣，这个世界已经忘了微笑的价值，这个世界已经忘记如何在刷牙时真正处于当下。

对那些关心佛陀教法的人而言，一行禅师的圆寂不啻为一特别沉重的损失。在现代世界，佛法这种古老智慧很难接触到出生在没有“无常、苦、无我、涅槃”这些概念的文化中的人。如今人们怎样能够受到鼓励去至少理解这些想法？更遑论生起以此想法维生的愿望。

佛法也许从来都是关于心的最古老且最有系统、最科学的研究了，然而它一直被无情地归为“宗教”、“信条”或最好的是“古老亚洲思想”之列。即便如此，一行禅师为佛陀教法敞开大门的决心从未动摇过。为了让这世界对佛法产生好奇心，他始终坚持付出极大的努力。

而且他成功了。现今数以百万的人不仅耳闻过“正念”，并且试着修持。这是个了不起的成就，一般需要花几个世纪才能完成，一行禅师设法在他短暂、纷乱的一生中达成。作为佛教徒，我们要对他表达最大的感恩之情。

展望未来，敬佩一行禅师的人和那些积极追随他的人必须记住，虽然他以影响众人的能力而闻名，尤其是他的著作──例如《当下自在》或《活得安详》(Being Peace)、《橘子禅：呼吸、微笑、步步安乐行》(Peace is Every Step)、《怎么爱》(How to Love)、《正念的奇迹》(The Miracle of Mindfulness) 等 --- 但绝不要把他低估为一个“新时代”、“新世纪”的导师。他终其一生出家的这一简单事实，说明他的方法远比只是“微笑”更多。

自七、八岁第一次看到佛像时起，一行禅师便强烈渴望成为像佛一样的人。十六岁时，他在越南顺化慈孝寺出家，七十多年后选择回到那里离世。如果这一举措、态度没有显示出他所拥有佛法的深度与实质内容，那也没有其他方法可以做到了。我们都应该铭记，他是佛法的伟大胜利幡幢。

-- 宗萨蒋扬钦哲仁波切

Thich Nhat Hanh 1926-2022

The most venerable Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away. What a great loss to this world — a world entangled in both past and future; a world that has almost no interest in dwelling in the present; a world that has forgotten the value of a smile; a world that has forgotten how to really be there when it brushes its teeth.

For those who care about the Buddha’s teachings, Thich Nhat Hanh’s passing is an especially heavy loss. In this modern world, an ancient wisdom like Buddhism finds it so difficult to reach out to people that were born into cultures that have no notion of aniccā, duḥkha, anattā and nirvana. How can people today be encouraged, at the very least, to move closer to an appreciation of these ideas, let alone generate the wish to live by them?

Buddhism is perhaps the oldest and most systematic, scientific study of mind and matter ever. Yet it is constantly, almost ruthlessly dismissed as a ‘religion’, a ‘doctrine’ or at best ‘ancient Asian thought’. Even so, Thich Nhat Hanh’s determination to open the door to the Buddha’s teachings never faltered. He consistently made an enormous effort to make the world curious about Buddhadharma.

And he succeeded. Hundreds of thousands of people have now not only heard of mindfulness, but they try to practise it. This is an amazing achievement, one that generally takes centuries to accomplish. Thich Nhat Hanh managed it in one short, tumultuous lifetime. As buddhists, we owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude.

Looking ahead, those of us who admire Thich Nhat Hanh and those who actively follow him, must remember that while he is best known for his ability to reach a wide audience, especially in his many books — for example, Being Peace, Peace is Every Step, How to Love, The Miracle of Mindfulness — he should never be discounted as just another New Age guru. The simple fact that he was a monk for his entire life demonstrates that there was far more to his approach than merely “Smile”.

From the time he first saw an image of the Buddha at the age of 7 or 8, Thich Nhat Hahn harboured a strong desire to be like him. At 16 he was ordained in the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue city in Vietnam, and chose to return to die there some seven decades later. If this approach does not demonstrate that his Buddhadharma has both great depth and substance, then nothing will. He shall be remembered by us all as a great victory banner of Dharma.

— Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse