Buddhist monk musicians play traditional Chinese instruments at Lincoln Center, New York City, on October 12
In his past life Heng Sure was an Irish-Scottish actor doing Broadway musicals and going through a period of indecision about what to do in life. It was in the 1970s and the Viet Nam War was still raging and he was wondering if he should leave the United States for Canada. Then a visiting friend took him to a converted mattress factory to meet a man from northeastern China and as he described in a later interview, “The doubts and fears just drained out through my toes. And I distinctly heard a quiet voice say, ‘You’re back. Go to work. You’re home’.”
That is how he met Hsuan Hua, the founder of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, a monastery in Talmage, California, and became a Buddhist, leaving his old life behind him. Heng Sure means “constantly real,” which, he believes, is a reminder to him to go back to the truth, to what is genuine and real.
On October 12, 12 days before the 72nd United Nations Day, the 69-year-old, who is now the managing director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery in California, came to the headquarters of the UN in New York to share his thoughts and the lessons he had learned from his teacher Hsuan Hua at the 2019 China-U.S.-Canada Buddhist Forum. Over 500 Buddhists, experts and scholars from the three countries came to promote exchanges and mutual learning.
Heng Sure called Buddhism a very contemporary religion because “the issues that Buddhism addresses are the issues of the human mind and in our lives.” He also called it a global religion because “it talks to the mind and the mind doesn’t know east or west, male or female, young or old.”
Tradition and modernity
Shi Dayi, Abbot of the Cham Shan Temple in Toronto, Canada, initiated the forum in 2017. “We can easily find obvious examples in both Buddhism doctrine and practice that illustrate the concepts advocated by modern civilized society, such as equality, fraternity, democracy and others,” he said in a paper.
With a history of over 2,500 years, Buddhism advocates compassion, equality and tolerance. It calls for following a balanced middle way and the path of peace.
The teachings of the Southern School of Chan, propagated by many eminent monks in history, form the unique characteristics of the Chan School of Han Chinese Buddhism. The school, founded by the Sixth Patriarch of the Chinese Chan Buddhism Master Huineng (638-713), later spread to Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Viet Nam.
Yanjue, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, noted in his opening speech the UN’s role in global governance and its upholding of all religions. “The purpose of the UN tallies with the common value and principle of all major world religions. Kofi Annan, former UN secretary general, once said that when major religious and spiritual leaders in the world join hands to call for world peace, it will bring about a vision for peace in the new millennium,” he said.
2.2 两组患者的中医证候积分比较 治疗前，两组患者的气促、发热、咳嗽积分差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）；治疗后，病例组的气促、发热、咳嗽积分显著的低于对照组（P＜0.05），见表2。
Participants at the 2019 China-U.S.-Canada Buddhist Forum in New York City
A kungfu and tea ceremony performance
“Exchange and mutual learning between civilizations serve as the driving force for promoting progress of human society and peaceful development of the world,” he said. “Distinctive and different as they are in forms, these cultures display equal and blended spiritual values that deserve respect and are embodied in the exchange between different civilizations.”
航线的敷设按照常规航空摄影要求完成，旁向重叠度30%，航向重叠度60%，在标准范围内。像片连接点经影像量测程序做自动转点，地面控制点上以航空摄影测量规范作影像上的人工预读，实现像平面坐标的立体观测，经检测发现，像点坐标测量精度在±2.0m内。
Holding the Buddhism forum at a time when the world is facing unprecedented changes is significant for furthering religious and cultural exchange and enhancing understanding, mutual trust and friendship between the people of the three countries, he added. It would also promote cultural exchange and mutual learning between the East and West and establish a community of common destiny.
Chan as bond
Mingyu, President of the American Buddhist Confederation and the Buddhist community of the U.S., said Han Chinese Chan Buddhism is “people-oriented, mind-focused,” and its concepts are in line with the free and egalitarian American culture. This is why Han Chinese Chan Buddhism is spreading so rapidly among Americans, he said.
因为在设计时便考虑到“多用途”，所以通过系列化发展和改进改型，“鲲龙”AG-600还可以根据用户的需要加改装必要的设备，满足执行岛礁补给投送、海上缉私与安全保障、海上执法与维权等多任务需要。
1.2.4 盐胁迫条件下生物复菌剂对黄瓜根际土壤速效氮、速效磷、速效钾含量影响。按“1.2.2”方法对黄瓜种子进行预处理，选择土壤含盐量为3%左右的大棚，设加“苗壮素”菌液和不加菌液2组处理，其他管理相同。35 d后取土壤样品进行检测。采用唐凯等[15]的碱解扩散法测定速效氮含量；釆用温云杰等[16]的碳酸氢钠法测定速效磷含量；采用邓廷飞等[17]的醋酸铵浸提火焰光度法测定速效钾含量。
When Japanese and Korean Buddhism masters launched dialogues between Chan and Western philosophies in the last century, Chan came into vogue among Americans. There are currently 3 million Buddhists in the United States, 1 percent of the total population.
The theme of the forum this year was the Spirit and Practice of Chan (meditation). Shi Dayi said Chan is not just for Buddhists, it transcends time, religions, races and nationalities.
From Buddhism to culture
Following the forum, the Chinese Buddhist Chanting Music Ensemble together with Shaolin Kungfu Monk Corps, the Lama Temple of Beijing (Yonghegong) and three other Buddhist temples in China staged two concerts themed Peace and Wellbeing at Lincoln Center, New York, on October 12-13. The concerts also included demonstrations of Shaolin kungfu, a renowned school of Chinese martial arts.
With a history of 1,500 years, Shaolin kungfu combines Chan philosophy and martial arts that developed in the Shaolin Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Henan, central China. According to legend, Indian monk Bodhidharma (called Damo in Chinese) came to the Shaolin Temple in 527 and founded the school of Chan Buddhism.
Shaolin kungfu became an important name card of China after the 1982 martial arts film Shaolin Temple, based on the legend of the Shaolin kungfu monk and starring martial art champion Jet Li. The fi lm not only launched Jet Li’s illustrious fi lm career but also generated global publicity for the Shaolin Temple and Shaolin kungfu. Since then, the Shaolin Kungfu Monk Corps has been invited to perform authentic Shaolin kungfu in over 60 regions and countries.
好好好你谈。牛皮糖就站那里又听了一阵，大概清楚村长一时半会不会理睬他，自觉无聊，就没再扯村长的衣袖，也没有大喊要过路，恨恨地瞄了路当中的警察一眼，嘴里嘟噜着往回走。
Kate Valk, a New Yorker who came to the concert with her friend, said it was an amazing performance. “This was my fi rst Buddhist chant event,” she said. “The vocals and martial arts were fantastic. I’ve seen a lot of Chinese martial arts used in the Chinese Opera, but never anything like that. When people share their culture, music and dance and theater, there’s no problem.”
(Reporting from New York City, the U.S.)
Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar
Comments to zhaowei@bjreview.com
标签：速效论文; 论文论文; 含量论文; 气促论文; 佛教论文; 哲学论文; 宗教论文; 对佛教的分析和研究论文; 《BeijingReview》2019年第43期论文;