宗薩欽哲仁波切講座（7/19 加州）沒有來生的佛教存在嗎 (有沒有不講投胎轉世的佛教)？
Is There Buddhism Without Rebirth?Siddhartha's Intent Western DoorSunday, July 19, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (PDT) |
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Is There Buddhism Without Rebirth?
A Day-Long Public Talk With
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
(With Chinese Translation)
Sunday, July 19, 2015
9:00 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. Program Begins
1:15-2:30 p.m. Lunch Break
2:30-6:00 p.m. Program Continues
(There will be breaks throughout the day.)
Is There Buddhism Without Rebirth?
In classrooms and dharma centers alike, westerners encountering Buddhism for the first time must come to terms with the widespread Buddhist belief in rebirth. For many, death represents the ultimate unknown, the ultimate lesson in impermanence. Why then, they ask themselves, should they believe Buddhism’s answer to this perplexing question, any more than the answers of other religions that teach eternal salvation in heaven or damnation in hell? Does rebirth fall into the category of “cultural trappings,” such as sexist views of women, certain ritual forms, and belief in traditional Indian cosmology—cultural accretions that can be dismissed as extraneous to the “core teachings” of Buddhism?
Many westerners view belief in reincarnation as simply irrelevant to their engagement in Buddhism. Yet for centuries, Buddhist texts have been filled with warnings about heretics who deny the existence of rebirth and the ethical ramifications of such views. How are we to understand such warnings? And if we discard all such “cultural trappings” as irrelevant to what is essential about Buddhism, what is left of a religion that teaches the lack of any independent essence?
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche is a Buddhist scholar and teacher. He is the head of Dzongsar Khamje College in Sichuan, China; Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Institute in Chauntra and Deer Park Institute in Bir, India; and Chokyi Gyatso Institute in Dewathang, Bhutan. Rinpoche has also established centers in Australia, North America and the Far East and is a sought-after teacher of Buddhism all over the world. Khyentse Rinpoche was trained in Buddhist studies from a very young age and is a prominent scholar of the Tibetan Rimey (nonsectarian) tradition, following the heritage of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and other Rimey masters.
Rinpoche attended Sakya College in India and studied with some of the greatest contemporary masters, particularly HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He is the author of the best sellers What Makes You Not a Buddhist and Not for Happiness. His commentaries on Chandrakirti’sMadhyamakavatara: Introduction to the Middle Way and on Arya Maitreya’s Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra: Buddha Nature are studied and appreciated by Buddhist students the world over. Rinpoche served as an advisor to filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci on Little Buddhaand wrote and directed the films The Cup, Travelers & Magicians, and Vara: A Blessing.
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柏克萊加州大學佛學研究中心
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沒有來生的佛教存在嗎
宗薩蔣揚欽哲仁波切
全日公開講座（現場中文翻譯）
2015 年7月19日（週日）
9:00am 註冊
10:00am 講座開始
1:15-2:30pm 午餐休息
2;30-6:00pm 講座
（講座之間會有短休時間）
註冊費用：$20
沒有來生的佛教存在嗎
當西方人初次接觸到佛教，無論是在課堂上或是在佛教中心，他們都必須面對佛教普遍對「來生」的信仰。對很多人而言，死亡代表了終極的未知，是無常的終極課題。他們會自問：對這個令人迷惑的問題，為何他們要相信佛教所提供的答案，而不去相信其他宗教所教導的天堂永恆的救贖、或地獄的懲罰？來生、轉世是否是屬於所謂「文化裝飾物」，一如對女性的歧視、某些特殊形式的儀式、以及相信傳統印度天文曆法一樣，都是文化衍生出來的東西，都不屬於佛教的「核心教法」，因此是否是多餘的、是可以拋棄的？
許多西方人認為相不相信轉世，基本上跟信仰佛教沒有任何關係。然而，許多世紀以來，佛教經典對於否認來生的謬見，以及這種觀點所會導致的倫理分歧，不斷地提出警告。我們應該如何了解這種警告？如果我們拋棄所有這些跟佛教精要無關的「文化裝飾物」的話，那麼對於教導萬有皆無自性的宗教，還有什麼東西剩下？
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