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Finding Peace: 40 Introductory Lessons on Buddhism
Cheng Qing
Hello, I’m Cheng Qing.
This week I discussed Buddhist precepts, mysterious to many, and the legendary modern monk Hongyi. His transformation from elegant Li Shutong into a rigorous Vinaya master is difficult without understanding renunciation and discipline. Memories of visiting his sites in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and southern Fujian inspired this bonus episode.

Li Shutong Before Master Hongyi

Many first know Li through Farewell, heard in My Memories of Old Beijing:‘Beyond the pavilion, beside the ancient road, green grass meets the sky. Evening wind touches willows, a flute fades, and sunset lies beyond mountains.’The song shaped Chinese feelings about parting for a century. It was reportedly written for his literary friendXu Huanyuan.A student of Wang Tao and Shanghai writer, Xu housed Li and his mother at Southern Thatched Cottage when they arrived from Tianjin. The site is now lost. When Xu’s family declined, he returned to Beijing; by their reunion Li was Hongyi, whose influence eventually led Xu to Buddhism.
Hongyi’s chronology dates Farewell to about 1915, after Li returned from Japan and taught at Zhejiang First Normal School, now Hangzhou High School’s Gongyuan campus on Fengqi Road. Nearby once stood Zhaoqing Temple, a major monastery since the Song and a famed Vinaya center.
From the Tang and Song onward, Chinese monasteries can be roughly divided by emphasis intoChan monasteries, teaching monasteries, and Vinaya monasteries.Chan monasteries follow Bodhidharma’s direct pointing to mind; teaching monasteries serve Tiantai, Huayan, Yogācāra, Pure Land, and scriptural study; Vinaya monasteries specialize in discipline. After Ming political intervention, ritual specialists also received separate liturgical monasteries.
During his second Hangzhou stay in 1912, Li lived by Qiantang Gate, drank tea near Beishan Road, and visited Zhaoqing Temple. Curious about monastic life but not yet planning renunciation, he taught art and music in Hangzhou and Nanjing while letters described exhausting travel. Neurasthenia acquired in Tokyo brought chronic breathlessness and coughing blood.
Episode editor: 夏夏、小蒲
2023.07.08
Audio in Chinese

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  • 静夜
    2023-07-08 19:15:16

    成庆老师番外讲到弘一法师,想起木心先生一篇名为“圆光”的文章里头提起谈到于我极为印象深刻的一段对话,说弘一法师示寂前不久,曾与他同上雁荡山的一位居士,并立岩巅,天风浩然,都不言语。自然是澄心滤怀,一片空灵。而人的思绪往往有迹象流露在脸上,同行居士发现弘一法师眼中的微茫变化,不禁启问:“似有所思?” “有思。”弘一答 “何所思?” “人间事,家中事。”

    心仪小镇 :被“人间事,家中事”泪目。

  • 匹马
    2023-07-16 23:46:30

    今天在虎跑,下雨天山上人很少,慢慢走了一圈,到了弘一法师舍利塔前突然悲从中来,说不上是感应,还是面对勇猛精进感到自己的软弱,眼泪止不住地就下来了

  • 丁冉
    2023-07-09 00:10:26

    我发现几乎所有悟透真理的伟人,大到佛陀悉达多,近到弘一法师,以及红楼梦中最后出家的贾宝玉,他们都是出身富贵之家,不是王子就是公子,还有香港一些出家的演员也是家境极其富裕,但是他们通通都是抛弃了荣华富贵。还有很多哲学家,也都是衣食无忧,才有闲暇去思考人生的意义🤔

    L :这些都是带有使命的人,这一世不仅仅为了衣食无忧的生活,有更高维广阔的精神天地。

    192****4431 :这个不重要,重要的是他们的观点是否影响了我们以及这个世界,他们或许就是带着使命来到这个世界的

  • 你先走
    2023-07-08 14:42:35

    弘一法师仍不堪俗世之扰啊

  • 1
    192****0972
    2023-07-31 14:26:06

    华枝春满,天心月圆

  • 丸尾同学
    2023-07-08 10:35:16

    早安,成老师

    丸尾同学 Reply 棽山 :哈哈,也欢迎你加入哦

    棽山 :恭喜丸尾同学续费理想家

  • president
    2023-07-08 10:02:04

    老师,弘一法师,有哪些书可以看一看呢

    成庆 (主讲人) :林子青的弘一法師年譜与金梅的弘一法师传記可參考

    president Reply 成庆 :谢谢老师,那我从传记开始

  • 1
    150****8205
    2025-03-22 19:21:52

    “让弘一大师离开日光岩的最后一根稻草,是寺中每日锅碗瓢盆声与厨娘的大呼小叫,让他不胜其扰。”最近也苦受噪音困扰,看到这里不禁想问,为什么即便是像他修炼了这么久,懂得那么多戒律,也依然无法降服这种小小的烦恼呢。

    古拉 :我对此也有同样的困惑?谁能帮助解答?

  • G
    Gatsby
    2023-08-18 07:36:40

    从弘一法师的经历来看,让我看到了大乘佛教的缺陷,不注重自我禅修,过度在向外界弘法上面用力。到最后自己也没有修的罗汉果。只留下鞠躬尽瘁的虚名。这跟佛陀的本意很不一样。我跟偏好上座部的佛学理论。禅修是每个人的基本功。

    灼源 :您也是着相了

  • 苏三爱豆皮
    2026-02-24 16:27:21

    上个月去泉州前,对弘一法师还不太了解,只知道他写的歌词,画的画。但去了清源山、承天寺、开元寺之后,渐渐对他产生兴趣,想要多多了解,正好就看到这集番外,赶快点开听一听。 另外,《送别》这首歌真的不敢轻易听,太容易听得泪目了。

  • 1
    152****3394
    2025-03-03 10:08:58

    求成老师播放版本的《梦》,我听过最好听的版本,再也找不到了

  • Cherry
    2024-05-14 15:12:31

    说不出为什么,但听到《梦》的音乐就哭了

  • π
    2023-07-09 19:50:12

    请问老师,普通人适合弘一法师的断食法吗?我们想轻断食,有没有需要注意的呢?

    成庆 (主讲人) :这个还是要根據不同人情況才能判斷

  • Lue
    2025-11-15 17:25:27

    现在还分 禅寺 讲寺 教寺吗?

  • 1
    139****5719
    2025-08-17 07:56:32

    提个意见:所有节目结束后过渡的音乐提示音分贝有些高,有点刺耳不舒服。