Eminent Monk's Great Morality Reveal: Master Tanxu Reveals the Heart of the Buddha

高僧大德开示：倓虚大师开示人心佛法

On the way of spreading the traditional Chinese Buddhism, Master Tanxu and other immeasurable eminent monks made outstanding contributions.

----Zhuge Changqing

amitabha.

On the way of spreading the traditional Chinese Buddhism, the immeasurable eminent monk Dade made outstanding contributions.

Master Tan Xu (Tan: t á n) is one of them. He preached Dharma all his life. It's amazing. Zhuge Changqing shared the story of Master Tanxu with those who were destined.

Master Tanxu (t á n), born on the first day of June in the first year of Guangxu's reign, is one of the "Three Empties" widely spread in the Chinese Buddhist circle. From the early years of the Republic of China, he preached the Dharma in the northeast provinces, traveled all over the white mountains, black waters, north and south, and finally came to Hainan to give lectures in the Xiangjiang River. Tan Xu became a monk in the middle of his life. He mostly preached in the north and rebuilt and built countless monasteries, including the famous Beijing "Fayuan Temple". He devoted his whole life to "Sangha education" and believed that "the promotion of Buddhism is based on monks". If no one propagates the Dharma and does not wait for others to destroy it, Buddhism itself will be destroyed. Therefore, after the completion of each ashram, he established a Buddhist academy to cultivate monks.

One of the "three virtualities" widely spread in the Chinese Buddhist community (the main achievements of the three eminent monks of the country: Zen Master Xu Yun, Tiantai Master Tan Xu, and Wisdom Master Tai Xu, also known as the "three virtualities of the Republic of China")

1、 Introduction to Master Tanxu

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Master Tanxu devoted his whole life to Buddhism, and his merits were immeasurable.

Tanxu (1875-1963), known as Wang Futing, has the title of Long. People from Ninghe, Hebei. He is a recent descendant of the Tiantai Sect of Buddhism and a modern Chinese Buddhist. The former abbot of Zhanshan Temple in Qingdao. He became a monk in Gaoming Temple, Wazhai Village, Laishui County, Hebei Province in 1917. Soon after, he was given a concrete precept at the Guanzong Temple in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and worshipped the 43rd generation of Tiantai Sect successor, Dharma Master Dixian, as his teacher. In 1925, it was officially accepted as the Forty-fourth generation of the heirs of the Tiantai Sect. It is the time table that the Chinese Buddhist community attended the "East Asian Buddhist Association" held in Japan. It has established Yingkou Lengyan Temple, Harbin Blissful Temple, Changchun Prajna Temple, Revitalizing Shenyang Prajna Temple, Revitalizing Shenyang Yong'an Temple, Tianjin Great Compassion Hall, Xi'an Daxingshan Temple, etc., opened a Buddhist Academy in Beijing Maitreya Academy and presided over the Beijing ancient temple Fayuan Temple. In 1931, he served as the abbot of Daxingshan Temple in Xi'an and preached to run the school. In 1932, he went to Qingdao to establish Zhanshan Temple and served as the abbot. Zhanshan Temple Buddhist College was founded in 1935. He has been to Jimo, Pingdu, Longkou, Yantai, Jinan and other places to promote Dharma. In 1949, he came to Guangzhou and presided over the revival of Guangxiao Temple, and later moved to Hong Kong. In 1950, he was elected the first president of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association. After several elections, they were all euphemistically sick and old and focused on Buddhist education. In Hong Kong, it has successively established the South China Buddhist Academy, the Tiantai Dharma Worship, the Memorial Hall of Master Dixian, the Chinese Buddhist Library, and the Buddhist Scripture Printing Office of the Qingshan Blissful Temple. He devoted his whole life to the revitalization of Buddhism, the promotion of Buddhism, the advocating of the jungle academy, the jungle academy, the establishment of the jungle and the Buddhism academy, and the cultivation of Buddhist talents at home and abroad. In terms of the management of the monastery, he implemented the reform measures such as the selection of the abbot from ten sides, the term of office of three years, and the financial return of the worshippers to the public.

His main works include "Yin and Yang Mystery", "Vajra Sutra Handout", "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra Handout", "Mahayana Faith Theory Handout", "Tiantai Buddha Heart Mark Annotation Notes", "Always Heart Key Notes", "Pu Men Pin Handout", "Shadow Dust Memoirs", "Reading Essays", "Zhanshan Wen Qian", "Nian Buddha Theory", "Seng Can Master's Confidence Name Brief Interpretation", "Yongjia Xuanjue Zen Master's Testimony Brief Interpretation", etc, 24 kinds have been published. Because of his profound Buddhist attainments and outstanding merits, the Buddhist school represented by him is called "Zhanshan School".

Good knowledge summarizes the life of Master Tan Xu in classical Chinese:

The teacher's name is Tanxu, the son of the Wang family in Ninghe, Hebei Province, the common name is Futing, the father's name is Deqing, the mother's name is Zhang, there is hidden virtue in the world, the mother's dream Buddhist monk asks for boarding, the next day teachers and students, the first day of June in the first year.

At the age of three, you can't call your parents, but you can only eat fast. At the age of five or six, your mother dreams of becoming a monk.

At the age of eleven, he went to a village school and read four books. At the age of twelve, I went to a foreign house. I saw it from my mother, just like a monk. At the age of 14, he dropped out of business, did not quit work, and had the ambition to be born. Married at the age of seventeen, he dreamed of going to Mingsi and had a strong ambition to be born. At the age of 19, he was engaged in business in Shenyang. During the war between China and Japan, Lun Jianli, his father died. To work in the military camp, to support the family, and to learn astrology and acrobatics. It is worth the loss of my mother. If I want to become a Taoist, I will not succeed. At the age of 26, the Allied Army entered Beijing and fled to Yingkou after tossing and turning in the flames of war. It set up a Jishengtang pharmacy and incorporated it into the lecture hall to tell the cause and effect. It spent its spare time studying Shurangama and had deep understanding.

In the three years of the Republic of China, the book "Yin Yang Miao Chang" was published in Shanghai. Later, it said that it was a mixture of Buddhism and Taoism. In the same year, I went to Zifu Temple in Hongluo Mountain in Beijing to listen to the lecture of the old monk Baoyi. I wanted to become a monk, but failed. In the sixth year of the Republic of China, at the age of forty-three, he decided to take off the white and went to Tianjin from home. He was introduced by the Qingchi monk of the Qing monastery, the Gaoming Temple of Lilaishui County, the Yinkui monk shaved and ran, went to the Guanzong Temple in Zhejiang Province, and studied in the temple. Master Shidixian lived in Guanzong and preached the Tiantai teachings. His fame spread far and wide. The master was eager to ask for advice and entered the country at a tremendous speed. He also gave instructions to make Gonghong change the north. There are tiger and leopard from the praise of the group. In seven years, Digong went to Beijing with his teacher, and next year Digong went to Wulei Mountain to preach a sermon. The monk Qingchi was a professor, and the teacher went to Tianjin Qingshu Academy to act as the principal of the monastery, and still returned to the monastery after the martial law period.

In the ninth year, a classmate, the abbot of Zen Meditation, wanted to invite Buddhist scriptures for Zen Meditation. He went north with his master to raise money and arrived at Yingkou. The drugstore set up by the master was still in existence. After hearing the instructions of the master, his wife, a surname, returned to Zen Meditation and chanted Buddhism in the long study. There are four sons, and the second son is also a monk. Ten years later, the teacher went to Jingxing to lecture on the moon. Turn to Shenyang Wanshou Temple to be the keynote speaker of Buddhist studies and create Yingkou Lengyan Temple. In the 12th year, Harbin Blissful Temple and Changchun Prajna Temple were founded. And revitalize Shenyang Prajna Temple. The temples are more than a thousand miles away from each other, and the teacher is still the chief speaker of Wanshou Temple, who takes the time to tour and supervise and lecture anywhere. Twelve years later, the keynote speaker expired and became the first abbot of Harbin Blissful Temple. Thirteen years later, the Blissful Temple was completed. In the fourteenth year, Digong Fu Shi was named the Forty-fourth generation of family members of the Tiantai Sect. In the same year, he went to the Berlin Temple in Beijing to lecture on the Shurangama Sutra, served as the abbot of the Maitreya Academy in the Nanxiao Street in Xizhimen, set up a Buddhist Academy, and went to Japan to participate in the East Asian Buddhist Association. He travelled to and from the northeastern provinces of North China. In the 17th year, he succeeded the abbot of Beijing Fayuan Temple. Fayuan is a famous temple in Beijing. The Fengjun General Counselor Yang's Qinshi Daoxing strongly advocated the matter. When the Northern Expedition arrived, the division made clear and left. In the 18th year, he invited Digong to Harbin to preach the precepts, so the teacher withdrew from the hospital and went to the Prajna Temple in Shenyang to run a monk school. In the past 20 years, the Lengyan Temple in Yingkou was completed, and the first abbot was Yanchan. Next year, the Prajna Temple in Changchun will be completed. Disciple Shu Pei will be the first abbot. After the September 18th Incident, the Shenyang Monk School will be dissolved. General Zhu Ziqiao, the former governor of the East China Special Administrative Region, used to be a powerful protector of the Blissful Temple. Now he presided over the relief work in Shaanxi. He invited his teacher to Xi'an to preach the sermons, served as the abbot of Daxingshan Temple, and set up a Buddhist Academy. In July of the 21st year, Digong was relocated, and the teacher heard the obituary and went to the funeral. At the request of the Song Dynasty Sutra Collection Association, he took the glass version of the Qisha Sutra Collection and took a boat to Tongguan to change trains. Along the banks of the Weihe River, bandits came and went, and survived hardships and dangers, and finally arrived in Shanghai. This year, at the request of Good Faith, Qingdao Zhanshan Temple was founded. In the 23rd year, he was the first abbot of Zhanshan Temple, and in the 31st year, he revived Tianjin Great Compassion Hall. Thirty-three years later, Zhanshan withdrew from the hospital, but the project has not been completed.

He became a monk in his middle age and wore a patriarchal seal. His career is mainly to preach the scriptures and build a temple. The appearance is huge, and the sound is like a flood bell. Every time the seat is raised, four people gather together, and the gap leads to the orifices. None of them can be heard as expected, so the gentry embrace the comet, and the Tanshi mountains accumulate. The construction of the temple began in the northeast and ended in Qingdao. It is grand, broad, refined and strict. It is extremely prosperous. Zhanshan is the most famous one. It has spared no effort to restore the old temples, including the Prajna Temple in Shenyang and the Great Compassion Courtyard in Tianjin. Buddhist academies should be set up in every temple as far as possible to cultivate the talents of later generations. Zhanshan is also known as the master of Zhanshan in the world. His life is based on teaching and performing the Tiantai and practicing the Pure Land of Buddhism. He usually teaches the later generations to practice the concept of Buddhism. He also earnestly exhorts others to chant Buddhism when meeting people. His disciples have no idea of how to get rid of it from the deep prediction of Buddha chanting.

In a total of thirty years, the Sutra of Mind has been taught sixty-four times, the Vajra Sutra forty-two times, the Sutra of Amitabha twenty-four times, the Sutra of Shurangama thirty-four times, and other sutras have been annotated several times. As far as we can, we can make our own plans, or help our disciples to guide us. With the purpose of our disciples, we have built nine ten-party jungles, 70 branches of Hongfa, and 13 Buddhist academies, all of which are used to teach and perform the Tiantai, practice the Pure Land of Buddhism, and hold Buddhism. He also successively invited one or two lawyers from Cizhou Hong to Zhanshan to preach the law, and pushed them to the temples of the same family. They all held noon to end the summer, and strictly purified the Buddha, which is rarely seen in northern Buddhism.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Prajna Temple in Changchun invited the teacher to preach the precepts in thirty-six years. The next year, it returned to the south. It was the time of the Changchun War. The people who had a rough road arrived in Shenyang on three days out of ten, and then returned to Qingdao. At the request of the seat, they recounted their life stories. Disciple Daguang's notes were the memoirs of the shadow dust. In the thirty-eight years, at the request of Hong Kong people, he came south to Hong Kong to promote Dharma and stayed at the Xitsuen Wan Dharma Worship House. He successively established the South China Buddhist Academy, the Buddhist Scripture Printing Office, the Library, the Tiantai Worship House, the Dharma Worship Hall, the Digong Memorial Hall, the Castle Peak Blissful Temple, the Clear Water Bay Zhanshan Temple, etc. The teacher is now an octogenarian, still lecturing and receiving people, and has no time to relax. Ju Heng shows that the main purpose of learning Buddhism is to see through, put down, and be at ease, so as to meet the three virtues of Shurangama. I rose up in the street and traveled south to learn. In three years, I explored the mystery. The people who return to the north to do Buddhist things, and the refined blue is everywhere, and the writings and other things are like clouds and rain. The people who are directly influenced by them, and those who are indirectly influenced by them, do not worry about millions of people, and they are willing to come back, which is enough to add luster to the history of religion. On the 22nd day of June in the summer calendar of 1963, he died, and his life was 89 years old. The monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, and the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks, the monks. On August 12, Zuosu followed the Dharma, and his disciples presented more than 1000 jin of sandalwood and aloes. After smelling the incense for several miles, he seized more than 4000 grains of Buddhist relics. The tower was built at the foot of Zhanshan Mountain in Clear Water Bay, Kowloon. The writings and disciple records are the Vajraya Sutra handout, Vajraya Sutra Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-Heart-to-, The memoirs of disciple Daguang and Yingchen and the record of showing silence were compiled into the Dharma Collection of Master Zhanshan and incorporated into the Chinese Sutra.

For details of the master's biography, see the master's oral autobiography "Memoirs of Shadow Dust".

2、 Master Tanxu revealed: What is the heart of Buddhism

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Master Tanxu pointed out that the heart is the center of the world, and Buddhism is the center of the heart

The human heart is the center of the world. If the human heart is good, the world will be good; When people are bad, the world is bad.

But there is also a center in the human heart. What is the center of the human heart? Buddhism is the center of human heart.

Since ancient times, the government and religion have been consistent, and the government has unified the people, and the education has changed the people; It is already time to govern, but it is not time to educate. Buddhism can complement the inadequacy of politics and education, so that people can understand the cause and effect and have awe in their hearts; If you have respect, you should respect and praise the superior, and support them; If you are afraid, you should act with your heart in mind, follow the rules and don't dare to act foolishly. So if you want to think that the center of the world is not bad, you must first correct your heart; If we want to correct our hearts, we must advocate Buddhism; In order to promote Buddhism, it is necessary to promote Buddhism in general.

What is Buddhism? All the teachings that Buddha says are Dharma.

To put it simply, Buddha's perception is people's perception; That is to say, awareness, or understanding. The meaning of Dharma is "self holding, organism solving". In simple terms, it means methods, rules and appearances; What is Buddhism? Teaching is to enlighten, teach, and unify. In other words, it means to know later by prophets, and to know later by foresight; Teach people in a very clear way and with a very clear truth; Educate people, make everyone (including all living beings in the nine dharma realms) aware, and restore their original knowledge, awareness and instinct; I also know my own. (Now people are all working on what they know, what they feel, what they know, and what they can do, so there are disputes.)

This truth is not limited to the Buddha, we do not have enough; It is not that the Buddha established such rules and regulations in order to follow the feudal system and control the top and the bottom, but that everyone has their own. However, because Buddha is an enlightened man, after he understood this truth, he systematically stated these theories in order (that is, the Sanzang Twelve Scriptures), so that our enlightened beings can also follow this principle, so that everyone can know the original knowledge; Consciousness; Understand Benjamin.

Therefore, to advocate Buddhism, we can go beyond the three realms, achieve the holy fruit and prove the Dharma body; To put it more simply, it can take care of the heart and make the country peaceful and the world peaceful.

For example, the most basic things in Buddhism:

First: Don't let people have a bad heart to kill (even all the causes, causes, methods and karma of killing)

Second: Don't let people have the desire to steal (even all the reasons, causes, laws and industries of theft)

Third: Don't let people have an immoral and lewd heart (even all lewd causes, reasons, laws and deeds)

Kill, steal, commit adultery, and commit suicide. For these three things, I don't know how many people in the world dishonor the name of mourning; I don't know how many people commit crimes for this. From small to large, social customs can be changed; It can affect social security. Therefore, the Dharma urges people to first use various methods to make people abstain from killing, stealing, prostitution and body. Second, abstain from the four evil deeds, and do not instigate right and wrong with two tongues; Don't swear and hurt others; Don't lie and lose credibility; Don't be sarcastic. Then let people abstain from greed, hatred, delusion, and prefer to die rather than covet extraneous and unjustifiable property, and do not have hatred, hatred and hatred, and intend to fight with others; Don't do all unreasonable stupid things. If people all over the world can keep their body, mouth and mind in check at all times, recite and eliminate greed, hatred and delusion, and do these ten things from beginning to end, and believe in the world, they will become popular without teaching; There is no more murder, arson, rape, theft, and adultery; There is no more fighting between right and wrong, bullying the weak with the strong, and killing the few with the masses. Dharma is the bright light of the long night; It is a rescue boat in the vast sea; It's the rain in the fireworks house. As long as you believe, you can let everyone get cool from the heat; It can let everyone get away from the bitter sea and reach the other shore; Can let everyone out of the dark and light.

Reference materials for this article: Master Tan Xu's network materials

在传播国学佛法的路上，倓虚大师等无量高僧大德做出了突出贡献。

---- 诸葛长青

   阿弥陀佛。

   在国学佛法传播路上，无量高僧大德做出了突出贡献。

   倓虚大师（倓：tán）就是其中一位，他一生弘法。令人赞叹。诸葛长青把倓虚大师故事分享有缘者。

   倓虚大师（tán）,，生于光绪元年六月初一日，师讳隆衔，字倓虚，河北宁河王氏子，俗名福庭，自称“湛山老人”是中国佛教界盛传的“三虚”之一。于民国初年开始，弘法东北各省，踏遍白山黑水和南北各地，最后渡海南来，在香江讲学，缁素受益者甚众。倓虚中年出家，多在北方各地讲经说法，重修、兴建道场无数，其中就有大名鼎鼎的北京“法源寺”。一生致力于“僧伽教育”，认为“佛法弘扬本在僧”，若无人弘法，不待外人摧残，佛教本身就会消灭，故在每个道场完成后，皆创办佛学院，培育僧才。
   中国佛教界盛传的“三虚”之一（ 主要成就国三大高僧: 禅宗虚云法师、天台宗倓虚法师、唯识宗太虚法师, 并称"民国三虚"。）
   一、倓虚大师简介

    诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。倓虚大师一生奉献佛法，功德无量。

   倓虚(1875—1963) 法号隆衔，俗名王福庭。河北宁河人。佛教天台宗近世传人，中国现代佛学家。原青岛湛山寺方丈。1917年于河北省涞水县瓦宅村高明寺出家。不久，在浙江宁波观宗寺受具足戒，拜天台宗第四十三代传人谛闲法师为师。 1925年被正式接纳为天台宗第四十四代法嗣。是年代表中国佛教界出席在日本召开的“东亚佛教联合会”。创建营口楞严寺、哈尔滨极乐寺、长春般若寺、复兴沈阳般若寺、复兴沈阳永安寺、天津大悲院、西安大兴善寺等，在北京弥勒院开办佛学院并主持北京古刹法源寺。1931年在西安大兴善寺任住持并传戒办学。1932年到青岛创建湛山寺并任住持。1935年创办湛山寺佛学院。曾到即墨、平度、龙口、烟台、济南等地弘法。1949年到广州主持复兴光孝寺，后移锡香港。1950年当选为香港佛教联合会第一任会长。其后数届当选均以老病婉辞，集中精力于佛教教育事业。在香港先后创办了华南佛学院、天台弘法精舍、谛闲大师纪念堂、中华佛教图书馆、青山极乐寺佛教印经处等。他毕生致力于振兴佛教，弘扬佛法，主张丛林学院化，学院丛林化，创建丛林、佛学院多处，培养佛学人才广布海内外。他在僧寺的管理方面，施行住持十方选贤，任期3年，信徒供养住持的财务归公有等改革的措施。
   主要著作有《阴阳妙常说》、《金刚经讲义》、《般若波罗密多心经讲义》、《大乘起信论讲义》、《天台传佛心印记注释要》、《始终心要义记》、《普门品讲录》、《影尘回忆录》、《读书随笔》、《湛山文钞》、《念佛论》、《僧璨大师信心名略解》、《永嘉玄觉禅师证道略解》等，已出版24种。因其佛学造诣深厚，功德卓著，以他为代表的佛学学派被称为“湛山学派”。
    有善知识用文言文总结了倓虚大师一生：

   师讳隆衔，字倓虚，河北宁河王氏子，俗名福庭，父讳德清，母张氏，世有隐德，母梦梵僧求寄宿，翌日师生，时光绪元年六月初一日也。

   三岁不能呼父母，惟言吃斋二字，至五六岁，母又梦师为僧。

   十一岁，入乡塾，读四子书。十二岁偶至外家，其从母望见之，俨然僧也。十四岁辍读习商，不卒业，有出世志。十七岁成婚，旋梦至冥司，出世志弥坚。十九岁营商沈阳。值中日之战，仑促旋里，父已逝世。入军营任事，籍以赡家，医卜星相杂技，皆学习之。更值母丧，欲出家为道士，不果。二十六岁，联军入京，辗转兵火中，逃至营口，设济生堂药店，并入宣讲堂，讲述因果，以余暇研读楞严，深有会心。

   民国三年，著阴阳妙常说，在上海出版，其后自言为佛教与外道杂糅之作，不足存也。是年赴北京红螺山资福寺听宝一老和尚讲经，欲出家，又不果。民国六年，四十三岁，决志脱白，离家潜赴天津，由清修院清池和尚介绍，礼涞水县高明寺，印魁和尚剃染，赴浙江观宗寺圆具，留寺习教。时谛闲大师住观宗，传天台教法，道誉远播，师倾心请益，进境奇速，谛公欲使公宏化北方，亦特予指授，有虎豹生来自不群之褒。七年，谛公赴北京，师随往，明年谛公又赴五磊山传戒，清池和尚为教授，师赴天津清修院代主院事，戒期后仍返观宗。
    九年，同学观宗住持禅定法师，欲为观宗请藏经，偕师北上募缘，抵营口，师所设药店尚存，夫人某氏，闻师开示，遂归依禅定法师，长斋念佛。子四人，二子后亦出家。十年，师赴阱陉讲经匝月。旋至沈阳万寿寺任僧学主讲，创建营口楞严寺。十二年，创建哈尔滨极乐寺，长春般若寺。并中兴沈阳般若寺。各寺相去远者千余里，师仍任万寿寺主讲，抽暇巡回督导并随地讲经。十二年，主讲期满，任哈尔滨极乐寺首任住持。十三年，极乐寺成。十四年，谛公付师以天台宗第四十四代法眷，法名今衔。是年赴北京柏林寺讲楞严经，任西直门内南小街弥勒院住持，设佛学院，赴日本参加东亚佛教联合会，由是往来于华北东北各省。十七年，继任北京法源寺住持。法源为北京名刹，奉军总参议杨氏钦师道行，力主其事，北伐军至，师交待清楚而去。十八年请谛公至哈尔滨传戒，师遂退院，赴沈阳般若寺办僧学。二十年，营口楞严寺成，延禅定法师为首任住持。明年长春般若寺成，弟子澍培，为首任住持，时甫经九一八事变，沈阳僧学解散。前东省特别行政区长官朱子桥将军，曩为极乐寺有力外护，斯时在陕西主持赈务，请师至西安传戒讲经，任大兴善寺住持，设佛学院。二十一年七月，谛公迁化，师闻讣奔丧，并受影印宋版藏经会之托，携碛砂藏经玻璃版，乘船至潼关换车。渭河沿岸，盗贼出没，备历艰险，卒得安抵上海。是年应善信之请，创建青岛湛山寺。二十三年，任湛山寺首任住持，三十一年，重兴天津大悲院。三十三年，由湛山退院，工程尚未全部完成。
    师中年出家，佩台宗法印，生平职志以讲经宏法建寺安僧为主。状貌魁梧，声如洪钟，每一升座，四众云集，披隙导窍，莫不如所愿闻，以是缙绅拥彗，檀施山积。建寺始于东北，迄于青岛，皆宏广精严，极鸟革翚飞之盛，而以湛山为最，并以余力恢复各旧寺，沈阳般若寺，天津大悲院其最著者。尽可能于各寺设佛学院，造就后起人才，亦以湛山为盛，世以湛山大师称之，生平以教演天台，行宗净土为本，平时教导后学修止观念佛，逢人亦谆谆劝人念佛，门下以念佛功深预知时至而得解脱者不知凡几。

   综计三十年中，讲心经六十四遍，金刚经四十二遍，弥陀经二十四遍，楞严经十三四遍，其他经论疏注各数遍不等。行化所及，躬自擘划，或援手指导，与夫弟子秉承宗旨，凡建十方丛林九所，宏法支院七十所，佛学院十三所，皆以教演天台，行宗净土，住持佛法。又先后延请慈舟弘一两律师至湛山讲律，推之同系各寺，皆持午结夏，严净毗尼，北方佛教中不多睹也。
   抗日胜利，长春般若寺于三十六年请师传戒，翌年南返，值长春战争，崎岖道路者十有三日，始达沈阳，转车返青岛，应座下之请，缕述生平事迹，弟子大光笔记为影尘回忆录。三十八年，应香港众善信请，南来香港弘法，驻锡荃湾弘法精舍，陆续创立华南学佛院、佛教印经处、图书馆、天台精舍、弘法佛堂、谛公纪念堂、青山极乐寺、清水湾湛山寺等。师已年登耄耋，仍讲学接众，日无暇逸。居恒示人学佛要旨为看破、放下、自在，以合于楞严三德，闻者意解。师以市廛奋起，南游参学，于三年之中，尽窥奥秘。北归大作佛事，精蓝遍地，著述等事，说法如云如雨，直接受其甄陶，与间接蒙其影响归向佛门者，无虑数百万人，洵为乘愿再来，足以增辉教史也。一九六三年夏历六月廿二日示寂，世寿八十九，僧腊戒腊皆四十六，法腊三十八。八月十二日遵制荼毗，缁素弟子奉旃檀沉香千余斤，香闻数里，检获舍利四千余粒，塔建于九龙清水湾之湛山山麓。所著述及弟子记录者，为金刚经讲义、金刚经亲闻记、心经义疏、心经讲义、心经亲闻记、心经讲录、楞严经妙玄要旨、普贤行愿品随闻记、普门品讲录、大乘起信论讲义、天台传佛心印记注释要、始终心要义记、信心铭略解、证道歌略解、念佛论、湛山文钞、讲演录等，弟子大光并影尘回忆录及示寂记辑为湛山大师法汇，编入中华续藏经中。
   关于大师的传记，详见大师口述自传《影尘回忆录》。

    二、倓虚大师开示：什么是人心佛法

   诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。倓虚大师指出，人心就是世界的中心，而佛教是人心的中心......
    人心就是世界的中心，人心好，世界就好；人心坏，世界就坏。

   可是人心也有一个中心，什么是人心的中心？佛教就是人心的中心。

   自古政教一致，政以齐民，教以化民；政齐其已然，教化其未然。佛教可以辅政治之不足，助教育之不及，使人们各各明白因果，心有所敬畏；有所敬，则对在上者，尊重赞叹，承事供养；有所畏，则在做事时，举心动念，循规蹈矩，不敢有一丝胡作妄为。所以欲想世界的中心不坏，必先改正人心；欲想改正人心，必须提倡佛教；欲提倡佛教，必须普遍的宏扬佛法。
   什么是佛法？凡佛所说之言教，都是佛法。

   简单来说，佛者觉也，就是人们的知觉；也就是觉悟，也可以说是明白。法以「自体任持，轨生物解」为义，简单来说，就是方法、法则、样子；什么是佛教？教就是教化、教导、统起来说，就是以先知知后知，以先觉觉后觉；用一种极明白的方法，极明白的道理，来教导人心；教化人心，让每一个人（包括九法界众生）都觉悟明了，恢复原有的本知、本觉、本能；也明白自己的本明。（现在人都在所知、所觉、所明、上做活计，有所必有能，能所对待，故有争执。）
   这种道理，并不是只限于佛具足，我们不具足；也并不是佛以封建制度，以在上而统制在下，立出这么些条文来，让我们遵照去行，而是人人本具，个个不无的。不过因佛是一个先觉者，他明白了这种道理之后，把这些理论有系统有次第的述说出来(就是三藏十二部经)，让我们未开悟的众生，也遵照这种本具原理去行，使人人都知道本知；觉悟本觉；明白本明。
   所以提倡佛法，往远大一点说，可以超出三界，成圣果，证法身；往浅近一点说，可以摄心不坏，使国家安泰，世界和平。

  例如佛教里最基本的几件事：
   第一：不让人有惨忍的好杀心（乃至一切杀因、杀缘、杀法、杀业。）
   第二：不让人有不与取的偷盗心（乃至一切盗因、盗缘、盗法、盗业）
   第三：不让人有非礼的邪淫心（乃至一切淫因、淫缘、淫法、淫业）  

   杀、盗、淫、是身三业，世界为了这三件事，不知有多少人辱名丧节；也不知有多少人为此而作奸犯科。由小而大，可以移易社会风俗；可以影响社会治安。所以佛法劝人，首先用种种方法，让人戒除杀、盗、淫、身三业。次戒除口四恶业，不两舌调唆是非；不恶口骂人伤人；不妄言说谎话失信用；不绮语说刻薄俏皮话。再让人戒除意三业贪、嗔、痴、宁死不贪分外无义的财物，不怀嗔恨怨憎心，立意与人斗殴打架；不办一切不合理的愚痴事。假使全世界人能时时检点身口意，念念息灭贪嗔痴，彻始彻终，把这十件事做到，相信世界，会不教而民化；不言而民治，再也没那些杀人放火，奸盗邪淫的事了；再也没那些是非斗争，以强凌弱，以众暴寡的事了。佛法是漫漫长夜的明灯，无幽不照；是茫茫大海的救艇，无人不载；是焰焰火宅的淋雨，无热不息。只要你信的话，可以让每一个人离热恼而得清凉；可以让每一个人离苦海而达彼岸；可以让每一个人出幽暗而至于光明。  

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Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

(Zhuge Changqing: zhuge8031@163.com ）

Zhuge Changqing mailbox：

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

（诸葛长青：zhuge8031@163.com）

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