上人思想體系探究叢書第一冊 THE PRINCIPLES OF MASTER CHENG YEN'S TEACHING VOL 1
About Master Cheng Yen
Dharma Master Cheng Yen was born in 1937 in a small town in Taichung County, Taiwan. When she was twenty-three years old, she left home to become a Buddhist nun, and was instructed by her mentor, Venerable Master Yin Shun, to work “for Buddha’s teachings, for sentient beings.” In 1966, she founded a charity, which later turned into the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, to “help the poor and educate the rich”—to give material aid to the needy and inspire love and humanity in both givers and recipients.
In recent years, Master Cheng Yen’s contributions have been increasingly recognized by the global community. In 2011, she was recognized with the Roosevelt Institute’s FDR Distinguished Public Service Award and was named to the 2011 TIME 100 list of the world’s most influential people. In 2014, she was presented with Rotary International’s Award of Honor in recognition of her humanitarian efforts and contributions to world peace.
Introduction
The Footprints of Master Cheng Yen is a quarterly publication. Each issue includes an essay called “Selected Topics on Master Cheng Yen’s Teachings,” written by Master Cheng Yen’s monastic disciples on important topics that Master Cheng Yen discussed during that season. Sometimes, the essays use important events in Tzu Chi as a means of elucidating Master Cheng Yen’s teachings. They sometimes also outline the origin, formation, and development of her ideas. From the spring of 1996 to the summer of 2003, thirty of these essays were written over eight years. These were later revised and compiled into The Principles of Master Cheng Yen’s Teachings for publication.
The Principles of Master Cheng Yen’s Teachings, Volume 1 provides a thorough overview of the development of Dharma Master Cheng Yen’s Tzu Chi teachings from the spring of 1996 to the winter of 1997. Through a description of events from this period of time, the inspiration for her teachings is made clear. These events, ranging from case visits to disaster relief work, provide context to the principles of Master Cheng Yen’s teachings, making them relevant and easily related to the work of present-day Tzu Chi volunteers, both in Taiwan and abroad.
關於證嚴上人：
證嚴上人於一九三七年，出生於臺灣臺中清水。上人服膺上印下順導師「為佛教、為眾生」之慈示奉持不懈。一九六六年創辦佛教克難慈濟功德會，自此展開「濟貧教富」的工作。慈濟世界在法師慈悲呵護下，數十年來，一步一步地堅實茁壯；發展為慈善、醫療、教育、人文四大志業，以及國際賑災、環境保護、社區志工、骨髓捐贈八大腳印，透過親手拔除眾生的苦痛，以善與大愛膚慰人間。近年來，證嚴上人的貢獻獲得國際間一致推崇；於2011年獲美國羅斯福基金會頒贈「傑出公共服務獎」， 並被時代雜誌列為2011年全球百大最具影響力人物。2014年獲頒國際扶輪社「最高榮譽獎」，肯定證嚴上人對於人道主義精神與世界和平的貢獻。
內容簡介：
《證嚴上人衲履足跡》於每年依四季出版四冊，每一季付梓之書皆附有一篇「主題思想」長文，由常隨弟子撰文闡述當季證嚴上人之重要理念，或是透過慈濟重要事件以顯明上人思想，或是針對上人思想之源流、形成與發展加以整理。始自一九九六年春至二○○三年夏，八年來得文三十篇，經稍修訂後結集成冊出版成《證嚴上人思想體系探究叢書第一輯》。
《證嚴上人思想體系探究叢書第一輯》(第一冊)英文版涵蓋了證嚴上人於一九九六年春季至一九九七年冬季之理念及思想。書中透過當時的事件描述，闡明上人開示的時空背景及緣由；上人開示時所引述之時事包括個案訪視及救災過程，皆與當今海內外的慈濟志工投入志業的經驗息息相關。
