金山校區

校區與建築

校本部24.9113公頃完整的校地，座落新北市金山區大屯山下，緊鄰法鼓山15公頃的佛教教育園區，俯視金山平原與太平洋，可看山亦可觀海。校園建築以簡約質樸及環保為設計理念，因形依勢融合於自然之中。

第一期校園建築禪悅書苑、揚生館及綜合大樓。

禪悅書苑主要功能涵蓋住宿與圖書閱覽，其中圖書館位於書苑建築群中的「麗英館」；揚生館具備學生活動、禪修瑜伽、健身等功能；綜合大樓則兼具教學、行政與生活等機能。

「法鼓文理學院」啟航

釋惠敏　法鼓文理學院 校長

（本文發表於《人生》雜誌373期，2014.9）

2014 年 7 月 28 日，教育部舉行「法鼓人文社會學院」與「法鼓佛教學院」 合併審議會，經過法鼓學校法人代表簡報及審議委員提問答詢，由審議會議決： 通過兩校合併，校名為「法鼓文理學院」。法鼓山創辦人聖嚴法師多年的「大願 興學」終於成就；之後，方丈和尚果東法師代表法鼓山向長期協助的教育部致謝， 圓滿各方情義。

心得

Chris Rowe

December 2009

DI-LA!

This is it!

I never thought I would be able to do my master’s degree in Buddhist Studies, here in the resourceful DILA. My father could openly attest to this, I am certain.

            I am a first year student at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal and Arts. I would like to share my personal experience as a student at DILA and the reasons why I applied to this school.

            Actually this is my second time studying at this school. I used to be a visiting student when this school was located in Peitou. My first impression of DILA is its dedication to the academic study of Buddhism.  There are a variety of courses offered for students. Professors have studied and gained their degrees from many different countries in the world, like Japan, America, Europe, Taiwan, Tibet, India, and Nepal etc. Each professor has his/her unique techniques and characteristics in studying and teaching Buddhism that allows students to approach Buddhist scholarship in several different ways. For example, these approaches include the traditional skill of reading and interpreting the Buddhist canon and Buddhist literature, which refers to Buddhist study and theory today. In those popular courses, students build up a better understanding of Buddhist doctrines and history for study and research in the future. Other professors also give students insights into the state of current Buddhist Studies in the scholar community worldwide. This trains students to find problems during their study and search for solutions and answers to questions.  For me, these professors are reliable for students in terms of academic study and also willing to help students individually at DILA.

          Another distinctive character of DILA is language study. To help students read ancient Buddhist texts and modern scholarly papers DILA offers languages that are necessary for Buddhist study, like Japanese, Sanskrit, Pali, and Tibetan.  Every student selects languages according to the field and area they choose. This is very good language training for students who decide to specialize in scholarly Buddhist studies. As I know, Japanese reading is one of the best trainings at DILA. Most students are able to read Japanese Buddhist texts after one year of training. At DILA there are many professors who specialize in one or two languages. To learn languages for Buddhist studies DILA offers a great quality and selection for its students.                

            There is another thing I have to mention about DILA, which is its environment. What makes DILA so unique is its location. DILA is located on a mountain where people are able to see the ocean and hear the sound of the creek along with both sides of the Buddhist Sangha Community and DILA. Yes, the Sangha community is next to DILA. Students are able to experience conventional Buddhist life while they literally study Buddhism at DILA. Buddhism dose not exit in books or classes, is not just what people talk about, it exists in real life. In this way students learn the traditions, cultures, and practices of Buddhism, specially of the Chan school, at DILA. DILA is a relatively small school and everybody almost knows each other. With spiritual inspiration and influence people in the mountain create a quiet and peaceful environment which becomes an outstanding place for students to study Buddhism.

「學佛修行」與「佛學研究」

碩士班一年級 釋常光

報考碩士班之前，曾在僧團服務一段時間。隨著領職時間的增長，越益感到自己的不足，於是希望在教理與實修方面，有更多的學習與成長，以期增進奉獻能力的深度及廣度。

緬懷哲人「遠紹如來，近光遺法」

智諦2014.12.07

三年前的一個因緣，開始"實習"弘法工作時才發現，自己學習與為人講說，是非常不同的。自己學習少了對思考的檢視，腦袋裡就好像裝了一些自己認為理所當然，但又缺乏實證的觀點；這樣地為人講說，感覺像是望風補影，幸好有如印順長老、聖嚴長老的著作能為參考。從此中才真實感到佛法的浩瀚，實在不是閉門造車可百得一獲的。在這種不足感的驅使下，讓我萌生進修的願望。在台灣雖然不乏宗教學系，另外還有教團的佛學院，但法鼓文理學院的特色是獨具的，這裡不但重視人文科學的方法，研究範圍也非常寬廣，涵蓋了教典的三大系統：漢傳、南傳，與藏傳佛教，實在是終身學習的寶庫，因此我選擇了法鼓文理學院，作為探求佛法、深入研究的處所。

離開學校多年，如今又重新回到校的課桌上，有共同學習的師友相伴，學習不再是孤獨、枯躁和無趣的差事。人生當中，"學生"是最幸福的時光，相信走過這段人生道路的人，會同意我的想法。這裡的學風自由，但並沒有離開道場的嚴整與肅穆，就如院訓所說「研究和修持」、「道業與學業」並進，不是信戒無基的學習。研究佛法的目的，除了藉由研究來深入經藏的意趣，更是要擔負宏傳佛法之重責，內弘外化，本來就是僧團的責任與傳統。考察兩千五百年的佛教歷史，僧伽基於洞察力、勇氣和信念，發揮創造力，克服了時代的挑戰，他們的成就不只是延續了佛法的傳弘，更發揮了佛法的潛質，創造出炯異於過往的新局，於是佛教有了新生，人類的文明有了新的維度。相反地，當僧伽未能適當地回應這些挑戰時，佛教就衰退、變質。在現代教育普及，講求科學實證的年代，僧伽如何在物質文明發達的現代，提倡佛法超世的精神價值，建設理智健全的精神文明，就是現代僧伽的重要使命。

學佛與佛學

學僧：真地

於佛所證，所教之法，信受奉行，稱之為「學佛」，是每一位佛弟子的目標也是本分。「佛學」即佛法或佛教之學，以經典乃至於佛教相關之藝術、文學等為中心所形成之研究學科，可說是佛弟子或非佛教徒之學習標的。

學佛與佛學間是否存在著矛盾，亦或為相輔相成的關係？若說學佛略傾向於實踐佛陀之教導；佛學略偏重於理解佛陀之教義，可說，過於實踐易淪為盲修瞎練；偏於研究則與出離解脫相去甚遠。事實上，從理性思考上，學佛與佛學兩者應如鳥二翼不可偏廢一方。學士班的學習多以老師上課為主，然研究所中的學習，則需要同學主動學習，多數上課時間是由同學們報告互相學習，教授從旁指導。然而，當所花費的精力多著重於學習新語言，以及找資料、分析，寫報告時，於感性的認知上，曾一度迷惘學佛與佛學之間該如何平衡？