作者簡介
林妙貞，台灣台南人，國立中央大學哲學研究所博士，以天台佛學及儒釋道圓教思想於生命教
育與生命實踐為主要之研究領域和研究方向。著有《試析佛法身之「自我坎陷」與天台圓教「性惡法門」之關係》（收錄於佛光山《法藏文庫》――「中國佛教學術論典」）及多篇學術論文。

提要

本文主要透過探究天台圓教之淨土觀，除簡別天台圓教之淨土觀與傳統淨土思想於理念、目的與實踐方法上之異同外，進一步探究天台圓教於「淨土」與「究竟涅槃」之關係思想，以及對於「淨土」之「權實」問題之闡釋。其次，藉由說明當代人間淨土之三種認知，從而闡明
天台圓教於「人間」與「淨土」之關係，即由淨土經典所引發此方（穢）與彼方（淨）之殊異背離，如何由天台圓教「一念無明法性心即具三千」思想圓融詮解，進而突顯天台圓教於「人間淨土」之實義乃「人間即淨土」。最後，並說明天台圓教之即于人間具體修證觀行（實踐）
之「人間性」特質與精神。目目
次第一章 導 論 ···························································· 1
第一節 研究動機與目的 ··········································· 1
一、研究動機 ······················································ 1
二、研究目的 ······················································ 6
第二節 研究文獻及資料 ··········································· 9一、經典文獻 ······················································ 9
二、近代研究 ···················································· 19
第三節 研究進路與章節結構·································· 19
第二章 佛經中之淨土思想······································· 25
第一節 淨土之義涵與緣起 ····································· 25
一、淨土之義涵 ················································· 25（一）
「淨土」之名詞義 ····························· 25（二）「淨土」之動詞義 ····························· 27
二、淨土之緣起 ················································· 31（一）由大願·············································· 31（二）由善根·············································· 33
第二節 淨土之種類與等級 ····································· 35
一、淨土種類與分級之因 ·································· 35
二、淨土之種類 ················································· 38（一）他方淨土 ·········································· 38（二）唯心淨土 ·········································· 44（三）人間淨土 ·········································· 46
三、淨土之等級 ················································· 48（一）各宗之說法 ······································ 48（二）淨土之位階 ······································ 53
第三節 淨土分類之義涵 ········································· 55
一、修證理念與目的 ········································· 55
二、修證方式之歧異 ········································· 63
第三章 天台圓教之淨土思想與演變 ······················· 75
第一節 天台智者之淨土思想·································· 75
一、「四淨土」說及其義涵 ································ 75
二、淨土與涅槃之相即不二 ······························ 84
第二節 四明知禮之淨土思想·································· 87
一、淨土與實相之權實不二 ······························ 87
二、淨土與唯心之圓融不二 ······························ 91－目 1－次天台圓教之淨土義與人間淨土之修證實踐

第三節 台淨合流之現象 ········································· 96
一、天台之西方淨土化 ····································· 97
二、天台之唯心淨土化 ··································· 103（一）圓辯道琛之「唯心即淨土」 ·········· 104（二）蕅益智旭之「西方即是唯心土」 ·· 106
第四章 天台圓教之「人間性」與「人間淨土」義···································································· 115
第一節 天台圓教之「人間性」 ···························· 115
一、「一念三千」義 ········································· 118
二、「十界互具」論 ········································· 126
三、「諸法實相」義 ········································· 131
第二節 天台圓教之「人間淨土」義 ···················· 137
一、「人間淨土」之三種認知及義涵 ··············· 137
二、「人間」與「淨土」之關係 ······················ 149
三、天台圓教之「人間即淨土」 ···················· 153
第五章 天台圓教底「人間淨土」之修證與實踐 · 163
第一節 天台圓教底「人間淨土」之修證 ············· 163
一、五悔與二十五方便 ··································· 165
二、十境與十乘觀法 ······································· 169
第二節 天台圓教底「人間淨土」之實踐 ············· 182
一、自行唯在空中，利他三千赴物 ················· 182
二、人間佛教之「人間淨土」的具體建設 ····· 188
第六章 結 論 ························································ 193
一、追求「淨土」對生命的積極義涵 ············· 193
二、「人間即淨土」觀對現世人生與現實人間的正面意義 ··········································· 194
三、建設「人間淨土」對現代社會的重要性 ·· 195

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