William Blake in Dharma Mirror

法鏡下的威廉．布萊克

許惠芬(Hui-Fen Hsu)

Blake ； Dharma ； interbeing ； spiritualism ； 布萊克 ； 佛法 ； 互攝存在 ； 精神主義

高雄師大學報：人文與藝術類

51期（2021 / 12 / 01）

93 - 110

英文

William Blake is generally acknowledged as one of the most visionary Romantic poets. Despite the recurrent allusions to God in his writings, Blake's thought has the range and depth unconfined in Christian theology. Seemingly mystical and idiosyncratic, his vision is deeply related to human life and meant to inspire spiritual awakening. The probing into the meanings of his works reveals their compatibility with the core issues in Buddhism. This study aims to explore Blake's vision within the vein of Dharma. The contents are divided into two parts. The first part illustrates the consonance between Buddhist teaching and Blake's skeptical attitude toward institutionalized religion. The second part discusses the affinities between his idea of unity and Buddhist interbeing and ecological consciousness. Nondualism, interconnectedness, oneness with a living cosmos and intuitive grasp of the infinite weave Blake and Dharma together as the individualist model of spiritual fulfillment and liberation. Overflowing with ethical urge and moral earnestness, Blake's vision is the Occidental counterpart of Dharma.

威廉．布萊克是一般公認的最具奇思幻想的浪漫派詩人之一。雖然他的作品經常提到神，但其思想之深度及廣度，並不侷限於基督教之教義。他的見解，表面上特異又神祕難解，卻是和人生息息相關，意圖激發性靈的覺醒。探究布萊克作品的涵義後，發現它們與佛法的重要課題有相通性。本研究旨在以佛法的脈絡來探討他的思想。內容分兩部分。第一部分闡述佛陀的教法和布萊克對於制度化的宗教抱持懷疑的態度，兩者有雷同之處。第二部分討論布萊克的萬物一體觀和佛法的互攝存在及生態意識有相通之處。非二元論，相互關連，和活宇宙的一體性，以及對崇高神性的直覺性了悟，這些論點串連了布萊克與佛法，使之成為個人心靈追尋及解放的典範。布萊克的思維洋溢著倫理道德的呼籲及熱忱，堪稱是西方版的佛法。

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