星雲大師高度肯定《六祖壇經》的歷史價值，認為「歷代以來的佛教作品，除了佛經以外，唯一被世人尊稱為經的，就是這部傳誦千年的《六祖法寶壇經》。」他以「人間佛教」思想講解《六祖壇經》，而成《六祖壇經講話》一書，為信眾和讀者提供一個瞭解禪宗、學習修行的途徑。本論文以《六祖壇經講話》為文本，研究星雲大師的講經風格與詮釋特色。先梳理星雲大師對《六祖壇經》的作者、版本等文獻問題的看法，與本書內容與結構，作為討論的基礎。接著探討《六祖壇經講話》的經典詮釋方法，乃是在文獻研究的基礎上，以實踐修行法為核心的詮釋進路。由於星雲大師對《六祖壇經》的關注焦點始終環繞著教導學習者如何修行而展開，以接引不同根器的聽經者，能夠印證佛法，身心受用。因此，其講經相當重視善巧方便，經常使用公案、故事來說法；處處與現代人的生活經驗密切結合，大量使用現代化、生活化的語言來表述。強調禪在人間、禪是生活，重視人間社會性，這是一個展現「人間佛教」特色的講經風格。 Master XingYun highly affirms the historical value of the “Liù Zǔ Tán Jīng”, and believes that “other than Buddhist scriptures, the only Buddhist works in the past that have been honored by the world is the“ Liù Zǔ FǎBǎo Tán Jīng” that has been chanted for thousands of years.”The “Liù Zǔ Tán Jīng”was explained with the idea of “Humanistic Buddhism”and became the book“Speech on the Liù Zǔ Tán Jīng”, which provides a way for believers and readers to understand Zen and learn practice. This dissertation uses “Speech on the Liù Zǔ Tán Jīng” as the text to study the teaching style and interpretation characteristics of Master HsingYun. First, I will sort out Master HsingYun's views on the author and edition of the “Liù Zǔ Tán Jīng”and other literature issues, as well as the content and structure of the book as the basis for discussion. Then discuss the classic interpretation method of “Speech on the Liù Zǔ Tán Jīng”, which is an interpretation approach based on literature research with practice and practice as the core. Because Master HsingYun's focus on the“Liù Zǔ Tán Jīng”has always been around teaching learners how to practice, in order to attract listeners of different roots, they can confirm the Dharma and be used both physically and mentally. Therefore, his lectures attach great importance to skillfulness and convenience, and often use koans and stories to explain the method; he is closely integrated with the life experience of modern people everywhere, and uses a large number of modern and daily language to express. Emphasize that Zen is in the human world, Zen is life, and value the social nature of the human world. This is a teaching style that shows the characteristics of “Humanistic Buddhism”.
