匯聚能量 和諧共存

佛光山大學校長論壇奠定國際教育平台

佛光山教團系統大學總校長

自佛光山開創以來，「以教育培養人才」向為星雲大師所秉持的方向，經過長久的耕耘與努力，「百萬人興學」的心願終得實現，2011年，國際性的五校一體「佛光山系統大學」肇建，樹立了教育奇蹟的高教典範。在此同時，大師更將他對大學教育的理想昇華至跨國、跨域的學術交流與合作宏願，進一步擘劃集合海內外大學校長、學者先進參與的大學校長交流平台，以此作為推展下階段教育桃花源的開端，「佛光山大學校長論壇」衍然成形。

2016年10月1日，「佛光山大學校長論壇」盛大於佛光山開幕，計有歐、美、亞、澳等四大洲的11國、地區，21所大學校長、學者齊聚一堂，熱情交流；2017年11月3日，大學校長論壇再度隆重於佛光山登場，計有歐、美、亞、澳等四大洲16個國家，40餘所大學校長、學者先進盛情參與，論壇逐年盛大而隆重，以宗教辦學之教育人士為核心，為海內外學界之年度盛典。次年，2018年11月1日重磅於山青林美的佛光大學舉行開幕典禮和兩天的論壇，11月3日移師至南華大學舉行，11月4日於佛光山舉行論壇與閉幕式，與會學者由南到北、環行臺灣，見證佛光山辦學之成果。2019年11月5-8日則是由北而南，分別於佛光大學、南華大學、佛光山舉辧論壇。2022年，「佛光山大學校長論壇」於各國學者的翹首企盼下，線上展開，主題為「慈悲在現代教育中的意義及實踐」。數年來，與會學者遍及二十餘國、七十餘校、逾百位校長親蒞論壇，辦得有聲有色、馳名中外，從大學治理與國際交流、佛教行門教育與現代生活、大學生的品德教育，乃至佛教思想與當代文化等多項議題交互討論，集思廣益，對於提升佛教大學學術地位、增進佛教辦學深度與廣度，以及促進未來合作發展均獲致良多的共識。此論壇更將教育交流平台搭建得堅實而牢固，讓佛教大學的校長與學者們得有相互認識、相互了解、相互分享、相互學習的機會。

然而，在疫情肆虐的突發情況下，考量避免國際移動，故先暫緩論壇之辦理，也藉此時靜心沉潛，感念大師對教育志業的心懷，反思其慈悲精神於教育過程的實踐。教育既為「利他、奉獻」的樹人工程，又是淨化人心的樹德善舉，日久年深，自然功德無量，百萬人興學之舉，真正能夠「把智慧留給自己，把大學留給社會，把功德留給子孫，把成就留給大眾」。佛光山願意擔此重責，於全球挹注教育資源、創辦多所特色學府，使「佛光山大學校長論壇」成為推動高教進步的樞紐。

2024年3月，由南華大學主辦論壇，採用實體及線上同步進行，共有來自12個國家、44所大學及學術單位110位貴賓參與，主題為「智慧對教育的啟迪與應用」。誠如星雲大師於〈佛教・法會，為興學功德主祈願文〉所述：「我們更希望大學能夠擔當承先啟後的使命；我們更希望大學能夠肩負教化大眾的責任」，佛光山教團系統大學責無旁貸、承接使命，繼續為全球培養人才而努力，也將翻轉佛教教育成為世界學術的重心，實踐慈悲偉大佛陀的教言，困局之中，正是佛教安定人心的契機，藉此廣邀佛教教育界的舊雨新知，共同匯聚能量、為世人祈福。

 

創辦人    星 雲

佛光山教團系統大學

 

台灣佛光大學

台灣南華大學

美國西來大學

澳洲南天大學

菲律賓光明大學

香港中文大學人間佛教研究中心

佛光山叢林學院

 

Causes for the University Presidents Forum

Converging Positive Energy and Promoting Harmonious Coexistence

Fo Guang Shan University Presidents Forum Launches a New International Platform for Education

Dr. Chaur-Shin Yung

Chancellor, Fo Guang Shan University Consortium

Fostering talent through education has been Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s tenet since the foundation of Fo Guang Shan. After extensive, hard work, the Million-member Fundraising Campaign came to fruition. The establishment of the five-in-one Fo Guang Shan University Consortium in 2011 set an extraordinary standard for higher education. Meanwhile, Master Hsing Yun extended his idea of university education to include international academic exchange and cooperation, furthering the engagement of university presidents and scholars from all over the world. Thus, the Fo Guang Shan University Presidents Forum was initiated to improve education.

The first forum was held at the Fo Guang Shan Monastery on Oct. 1, 2016, with presidents and scholars from 21 universities in 11 countries. The second forum was held at the same venue on Nov. 3, 2017, on an even grander scale, with delegates from 40 universities in 16 countries. The following year, the opening ceremony and the first two days of the forum were held on November 1 and 2 at Fo Guang University. The event then moved to Nanhua University on November 3, and the final day and the closing ceremony were held on November 4 at Fo Guang Shan. From November 5 to 8, 2019, the forum was again held at these three venues. In 2022, the "Fo Guang Shan University President's Forum" was held online at the expectation of scholars from various countries, with the theme of "The Meaning and Practice of Compassion in Modern Education”. Over the years, it has been attended by scholars and over 100 presidents from more than 70 universities in 20 countries, gaining quite a name in China and elsewhere for its interactive discussions on a variety of topics, such as university administration, international exchanges, Buddhist education and modern life, character education for university students, and Buddhist thought and contemporary culture. Through this solid platform for educational exchange, Buddhist university presidents and scholars are able to meet, understand, share with, and learn from each other.

However, with the unexpected emergence of COVID-19, which led to restrictions on international travel, the forum was postponed for a couple of years. This became a time to meditate, to think about Master Hsing Yun's heart for education, and to reflect on his compassionate spirit in the educational process. Education is about not only altruistically nurturing talent but the development of virtue and purification of the mind. With the investment of much time, effort, and kindness from the Million-member Fundraising Campaigns came the ideas of preserving wisdom for the self, preserving universities for society, preserving merits and blessings for future generations, and preserving achievements for all humankind. Fo Guang Shan views this responsibility as its own and has thus provided resources and established schools around the world. Accordingly, the Fo Guang Shan University Presidents Forum has become a pivotal force in advancing higher education.

In March 2024, the forum was hosted by the University of Nanhua and was conducted simultaneously in person and online. A total of 110 distinguished guests from 12 countries, 44 universities and academic institutions participated. The theme was "The Enlightenment and Application of Wisdom in Education." As Venerable Master Hsing Yun stated in the Dharma Assembly Prayer for Fund-raising Members, “We believe universities must fulfill the mission of carrying on the traditions of the past while ushering in the future and assuming the responsibility of enlightening people.” It is the indispensable duty of the forum to undertake the mission of continually fostering talent worldwide while turning Buddhist education into the core of education around the world so as to further the implementation of Buddha’s kind and great teachings that bless humanity.

 

Sincerely,

Hsing Yun

Founder, Fo Guang Shan University Consortium

 

Fo Guang University, Taiwan

Nanhua University, Taiwan

University of the West, USA

Nan Tien Institute, Australia

Guang Ming College, Philippines

Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism, CUHK, Hong Kong

Fo Guang Shan Tsunglin University

 

創辦人簡介─星雲大師

佛光山開山、佛光山系統大學創辦人

星雲大師，江蘇江都人，1927年生，十二歲於南京棲霞山禮宜興大學寺志開上人出家。嘗學於棲霞律學院、焦山佛學院，後授記為臨濟宗第四十八代傳人。曾任白塔國民學校校長、《怒濤月刊》主編、南京藏華寺住持。

1949年春蒞台，1953年於宜蘭雷音寺成立念佛會、弘法團等組織，奠定爾後弘法事業基礎。

1967年創建佛光山，致力推動佛教教育、文化、慈善、弘法事業。為培養佛教專業人才，興辦16所佛教學院，又創建智光、普門中學、均頭中小學，接辦中國文化大學印度文化研究所，創辦美國西來大、宜蘭佛光大學、嘉義南華大學、澳洲南天大學及菲律賓光明大學。先後在海內外創建三百餘所的寺院道場，其中西來寺、南天寺、南華寺等，為北美、澳洲、非洲等一大佛寺。

1957年創辦佛教文化服務處，後改為佛光山出版社，出版各類佛教叢書和視聽教材。1977年成立大藏經編修委員會，目前有《佛光大辭典》、《阿舍藏》、《禪藏》、《般若藏》、《淨土藏》、《法華藏》、《唯識藏》等。1979年發行《普門雜誌》，2001年《普門學報》，2016年《人間佛教學報‧藝文》，1995年起於全球設立24所美術館。

大師著作等身，近三千萬言。撰有《釋迦牟尼佛傳》、《往事百語》、《人間佛教叢書》、《百年佛緣》、《貧僧有話要說》、《人間佛教佛陀本懷》等。1957年宜蘭民本電視台播出「佛教之聲」，1979年於中華電視台播出「甘露」，北美衛視播出「星雲禪話」等節目，首開電台、電視弘法之先河。1988年人間衛視開台，2000年《人間福報》創刊。

1985年辭退佛光山宗長一職後，雲遊世界各地弘法；1991年創辦中華佛光協會，1992年5月16日，於洛杉磯成立國際佛光會世界總會，擔任總會長，至1995年止，於世界五大洲成立百餘個協會，達到「佛光普照三千界，法水長流五大洲」的人間佛教理想。

大師一生得獎無數，如榮膺香港大學等海內外21所大學名譽博士，1992年被公推為世界佛教徒友誼會永久榮譽會長，1995年榮獲印度佛教大會頒贈「佛寶獎」。大師對於佛教的制度化、現代化、人間化、未來化、國際化的發展，厥功甚偉！

Brief Biography of Venerable Master Hsing Yun

Venerable Master Hsing Yun was born in Jiangsu Province, China in 1927. At age 12, he was tonsured by Venerable Master Zhi Kai in Qixia Temple, Nanjing, with Dajue Temple in Yixing, Jiangsu, as his ancestral temple. He studied at Qixia Vinaya College and Jiaoshan Buddhist College, and later became the 48th generation lineage holder of the Linchi Ch’an school. He has also served as the principal of Baita (White Pagoda) Elementary School, Chief Editor of Raging Waves Monthly, and the Abbot of Huazhang Monastery, Nanjing.

Venerable Master arrived in Taiwan in 1949. In 1953, he founded organizations such as the Buddhist Chanting Association of Yilan at Leiyin Temple, Yilan, and the Dharma Promotion Team. He founded Fo Guang Shan Monastery in 1967, with the primary goal of promoting Humanistic Buddhism through Buddhist education, culture, charity, and propagation of the Dharma. In order to foster Buddhist professionals, the Venerable Master had founded 16 Buddhist Colleges, namely Shoushan Buddhist College, Chinese Buddhist Research Institute, and Fo Guang Shan Tsung Lin University, as well as Buddhist Colleges in Hong Kong, Malaysia and South Africa, to name a few. Moreover, the Venerable Master had founded Chih-Kwang Vocational School, Pu-Men High School, Jiun Tou Elementary and Junior High School, the Insitute of Indian Cultural Studies at the Chinese Cultural University, University of the West in the United States, Fo Guang University in Yilan, Nanhua University in Chiayi, Nan Tien Institute in Australia, and Guang Ming College in the Philippines. Furthermore, 300 branch temples have been established worldwide, with Hsi Lai Temple, Nan Tien Temple and Nan Hua Temple as continental headquartersfor North America, Oceania, and Africa respectively.

In 1957, the Buddhist Cultural Service Centre (later renamed Fo Guang Publishing House) was founded. It published various Buddhist collections and audio-visual educational material. In 1977, the Fo Guang Tripitaka Editorial Committee was formed to compile the Fo Guang Dictionary of Buddhism and the Fo Guang Buddhist Canon. To date, the Agama Canon, Chan Canon, Prajna Canon, Pure Land Canon, Avatamsaka Canon, and Consciousness-only Canon,have already been published, while the Jataka Canon is to be released in October this year (2016). The Universal Gate Magazine (later renamed Universal Gate BuddhistIJ ournal in 2001) was founded in 1979, and in 1995 the Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery was founded, which subsequently led to the establishment of an additional 24 art galleries worldwide.

Venerable Master’s writing career has culminated in a colossal published total word count of nearly 30 million words, with the most quintessential works being The Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha, Hundred Saying Series, Humanistic Buddhism Series, Buddhist Affinities Across 100 Years, Hear Me Out: Messages from a Humble Monk, and Humanistic Buddhism: Holding True to the Original ntents of the Buddha.

Venerable Master’s endeavors in broadcasting career began in 1957, through Yilan Peoples’ Broadcasting Station, and continued with the first television program “Nectar”being aired in 1979 through Chinese Television Station. In 1998, Fo Guang Shan’s own television station, Beautiful Life Television was founded, and in 2000, the Merit Times Newspaper began circulation.

After retiring from the post as Head Abbot of Fo Guang Shan in 1985, the Venerable Master continued promoting the Dharma worldwide. In 1995, he founded the Chunghua Buddha’s Light Association, and on May 16, 1992, he inaugurated the Buddha’s Light International Association World Headquarters in Los Angeles, taking the helm as its inaugural president. By 1995, over 100 chapters had been established across the five continents, realizing Humanistic Buddhism’s ideal of “letting the Buddha’s light shining throughout the three thousand realms, and the Dharma water flowing across the five continents.”

Over the course of his life, Venerable Master has received 21 Honorary Doctorates from worldwide prestigious institutions, such as the Hong Kong University. In 1992, he was acclaimed as the Permanent Honorary President of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, and in 1995, he was awarded India’s national Buddha Ratna Award. As evidenced by his accomplishments, Venerable Master’s dedication to the systemization, modernization, humanization, futurization and internationalization of Buddhism can be considered astounding!

創辦人的話

何謂大學

每年多少青年學子，為了要考取大學，學生焦急、家長煩心、師長憂心，連從事大學教育的師生，也為了招生、考試、錄取、分發等事務忙碌不已，幾乎整個社會，都為了大學入學考試動起來了。大學，不比中學，也不比小學，所謂「大學」，不在學校土地大小、建築是否宏偉、學生人數多少。有的大學學生很少，地方也不大，但是培養出來的人，都是相當優秀的。比方美國麻省理工學院，它不大，人也不多，不過，只要你在這一所大學念過書，走到那裡，社會上的人都會對你另眼相看。可見得，大學不在這些外在的條件。那麼，到底大學的意義在那裡？

以下四點參考：

第一、有大識：所謂大學，就是大人之學，它要以國際文教重鎮為目標，以世界學術中心為期許。在這裡學習，要有大認識、有大見識、有大格局、有大思想，以天下為家，以世界為對象，具備國際觀、現代觀、未來觀，能擔當承先啟後的使命，能肩負教化大眾的責任，才能培養出具有大識的器度來。

第二、 有大德：到了大學讀書，就已經不是小孩。 進了大學，就要自我要求，自我肯定，長養自己的厚德品格，樹立大形象、發下大志願，才會從內心產生大能量，發揮一己生命的價值和意義。

第三、 有大量：我讀了很多書， 可是心量很小；我很有知識，可是肚量很小，這還是沒有大用的。假如讀了大學， 即使學校不大， 但是我的心胸廣闊，地球有多大、世界有多大，都容納在我心中；歷史有多長、有多遠，都收攝在我心裡；世界上所有的人、一切眾生，都存在我的心中，心如虛空，養成大量，將來才能做大人、做大事，這才是大學的意義。

第四、有大道：一般人開車，都希望走寬廣的大道，好比在高速公路上，六線道、八線道，都要比四線道好走。人生也是一樣，我們不但要開闊自己的大道、走上大道，也要成就別人因緣，讓別人行走在大道上。大道是真理，大道是光明，所謂大學，就是要走上大道。

大學是追求知識的殿堂，是傳播真理的黌宮，是培養偉人的搖籃，是陶鑄聖賢的道場。它應該要具備人文思想的內涵，兼容並蓄的精神，福慧雙修的理念，乃至行解並重的教育。何謂大學？以上這四點，都是我們要自我期許、自我教育的。

第一、有大識。　　第二、有大德。

第三、有大量。　　第四、有大道。

——選自星雲大師《星雲法語》

FOUNDER’S WORDS

The Meaning of “University”

Each year, anxious students strive for successful admittance into university. Their parents become worried and teachers are concerned. Even university teachers and students are preoccupied with tasks such as recruit¬ment, enrolment, and examinations. Evidently, a major segment of society becomes occupied by university examinations and admissions.

University (literally "great school") is not superior to high schools or primary schools in the sense that it has a larger campus, more magnificent buildings, or a greater student population. Some universities many even have fewer students and smaller campuses. However, university graduates are exceedingly outstanding. For example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States may not be very big, but any graduate from there will be regarded as prestigious.

Since the greatness of universities do not lie in their tangible criteria, then, what exactly is the meaning of university? Here are four points of reference:

1) To Have Great Knowledge

"University" in Chinese, literally means "great school", in others words, university is a place of learning for great people. It must uphold the duties of an international academic center principled on culture and education. To study at a university is to gain great knowledge, great vision, great perspectives, and great thinking. With international, modern, and future perspectives, the whole world is home, and the universe our place. We are thus able to inherit greatness and create a future in educating the world. Only then can we be a person of great vision.

2) To Have Great Morality

Being in university means one is no longer a child. Being in university means that one must have self-discipline and confidence, and also awareness in developing integrity, aspiring for greatness, and asserting great vows. Only then can one muster great energy within, and bring into play the value and meaning of life.

3) To Have Great Magnanimity

To have read many books but remain narrow-minded, or to be very knowledgeable but remain small in heart deems your education meaningless. A university, though small in size, can broaden my mind. This allows me to embody the entire world and all sentient beings in my heart and the entire river of history to flow through my mind. With a heart as big as the vast emptiness, and with much cultivation, I am able to become a great person capable of great things. This is the meaning of "university".

4) To Have a Great Path

Most people prefer to drive on wide roads. Six or eight-lane highways are certainly better than four. It is the same in life. Not only must we find our own great path; we must help others do the same. The great path is the truth. The great path is the light of hope. Thus, "university" means to be on the great path.

University is a shrine of knowledge, a sanctuary for spreading the truth, a cradle of greatness, and a place of practice for aspiring champions and elites. It must possess the underlying intentions of humanism and culture, the spirit of cultivation, the emphasis of dual-attainment of merit and wisdom, as well as understanding and practice. What is meant by university? The four points above are the expectations and self-education we strive for.

1. To have great knowledge.            2. To have great morality.

3. To have great magnanimity.           4. To have a great path.

佛光山系統大學簡介

佛光山開山星雲大師從1991年起陸續創辦美國西來大學、台灣佛光、南華大學與澳洲南天大學， 2011年7月17日 ，四所大學校長共同宣布成立「佛光四校一體，跨國大學系統」，這是台灣第一個國際性聯合大學系統，由台灣前教育部長，現任佛光大學楊朝祥校長擔任聯合主席、總校長，為高等教育寫下歷史性的新頁。於2014年興辦的菲律賓光明大學，為佛光山教育體系下的第五所大學。

佛光山系統大學「五校一體計畫」，「一校註冊、五校選課」，學生畢業後擁有雙學位，實施以來已啟動師資交流、交換學生，更讓學生可跨校選課、移地學習、遠距教學，且大學系統又能與佛光山道場資源結合，讓青年學子達成至海外服務的夢想，並和佛光山各項事業合作，如：人間衛視、人間福報、佛陀紀念館、美術館、滴水坊、出版社等三百個單位，讓學生畢業後，有馬上就業的機會。　

星雲大師表示，自己一生中沒有進過學校，因此渴望每個人都有學校可以讀，全心全意辦學，只有一個心願：「把智慧留給自己，把大學留給社會，把功德留給子孫，把成就留給大眾。」除了這五所大學之外，佛光山的教育機構，還有高中、初中、小學、幼稚園、以及十六所佛學院等單位，遍及全球 五大洲。

為完成佛教辦大學的心願，星雲大師效法古代武訓興學的精神，提倡「百萬人興學委員會」一個人一個月捐一百元(台幣)，邀請大家一起來興學、辦教育，其他各種興學的辦法，有僧眾的行腳托缽、資源回收、書畫義賣、老歌義唱等活動，帶動全民一起辦教育、關心教育。當時教育部高教司余玉照司長表示：「這才叫做教育，這是全民的教育。」
 

About FGS  University Consortium

Starting in 1991, Venerable Master Hsing Yun has established University of the West in the United States, Fo Guang and Nanhua Universities in Taiwan, and Nan Tien Institute in Australia. On July 17th, 2011, the Presidents of these four universities launched the Fo Guang Shan Four-in-One University Consortium. Dr. Yung Chaur-shin, former Minister of Education and current President of Fo Guang University, was appointed as Chairman and Chief. This set forth Taiwan’s first international collaborative system for universities and a milestone for higher education. In 2014, Guang Ming College in the Philippines became the fifth higher education institution under the auspices of Fo Guang Shan Education Council.

Since its inception, the FGS Five-in-One University Consortium has initiated numerous teacher and student exchange programs. Furthermore, students are provided opportunities for cross-enrollment at partner universities, distance learning, and postgraduate degrees. Through the synergy of the Consortium and the shared resources of Fo Guang Shan branch temples worldwide, students are assisted in reaching their dreams of overseas employment. The Consortium also collaborates with Fo Guang Shan’s 300 branch temples and enterprises including BLTV, the Merit Times, the Buddha Museum, Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Water Drop Teahouse, and publications, in providing students with job opportunities after graduation.

Having never received any form of formal education, it is the most fervent wish of Venerable Master Hsing Yun that all be provided with the opportunity and access he was denied. With his genuine commitment to fostering places of education, he holds true to his pledge of “impart wisdom to self, bequeath a university to society, confer merits to future generations, and bestow accomplishments to the public.” In addition to its five universities, Fo Guang Shan’s educational institutions also include high schools, junior high schools, elementary schools, kindergarten, and 16 Buddhist colleges across the world.

In his determination to realize his vow of founding Buddhist universities, Venerable Master was inspired by the founders of ancient schools in China and their resolve. As such, Venerable Master initiated the Million-Member Fund Raising campaign, inviting the public to support the establishment of schools and educational foundations through monthly donations of NT$100.

Other fundraisers include alms-processions, wholesale recycling, charity sales of calligraphy and paintings, and charity concerts of oldies. Deeply impressed by these efforts to garner people’s support and concern for education, Yu,Yuh-Chao, former Head of the Ministry of Education’s Department of Higher Education, once asserted, “This is what real education is. This is education for all.”

2025佛光山大學校長論壇

論壇主題：「佛學教育與永續發展」
論壇日期：2025/11/3(一)-11/7(五)

2025 FGS University Presidents Forum
Theme: Buddhist Education and Sustainable Development
Nov. 3th (Mon.) – Nov. 7th (Fri.)