第十七世大寶法王嘉華噶瑪巴泰耶多傑分享以下關於一行禪師圓寂的訊息

親愛的法友，

一位我們這個時代最受尊敬的佛學大師，一行禪師已經離開了他的肉身。

我想向他在越南和世界各地的所有學生表示哀悼，但同時我也想鼓勵我們所有人，隨喜他無盡的佛行事業和他歷久不衰的傳奇。

他這生的逝世並不代表他已經離開了我們。正如他自己所說的，「只是因為我們的誤解，我們才認為我們所愛的人，去世後不再存在。這是因為我們執著於這個人眾多顯現中的某種形相，我們所愛的人還在這裡。他就在我們身邊，在我們的心裡，對著我們微笑。」

我們噶瑪噶舉的傳承與一行禪師有著非常特殊的精神聯繫，正是因為他的仁慈，我們Dhagpo Kundrol Ling 寺廟的比丘尼，於1994 年在梅村能接受完整的比丘尼出家戒（藏語為Gelongma）。由於戒律是一切功德與智慧的基礎，所以對一個佛法傳承來說，沒有比這個更大的禮物。

至於對世界的貢獻，我覺得他主要的貢獻就是真正的無國界靈性修行。曾經是、現在也是。這種無國界的靈性修行既不是一種聲音，也不是將各種宗教和精神傳統混合在一起，而失去各自的獨特性。
相反，沒有使別人有難受的感覺下，他展示和反映了別人信仰的本質，在他們的獨特性和與別人的差異中，都能被尊重、理解和接受。正是這種互相尊重、互相接納的共融關係，讓大家意識到最終我們都是一樣的。

這樣，苦惱就會平靜下來，然後讓大家看到「真相」，無論我們是怎樣稱呼這個「真相」。

這種行持被佛教徒視為佛法。
菩薩為了平息眾生的煩惱，沒有不去接觸和學習的東西，例如五明之學和任何社會工具甚至是政治之學。

這就是大師一行禪師所做的。其餘的就取決於我們自己。

泰耶多傑
第十七世大寶法王嘉華噶瑪巴

Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, shares the following message about the passing of Thich Nhat Hanh.

Dear Dharma friends,

One of the most revered Buddhist masters of our time, Thích Nhất Hạnh, has left his body.
I would like to express my condolences to all of his students both in Vietnam and around the world, but at the same time I would also like to encourage all of us to rejoice in his boundless activity and his timeless legacy.

His passing from this life does not mean that he is gone. As he himself put it, “It is only because of our misunderstanding that we think the person we love no longer exists after they ‘pass away’. This is because we are attached to one of the forms, one of the many manifestations of that person… The person we love is still there. He is around us, within us and smiling at us.”

Our Karma Kagyu lineage had a very special spiritual bond with Master Thích Nhất Hạnh, for it is due to his kindness that our nuns from Dhagpo Kundrol Ling were able to receive the full monastic ordination of the Bhikshuni (Gelongma in Tibetan) Vows at Plum Village in 1994.
Since the practice of Vinaya is the ground for all merit and wisdom, there is no greater gift than that to the lineage of Buddha Dharma.

As for the world, I feel that his main contribution to the world was – and is – the genuine practice of spirituality without borders and boundaries.
This boundary-less spirituality was not mere voices, nor did it mean mixing together various religions and spiritual traditions so that the uniqueness of each would be lost.
Rather, without causing any affliction to others, he tried to reveal and mirror the nature of every belief that others held, so they would feel respected, understood and accepted in their uniqueness and their differences. And it was this very respect and acceptance, this ‘letting be’, that allowed others to come to the understanding that in the end we are the same.

In this way, the afflictions will become quiet and settle down, which then allows everyone to see the ‘truth’, or whatever we may call it.

Such activity is recognised by Buddhists as Buddha Dharma.
There is nothing that Bodhisattvas will not engage with and learn in order to quieten others’ afflictions, such as the Five Sciences and any social tools, even politics.

This is what Master Thích Nhất Hạnh did. The rest is up to us.

Thaye Dorje
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022). Photo by Dana Gluckstein.
https://www.karmapa.org/thich-nh

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