宗博季刊第73期

4 T he ever-quickening pace of life, natural disasters, the economic crisis, epidemics; these are but a few of the causes of perplexity and anxiety for people living in the modern world. As such, the world we live in is slowly becoming an inscrutable mystery. Faced with such uncertainty about the future, how can we live at ease? How can we increase our under- standing of life and our sense of satisfaction? What can a museum faced with such a conun- drum do, apart from conducting environmental education, attempting to salvage cultural relics, and presenting the various scars of history? Major disasters which have occurred in the 18 years since the plan for the MWR was first conceived include the 911 terrorist attacks, the 921 Earthquake, the Sichuan Earthquake, the Myanmar Cyclone, SARS, and H1N1. In response, in addition to provid- ing emergency disaster relief, the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society and the MWR Development Foundation have also been actively providing such post-disaster assistance as spiritual and social education in order to help the victims recover hope and be free of anxiety. The“100,000 Dharma Doors”and the “Jeweled Net”are the guiding principles for the continuing development of the MWR's collection, exhibitions, educational programs, and research. In this connection, the efforts the MWR's education section in providing reli- gious, cultural, and art education to schools at all levels have been highly successful. In con- sonance with its founding ideal, on December 5,2009, the Museum officially established its “Life Education Center.”The Center's“life navigators”will assist the Museum's educa- tion programs by engaging in such activities as discussions, research, interpretation, and pub- lishing. By promoting genuine religious values, tranquility, understanding, and spiritual prac- tice, the Museum's life education program promises to become an endless source of love and goodwill for all beings. The MWR Establishes its Life Education Center AWord From the Director 館長的話 館長 的話 滾 動得越來越快速的世界，撼動大地的 天災頻生，貪婪拜金的經濟失序、瘟 疫橫生的恐慌，讓現代人生活更加茫然而焦慮 不安；人心和世界逐漸轉變成我們無法理解、 無法對應的灰暗巨靈。面對不確定的未來，我 們如何安住生命？對生命看得更透徹、生活得 更圓滿？博物館面對當下的苦難和無常，除了 說明大自然的反撲、嘗試搶救災難文物與展演 創傷的歷史記憶之外，還可以做什麼？ 世界宗教博物館從籌備到開館以來的十八 年，目睹宗教歧見的戰爭、911、921和汶川大 地震、緬甸和88水災、SARS和H1N1，靈鷲 山教團、宗博發展基金會不僅深入災區參與賑 災，更積極投入災後心靈與社區教育重建的工 作，以幫助眾生重拾希望、安定清明，究竟圓 滿安住的心境。 世界宗教博物館的蒐藏、展示、教育推 廣、研究工作，依循「百千法門」和「珠玉之 網」的理念展演，由教育推廣組推動各級校園 的宗教、文化藝術、生命教育，影響深遠綿 密。2009年12月5日本館正式成立「生命教育 中心」，專責辦理連結「生命領航員」進行論 述、研究、詮釋、探索與系列主題的出版，支 援校園生命教育，回歸博物館建館理念與目 標。 生命教育是本館推廣正信宗教信仰臨在、 定靜、覺醒和靈修的根柢，以源源不絕的愛心 與關懐，奉獻給有情人間。 成立「生命教育中心」