好書推薦《#人慈》部落格文末抽書兩本
想像一下,如果有兩個星球,你認為自己住在哪一個?星球A:飛機墜機後,生存者禮讓最需要救援的人。星球B:事故發生後,生存者爭先恐後地往出口擠,不惜將他人踩在腳下。這個問題被用來問過許多學生,幾乎所有人都選了星球B。但事實是,我們住在星球A。這個世界真正面臨的威脅在於我們對人性太過悲觀。
部落格文章 https://readingoutpost.com/humankind/
Podcast 用聽的 https://readingoutpost.soci.vip/
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#這本書在說什麼?
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《人慈》這本書的作者是歐洲最著名的年輕思想家之一羅格.布雷格曼(Rutger Bregman),他是同時也是一位歷史學家、作家、記者。有鑑於報章媒體、政治宣傳、普羅大眾對於「人性」的偏誤解讀,他想透過這本書傳達一個核心訊息:「大部分的人在內心深處,其實是相當正派的」。
作者在書中旁徵博引,以詳盡的事實和深入的查證,說明了人類無論是出於天性、身為孩童時、在無人島上、當戰爭爆發、當危機來襲,對於自己「好」的一面,有著強烈偏好。如果你至今仍然認為,人類就是天生自私、貪得無厭、陰險狡詐,那麼這本書絕對會讓你大為改觀。
這本書讓我感到大為驚喜的,是作者既大膽、又謹慎的考證態度,他勇於對歷史上知名的眾多案例(例如《蒼蠅王》、《史丹佛監獄實驗》、《米倫格爾電擊器實驗》)提出反面看法,而且其證據令人信服。在媒體慣用人性「惡」的一面吸引眼球的世界裡,這是一本思想激進的書,只不過是偏向人性「善」的那面光譜。這種書很罕見,卻彌足珍貴。
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#人性本惡?三個精彩翻案
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人類有考據的數萬年歷史以來,充滿了大大小小的衝突和鬥爭,我們也從故事裡看到領導人無論為了私利、國家的經濟、民族的情節而發動戰爭。難道,人類不就是天性好鬥嗎?只要有誘因存在,人們就會甘願殺得你死我活嗎?從歷史的考據裡面,我們會發現人性跟我們想得很不一樣:絕大部分的人不願意傷害另一個人。讓我們先從書中三個精彩的翻案來找到線索。
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1.#蒼蠅王小說的翻案
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《蒼蠅王》是一本膾炙人口的小說,在我國中的時候,老師也放過翻拍的影片當作社會科學的教材。內容大意是在說,因為飛機墜機,六個英國男孩漂流到一座無人島上,在沒有大人的情況得自立求生。過程發生了許多權力爭執、失去理智、弱肉強食的情節,最後只剩下兩個孩童倖存的故事。這個虛構故事在感嘆「人心的黑暗」,也被列為標準的社會教材讀物。
作者把持著一個懷疑的態度,他深入瞭解了虛構的《蒼蠅王》小說作者威廉.高汀(William Golding)的生平。作者發現高汀是一名有憂鬱傾向的酗酒者,他還會打小孩,他也曾說過:「我瞭解納粹,因為本質上來說我也是那一類」,這才讓作者明白,原來寫出《蒼蠅王》的作家是一個多麼不快樂的人。
因此,作者根據事實為主,追尋了一條實際發生過的類似案例,六名少年在太平洋落難,漂流到阿塔島(`Ata)的真實故事。這則故事跟小說大相逕庭,六名少年在荒島上發揮團結的本領,協調出遇到衝突的處理方式,還彼此在受傷時互相照顧。受困15個月後,六人獲救時仍氣色飽滿,而且士氣高漲地不可置信。真實版的《蒼蠅王》,其實是一個友情和忠誠的故事。
發現阿塔島生存的船長彼得.華納(Peter Warner):「人生教了我許多事,其中包括了一個經驗,就是你永遠要尋找人的善良光明面。」
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2.#史丹佛監獄實驗的翻案
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我讀過許多談到心理學的書籍,都喜歡引用一個知名的案例,那就是《史丹佛監獄實驗》。實驗主持人飛利浦.金巴多(Philip Zimbardo)教授把24名參加的學生隨機分成兩組,12人當囚犯,12人當獄卒,觀察人類當囚犯的反應,以及擔任獄卒的人施加權力的表現。整個實驗因為囚犯精神狀態快速崩潰、獄卒施加的處罰越來越過火,結果實驗到第六天就被迫中止。
這個實驗的結論彷彿要告訴我們:「當你給予人們權力,他們就會開始為惡,發展出一些不人道的規則」。作者深入考察之後發現,這簡直是一場天大的騙局。實驗並不是任憑12名獄卒自己決定如何處以,而是金巴多本人直接給獄卒灌輸思想:「你們要創造一種挫折感,製造恐懼,要剝奪他們的個體性…」,最後獄卒定的17條規則裡,有11條根本是實驗團隊給予的意見。這簡直是引導式的邪惡。
你或許也會好奇,那如果是實驗團隊「完全不介入」的狀況會怎樣?兩個英國心理學家2002年在電視節目上複製了一次同樣的實驗,但這次沒有告訴獄卒該怎麼管理、該怎麼懲罰。結果呢?節目無聊到不行。第二天,獄卒把食物分給囚犯。第五天,一名囚犯提議設立民主制度。第六天,獄卒跟囚犯一起抽菸。最後一集,大部分人一起坐在沙發上消磨時間。這麼無聊的故事,難怪我們都沒聽過。
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3.#電擊器實驗的翻案
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還有一個更出名的《米倫格爾電擊器實驗》,目的是為了測試受測者,在面對權威者下達違背良心的命令時,人性所能發揮的拒絕力量到底有多少。受測者身為「老師」,當隔壁房間的「學生」答錯題目時,就要按下電擊器,懲罰坐在電椅上面的學生。「學生」是由實驗人員假冒的,受電擊所發出的哭喊也是演出來的,但受測的「老師」並不知道,他們會「以為」這些電擊都是真的。
每一次學生答錯,懲罰的電壓伏特數就要提高,實驗主持人史丹利.米倫格爾(Stanley Milgram)教授會要求老師繼續施罰。120伏特時學生會開始喊痛,150伏特時尖叫並喊著退出實驗,200伏特時大叫大叫血管裡的血都凍住了!超過320伏特時開始撞牆並失去聲音。結果,有65%的受測者一路聽從指揮,開到了450伏特,幾乎是把學生電死的程度。實驗的結論幾乎告訴我們,只要有權威要求,連普通人都願意電死一個路人甲?
作者考核過後的翻案顯示了另一種事實。幾乎所有受測者都曾抗命,想要停手,但實驗方會加強壓力逼迫就範,從錄音檔聽起來更像是霸凌和脅迫。事後調查,只有一半的受測者認為隔壁的學生是真的在受苦,其他人覺得只是實驗效果。許多受試者也表示,因為他們真心「信任」米倫格爾教授的實驗對人類一定有幫助,所以即使當下不忍心,也願意咬著牙繼續做下去。
綜合以上三個翻案結果,大部分的人在內心深處,其實是相當正派的,但引用作者所說的:「如果你催促地夠用力,給予足夠刺激、又拐又騙,許多人確實是有能力做惡。但是邪惡通常不是在表面之下,它是需要費盡功夫才能扯出來的。」邪惡得要披上善良的外衣才行。
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#人怎麼會互相傷害?
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所以,人真的是天性好鬥、殺得你死我活的物種嗎?綜觀歷史大小戰爭,這個說法似乎成立,但是當我們把尺度放到人與人面對面的相處,就是另一種樣貌。舉戰爭為例,兩軍人馬大動干戈的時候,所有人一定都是拔刀互砍、舉槍互射吧?在那種生死存亡的關頭,不是敵死,就是我亡了,不是嗎?
真實的戰爭傷亡統計很有意思,例如二戰英國陣亡的軍人死因中,10%是子彈和反坦克地雷;15%是詭雷、爆破和其他;75%是手榴彈、迫擊砲和空投炸彈。大部分的士兵都是隔個一定「距離」被殲滅的。真正喊著敵人是「害蟲」,一旦碰面就格殺毋論的,通常是離戰場最「遙遠」的政客和領導人。
根據研究,二戰的生存老兵超過一半從未殺過人,只有20%的軍人曾經擊發過武器。美國南北戰爭最激烈的蓋茨堡戰役中,回收的27,000把火槍,還裝有彈藥的比例達到90%。12,000把裝有兩顆彈藥,其中6000把超過三顆。但火槍設計成那樣,就是一次只能射出一顆子彈,那幹嘛裝那麼多顆子彈?因為大部分的士兵都『沒有』在試圖殺敵。人,打從心底不喜歡傷害另一個人。
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#如何改善?三種範例
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在這本書的下半部,作者有一則引述徹底震撼了我的思想。這句引言來自英國哲學家暨諾貝爾文學獎得主伯蘭特.羅素(Bertrand Russell),他給未來世代這個建議:「當你學習任何東西或者思考任何哲學問題時,只該問自己事實有哪些,那些事實證明什麼是真實。永遠別被自己希望相信的事、或者自以為如果別人信了就對社會有益的事所分心,只要專心一意去看事實是什麼。」
這個非常理性的觀念,一開始相當很吸引我,但作者及時把我拉了回來。他提到除了探究事實之外,你本身「相信」什麼,才是以改善世界的動力來源。
第一種相信的力量,叫做「畢馬龍效應」。科學家做過一種實驗,把兩群同樣普通的老鼠,分別標示聰明和愚笨。請不知情的學生照顧老鼠,然後進行迷宮遊戲,看哪一組比較快逃出迷宮。結果聰明的那組獲勝,事後發現學生「相信」這些老鼠比較聰明,給予比較好也溫柔的待遇。同樣的實驗在一群小學生上進行,不知情的老師對聰明組的學生更關注、更鼓勵,事後結算成績,聰明組的孩子其智力表現提高了最多。
第二種相信的力量,叫做「魔像效應」。曾經有科學家在美國做過一個不道德的實驗,他把二十個孤兒分成兩組,跟其中一組說他們是善於表達的人,跟另外一組說他們注定要變成口吃者。這個實驗結果害得許多口吃組的受測孩童,一輩子患有語言障礙。這種效應常導致貧窮學生更加落後、無家可歸者失去希望、已經被孤立的青年人更加極端。
一如正面的期待能夠引發好的結果,負面的期待也能夠讓惡夢成真。接下來介紹書中三個真實世界的例子,來看看如何運用「相信」的力量,來改善我們的工作、教育和民主運作。
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1.#論工作的內在動機
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研究發現,外在誘因例如紅利會減低員工的內在動機和道德標準。給予外在誘因會獲得相等的回報:按照工時給付,就會增加更多的工時(無論是否裝忙)。按照發表數目給予稿費,就會得到更多的發表文章(無論品質優劣)。按照手術量來給付,手術就會更多(無論是否必要)。
荷蘭的最大的鄰里照護平台「博祖克」(Buurtzorg)採取逆向而行的策略,這個組織沒有業績目標或分紅,沒有管理階層,沒有客服中心。運作的自主權下放給每一個十二人的團隊,團隊自己定行程表,自行雇用同事。省去的營運費用和會議時間都回歸到團隊本身。
執行長喬斯.德.柏洛克(Jos de Blok)是從最基層出身的人,他相信員工內心會選擇做「正確」的事。他說傳統的管理階層「喜歡憑空想像一些計畫給那群工蜂做」,還說「拿掉管理階層,工作還是照常進行」,他認為讓團隊自我導向、動手執行腦中想法,是最實際的做法。博祖克沒有人資部,被評為最佳雇主;沒有行銷部,卻獲得最佳行銷獎。
(延伸資源:在台灣有「台灣居護」引進了這套照護模式)
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2.#論教育的玩耍本質
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自古以來,愈是聰明的動物愈會玩耍,玩耍更深植於人類天性當中。創造力和學習力來自於自由地玩耍,孩子會自然地渴望探索這個世界。當社會工業化之後,學校的體制越來越制式化,學生的課表被排滿,家長連下課的時間也不放過。最近針對十個國家的民調顯示,監獄囚犯待在戶外的時間比孩子還要多。研究也發現一個趨勢,孩子愈來愈覺得「自己的生命被他人所決定」。這是一個快要忘記怎麼「玩耍」的世代。
荷蘭的「阿哥拉」(Agora,希臘語「市集」的意思)是一個沒有年級、班級、教室的學校,也沒有功課和成績,一組學生團隊就只有配一位「輔導員」,但自主權在學生身上,他們自己決定要學什麼。整個學校就像一個主題樂園,學生透過玩耍和探索,找到自己當下有興趣的題目攻讀,學校提供對應的資源給他們學習。相較於傳統教育把孩童當植物灌溉,這所學校將孩童當「人」看待。
在這裡,與眾不同是常態,一千個學生就有一千種學習路徑。這裡幾乎找不到霸凌的蹤影,因為不以年齡和能力區隔孩童,沒有誰的進度會落後,沒有誰的表現太過突出,每個人都在綻放當下最好的自己。作者引述道:「玩耍的相反不是工作,玩耍的相反是抑鬱。」問題不是孩子能不能掌控自由,而是大人有沒有勇氣給他們自由?我們是否問過自己,教育的意義究竟是什麼?
(延伸閱讀:Agora: Meet the school with no classes, no classrooms and no curriculum,英文文章)
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3.#論民主政體的模樣
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作者提到,世界上愈來愈多的民主政體正遭受七種瘟疫侵襲:政黨持續腐化、公民不再信任彼此、少數人遭排除、選民失去興趣、貪贓枉法的政客、有錢人逃稅、人們發現當代民主充滿貧富不均(怎麼跟我住的地方這麼像!?)。但世界上有地方嘗試了解法,簡單到令人難以置信,卻很少上新聞(你應該猜得到為什麼)。
委內瑞拉的托雷斯市(Torres)的民選首長胡立歐.查維茲(Julio Chávez)選擇一種嶄新的信念,他相信:「每個人心中都有一位積極認真的公民」。他的競選政見只有一個,下放權力給所有托雷斯市民,而且他遵守了承諾。所有的政府集會邀請全體居民參加,不只是討論,還要決議城市所有預算的使用。
結果人們空前踴躍參與政治,在最需要的地方蓋起了住宅和學校,有效地鋪整馬路清掃街區。因為預算透明,大幅削減了貪污和權威的弊病。市民們還一起要求提高稅收,並且說道:「過去我們不瞭解市政稅要用來支付那麼多東西。」這個被稱為「參與式民主」的方式,深受民眾喜愛,卻鮮少在新聞上被提及。
(在台灣我還沒聽過類似的試營運模式,有人聽過嗎?)
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後記:#相信善的一面
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《人慈》是我今年讀過最意猶未盡的一本書,作者的大膽思想,配上嚴謹的查證,讓人讀來格外痛快。從這本書中,我也慢慢體認到,問題不是二元化的「人性本惡或本善」選擇題。反而,透過這些精采的正反論述,猶如偵探小說抽絲剝繭般的分析,我理解到的是人性真正的「複雜」。
如同現在人工智慧和大數據這麼發達,如果只讓電腦演算法來判決,那麼歷久不衰的《蒼蠅王》人心黑暗論肯定佔據上風;《史丹佛監獄實驗》和《米倫格爾電擊器實驗》無以計數的論文和書籍引用,肯定讓演算法覺得這才是人性的真理。無數對人性帶有扭曲和偏誤的描寫佔據了媒體的版面。然而,事實呢?
這本書中段的畢馬龍和魔像效應教我們的就是,人們「相信」的事情往往會發展成「事實」,更是一個令人驚醒的提點。無論是書中獄卒和囚犯的故事、老師和學生的故事、老闆和員工的故事、父母和子女的故事,一再說明了:「當你把一個人當人看,他就會表現得像一個人。」反之。讀完這本書後,你可以踏實地選擇自己相信的那一面。
瞭解事實,讓我們得以明辨是非。擁有信念,才能以行動改變世界。原來,關於人性,我讀過的許多論點幾乎都是錯的。永遠別被自己希望相信的事所分心。只管去看,事實是什麼。然後在事實背後,找出值得相信的事情,讓它成為新的事實。這絕對是一本必讀之書。
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「地獄空」攝影集即將在八月中元節前出版,由知名設計師與攝影家黃子欽設計,內附在下二位高徒精美繪製符咒、心經版畫書籤、愣嚴咒牌、尊勝咒語...等,感恩十方大德助印,希望疫情退散,平安喜樂,後記如下:
野放台灣五十餘年,貪狼獨坐,三方四正殺破狼格局,少年多舛,白手起家,隨展覽雲遊四海,如閒雲野鶴常持各類底片機流連廢墟、山川、宮廟忘返,遂設幻影堂自詡堂主,一日三省「凡所有相皆是虛妄」,常宅於暗房沖片放大通宵、鍾情黑白世界之單純,彩色照片俗世繽紛花俏做作甜美甚至比現實更現實故少拍也。知天命之年有餘,了悟人生一瞬、眨眼即逝,雖非仙人,亦無道骨,初聞離垢地生清淨心,但離華嚴「不動地」尚遠,待修持也。
2017年盛暑拍畢《巨神連線》,心律不整差點心肌梗塞向閻羅王報到,意識死神隨伺在側,人生苦短,如何了生脫死、盡斷煩惱、無所罣礙、遠離顛倒……總不得解,蒙釋迦摩尼佛開示飆淚三晝夜,聞佛法數載始知自我渺如塵埃,甚感慚愧。閒暇乃參訪名寺古剎,禮敬焚香佛陀菩薩羅漢諸神天仙王爺媽娘,台灣宮廟千奇百怪、宗派錯綜複雜(佛教、道教、一貫道、天主教、基督教、齋教、回教&大同教、儒教鑾堂、天帝教&天德教、慈惠堂&勝安宮、軒轅教、道院、理教、萬國道德會、會靈山……)、神棍橫行(依人不依法、偶像崇拜、斂財、邪淫),因歷史變遷、社會動盪、政治鬥爭、意識形態等因素導致佛道混雜,但地獄造景稀少,後專注拍攝各殿閻王、判官、陰司、獄卒、七爺、八爺乃至一切罪人,各寺造景巧妙、耐人尋味,意境乖張溢於言表,造型扭曲非常人所能塑也,然匠心獨運、自成一格,專研西方藝術數十載方知真誠樸拙最美,絲毫不輸喬托(Giotto di Bondone,1267~1337)乃至米開朗基羅(Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475 ~ 1564)矣。
創立於1986年的石門金剛宮風景優美可眺望北濱,雖主祀四面佛,儒釋道眾神尊也不含糊,可過七星橋解厄、繞行五百黝黑羅漢敲鑼印心、跪拜亞洲最大臥佛涅槃像,安太歲自不在話下,甲子太歲爺雙眼長出手掌印象甚深,1994年經閻羅王指示廟公建造一條肚內設極樂世界及陰曹地府之神龍,行走暗黑通道觸動感應機關,只見面容猙獰受刑者呼天搶地喊冤、身邊盡是血肉糢糊殘肢敗屍腦漿塗地,十殿閻羅各司其職、威儀攝人。新北市林口區青嶺湖北文紫祥宮包公廟則以壁面彩塑地獄浮雕獨步全台,粉嫩色彩搭配卡漫風格,尤為造型簡直恐怖到可愛透頂,該廟主祀森羅殿閻羅天子包拯(包青天),陽世冤屈者可至此參拜祭解,求破懸案者眾,逢中元普渡皆以紙紮船渡亡魂至彼岸,全台唯一閻羅天子巨像籌備中,四周環繞墓地,適合修不淨觀也。台灣首尊彰化八卦山大佛旁南天宮(1971)地府則是首座電動地府,規模精小但驚嚇度破表,略顯破敗但五光十色仍蠻凶悍,出自已故台南大道長金登富之作,而電動神明起始可追溯至1960年代北港朝天宮。倒是嘉義水上鄉白人牙膏觀光工廠「戴相府」、「將軍府」設置十殿地府出乎意料之外,乾淨亮麗、ㄧ殿ㄧ間、簡單樸實。由高雄蓮潭龍虎塔龍口入內可見全臺唯一交趾陶地獄牆面,尊尊栩栩如生,續入龍身乃進聞聲救苦白衣觀音大士三十三化身浮雕隧道,造型設色甚為古錐。高雄大岡山超峰寺入口處「西方三聖蓮池海會」(阿彌陀佛、觀世音菩薩、大勢至菩薩巨像)旁設靜態十殿閻羅(1970年代初),雖略為陳舊然韻味猶存,續往上行可抵「證菩提道-釋迦如來應化事迹」雕塑園區,一攬世尊畢生精華。如來年邁時,琉璃國王為報長期被釋迦族輕蔑之傲慢心,世尊雖三次單獨伽跌坐 阻擋大軍進攻之路,但因緣果報無法逆轉,昔日婢女所生王子瞋恨無以復加,還是滅了祖國。自持神通第一目犍連不忍無辜百姓慘遭屠殺,遂以缽盛救度五百族人,最終卻化為血水,佛言神通廣大仍不敵千百劫業力,因緣果報屢試不爽。其母死後墜入餓鬼道飢餓難耐,目犍連遂展神通救渡,但所食尚未入口皆化為赤火,佛陀囑咐農曆七月十五日僧眾解安居自恣日,於盆中設甘露美食供養十方僧眾,因此超度亡母。後世「盂蘭盆法會」乃至「水懺法會」、「瑜珈焰口法會 」皆為消業障、斷塵垢之超渡儀軌,既渡亡魂也自懺悔。
台南麻豆代天府規模宏大、造型豔麗,不但可遊十八層地獄尚可逛天堂(1979年興建,1983年開放),燈光絢爛、聲響駭人,獨自漫步宛如觀落陰、地獄走一回。先過「心頭山」、入「清心池」、進「陰陽界」、抵「交簿廳」、達「鬼門關」、遊「補經所」、探「枉死城」、行「奈何橋」,至ㄧ殿泰廣王照「孽鏡台」現造惡原形,睹抱柱、火床等小地獄。二殿楚江王開「陰查簿 」判案定奪,觀糞尿泥、餓鬼、舞池、寒冰、膿血、鞭韃、舌犁、劍葉、戟腹拋接、砧截……等小地獄。三殿宋帝王刑罰為倒吊、銅鐵刮臉、挖眼、搗樁、倒烤、吸血、穿肋、抽筋、蛆蛀等小地獄……兼遊「四生(胎、卵、濕、化)回魂府」。四殿五官王掌管腰斬、拔舌、沸湯、刺嘴、剝皮、箭樹、車崩、射眼……等十六小地獄。隨五殿森羅王豋「望鄉臺」回眸親人最終眼後觀擊膝、誅心、刀山、飛刀火石……小地獄。六殿卞城王別稱「大叫喚大地獄」,轄火牛、虎啖、噬腎、鉗嘴含鍼、釘喉、磨摧、砍頭……等小地獄。七殿泰山王為「熱惱大地獄」,窺烙手指、抽腸、頂石蹲身、油釜滾烹、割舌穿腮……等十六小地獄。八殿都市王掌管「大熱惱大地獄」兼火狗、鐵汁、鐵蛇、鋸劈斷肢、釘板、灸脊、鐵丸、磅秤……等小地獄。九殿平等王直轄十八層「阿鼻大地獄」,直透地心、內中陰森、不見五指、滿溢地漿,皆為極犯,另轄紫赤毒蛇鑽孔、夾頂、鐵鴉、針雨、蜂蠍……等小地獄。至十殿輪轉王上「觀生臺」、「轉劫所八司」(查驗司 、稽善司 、考過司 、恩怨司 、壽命司 、支配司、掌劫司 、授生司)後至「孟婆亭」飲「醧忘湯」忘盡前塵往事,依前世功德過金、銀、玉、石、木、竹六種橋樑至「轉輪臺(紫河車)」入六道輪迴轉生投胎。據《十八泥犁經》記載,人過世後七七四十九天為「中陰生」,經閻羅王審判善惡業力判定去留或懲罰百千萬劫,犯五逆重罪則墮入「無間地獄(阿鼻地獄)」永劫不復。地藏王乃幽冥教主,統轄十殿閻羅,逢三曹普渡便在各殿設「講道所」超度尚存善根之鬼魂。
人類居於五趣(阿修羅、人、傍生、餓鬼、地獄)雜居地五濁惡世之堪忍世界,犯十惡業(殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、兩舌、惡口、綺語、貪慾、嗔恚、愚痴)者必墮三趣惡道。如何出「三界」(欲界、色界、無色界)二十八天?凡人無此意識,別說能破「十二因緣」(無明、行、識、名色、六入、觸、受、愛、取、有、生、老死)還滅門,更別想斷除「四聖諦」(苦、集、滅、道)集地八十一品見惑與八十八使思惑(五利使-身見、邊見、邪見、見取見、戒禁取見、五鈍使-貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑),了悟「五蘊」(色、受、想、行、識)本空、「十二入」(眼、耳、鼻、舌、意、色、聲、香、味、觸、法)空、「十八界」空,破俱生我執與分別我執、法執甚至空執,生十一處「善心所」(信、精進、慚、愧、無貪、無瞋、無痴、輕安、不放逸、行捨、不害),降二十六處「惡心所」(貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑、惡見、忿、恨、覆、惱、嫉、慳、誑、諂、害、憍、無慚、無愧、掉舉、惛沉、不信、懈怠、放逸、失念、散亂、不正知),須知善根斷盡則陷永劫輪迴、無垠轉世之苦。
地獄可能空滅嗎?若地獄空乏人間多鬼怪,地獄淨空世間何嘗非淨土?若能證空性何處現地獄?
地獄曠古來便廣泛流傳各部族間,老死生滅為自然運行之基礎、宇宙意識之核心,然今文明昌盛如咱城邦並非慾望消弭之所,惡性所及實無可根除,礙於憲法國家法律社會軍隊企業公司學校家庭團體之層層束縛不亞於十八層,乃遁於壓抑、束己情懷,暗埋心底、日久貪嗔痴慢疑怨噌會疊穢。而六塵未熄,心多妄念,妖魔鬼怪魑魅魍魎孤魂閃靈出沒於荒郊乃至人間,會靈於曠野密林以增性靈乃出世高人修煉之舉,我等凡人擅闖宛如迪士尼般之人造地獄,三魂七魄尚不足以出竅,驚邪恐怖淒厲猙獰倒滿足了自以為是的慚愧,豈不謬哉?
病毒肆虐年半有餘,全球確診者逼近一億八千萬,枉死者近四百萬,堪比戰爭規模,望眾生發慈悲心、令往生者安息、善待其他物種、平等有情眾生。地獄本空,唯妄念生起一切羨慕嫉妒恨而地獄現前。盡以此書作為世界新冷戰獨裁者、超限戰者、暗網駭客、陰險狡猾冷嘲熱諷落井下石者之良知備忘錄矣。
姚瑞中寫於2021年端午節
Postscript
I have been living recklessly in Taiwan for more than fifty years. According to Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology), Tan Lang is the sole star in my house of Self. This star, which represents xxx, forms an equilateral triangle with that star Qi Sha and Po Jun on the square chart and constitutes a Sha Po Lang pattern. The pattern indicates a kind of turbulence and change, a life of wandering with ups and downs and it tells a lot about my life. After my ill-fated youth, I started from scratch and traveled around the world with exhibitions that I participated. Like a flaneur, I wandered around ruins, nature, and temples with every type of film camera obliviously. Thus, I founded the Hall of Illusion and claimed to be the master of the hall. Several times a day, I pondered a quote from the Diamond Sutra, “Everything with form is unreal.” In addition, I usually stayed in the darkroom developing film and enlarging those negatives overnight. However, I treasured the simplicity of the black and white world. The earthly, gaudy, garish, phony and pleasing qualities within colored photos make the images even more realistic than the real world. It is not my cup of tea, so I seldom took colored photos. In Confucian thought, the age of fifty marks the stage knowing the mandate of Heaven. I am now at my fifties and realize how ephemeral human life is. However, I am not an immortal, nor having sagelike characteristics. I just learned that the stage of stainless (the second bhūmi) and develop a pure mind that is free from doubt and defilement. However, I’m still far from the immovable state and need to practice.
In the summer of 2017, after filming the work Incarnation, I experienced a severe heart rhythm problem which almost triggered myocardial infarction and could have killed me. Consequently, I realized that death was waiting for me and the life is too short to figure out how I can liberate myself from the cycle of Birth and Death. I couldn’t comprehend how to be free from all afflictions and worries and how to avoid delusive ideas. I wept for three days and nights after being enlightened by Shakyamuni Buddha. Up to the moment, I felt ashamed that I failed to realize that the self is as insignificant as dust after these years learning and practicing Buddhism. Since then, I have visited famous temples and monasteries in my spare time, worshiping Buddha, Bodhisattvas, arhats, and all the deities and immortals. Taiwan’s temples are myriad with a enormous number of sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, Yiguandao, Catholicism, Christianity, Chinese religions of fasting, Islam& Baháʼí Faith, Confucianism, Tiandiism& Tian-De Teachings, Xiwangmu cult, Yellow Emperor Sect, Precosmic Salvationism, Liism, World Wide Ethical Society, séance cult, etc. Some people even claim that they can mediate communication between the deities or spirits of the dead with human beings, having their believer rely on themselves instead of the orthodox dharma or dogma and pay excessive respect and admiration for the mediums or objects, accumulating wealth through such an unfair means or even harassing their believer sexually. Due to Taiwan’s historical changes, social turbulence, political struggles, and ideological issues, Buddhism and Taoism are somehow mixed. However, there are few emphases on the concept of the hell. As I took photographs of Yama of each court, judges, wardens of the underworld, jailers, General Fan and Hsieh (the ghost escorts) and all sinners, I found few temples cleverly created hellish scenes that are intriguing, exaggerating, and extraordinary. However, the creations are unparalleled unique. I have been studying Western arts for decades and then I came to realize that simplicity makes the most beautiful works of art. These hellish scenes can even compete with works of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) and Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564).
Jingang Temple Shimen District, founded in 1986, overlooks the beautiful North shore. Although the temple is mainly dedicated to Phra Phrom (the Thai representation of Mahabrahma), spirits of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can also be founded in the temple. The worshipper can go cross the Seven Star bridge to relieve bad luck, walk along the five hundred arhat statues and knock on the gong to affirm one’s Buddha nature. Furthermore, the worshipper can also prostrate themself before Asia’s largest statue of Buddha in Nirvana (the Reclining Buddha statue) and pacify the Taoist Tai Sui deity of the year. I was impressed by the Jia-Zi Tai Sui General that a pair of palms grow out of his eyes. In 1994, the biō-kong (the person taking charge of the temporal affairs of a temple) received a divine inspiration from Yama (the King of Hell) that he had to build a sacred hall in the shape of a divine dragon, with the interior designed according to the World of Ultimate Bliss and the Underworld. When the visitor walks in the dark hallway, they will see the tortured people (dioramas, of course) scrunching their faces and crying bitterly and loudly in excessive grief as the visitor triggers the mechanism. One will even find them in the midst of flesh, body liquid and blood, mutilated limbs, and rotten corpses. While each of the ten Yamas are focusing on their own duties, showing their sacred dignity that collect visitors’ attention. The Baogong Temple in Linkou District, New Taipei City exclusively features colorful depiction of hellish scenes in relief in Taiwan. With its pastel shades and cartoon-like style, the relief is both grotesque and adorable at the same time. This temple is dedicated to Bao Zhen (also known as Justice Bao) representing the incarnation of Yama. Living people who have been treated unjustly can come worshipping Bao Gong and receive exorcism. Therefore, many people come here for seeking to solve unsolved cases. In Zhongyuan Festival (the ghost festival), the temple will burn the Zhizha (paper craft) boat to ferry the ghosts to the other shore, which is the shore of enlightenment. The only giant statue of Yama in Taiwan is still in the making. The temple is surrounded by a cemetery, suitable for meditating on the loathsomeness and impurity. Nantian Temple (1971), located next to the Eight Trigram Mountains Buddha in Changhua, features the first animatronic underworld. Despite the small size, the animatronic underworld is intensely shocking. Though it’s slightly worn, the colorful dioramas are still brutally ferocious. The creator was the late venerable Dao Zhang (Taoist priest) Jing Deng-fu while the origin of animatronic deities can be traced back to the 1960s Beigang Chaotian Temple. On the contrary, the Whiteman Toothpaste Tourism Factory in Shuishang Township, Chiayi, features ten Yamas with individual booth. The place is unexpectedly clean and polished yet keeps a simple and modest tone. Then, the Dragon Pagoda of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Lake in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, holds the only relief of hellish scenes made of Kochin ceramic. All the figures are vivid and life-like. If one goes further into the pagoda, they will see a relief tunnel of the thirty-three incarnations of the white-robed form of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) on a white lotus, with a lovely and interesting design. Another Hall of Yama is built in the 1970s next to the entrance of Dagangshan Chaofeng Temple, located in the Alian District of Kaohsiung. Visitors will also see three statues of the Three Holy Ones of the Western Pureland (Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta) which assemble at a lotus pond. Although the hellish scene looks somewhat antiquated, you may still find its previous charm. If one goes further, they will reach the sculptural garden of “Attaining the Bodhi Way: the Incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha,” where the visitor can see the essence of Bhagavato’s (meaning the Blessed one, one of the common epithets for Buddha) life. When Tathāgata (another epithet for Buddha) was old, the king of Kosala wanted to avenge the arrogance of the tribe of Shakyas who had long despised him, regarding him as a son of a maiden. Although Buddha has sat in lotus position alone three times to stop the army from attacking his tribe. However, one can never reverse the cause and following karma. The prince born of a maiden was so furious that he eventually destroyed his homeland. Maudgalyāyana (one of the Buddha’s closest disciples), who is said to have had supernatural abilities that surpassed the other disciples, could not bear to see the slaughter of innocent people. Thus, he saved five hundred people of his tribe with a pātra (an eating utensil of Buddhist monks). Unfortunately, everything he did was in vain, those who were saved eventually turned into a puddle of blood. The Buddha said that the supernatural abilities cannot surpass the power of karma. The cause and effect work all the time. When Maudgalyāyana’s mother fell into the path of hungry ghost, he used his supernatural abilities to save his mother from hunger. However, all the food turned into fire before being fed to his mother. Later, the Buddha commanded the monks to put nectar and dishes in a basin on the 15th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar for the monks from all directions to free his mother from reincarnation. In later times, the Ullambana Dharma Service, the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance, and the Yoga Collection for Feeding the Searing Mouths Dharma Service are rituals to eliminate karmic hindrance and to cease to worldly delusions. Through such practices, one can free the dead as well as confess their repentance.
Madou Daitian Temple is a magnificent and colorful temple in Tainan. Not only can the worshippers visit the eighteen levels of Hell but also the Heaven (it was built in 1979 and inaugurated in 1983) here. The lighting and sound effects are stunning and frightening. When walking alone in the space, one may feel like taking a Guan Luo Yin trip (a Taoist necromancy which leads people’s spirits to hell and communicate with the dead ones) to visit the underworld prison. Before arriving the first court of the underworld, the visitor will walk through the Mountain of Heart Summit, the Pure Heart Pond, the Frontier between the Living and the Dead Realms, the Soul Registry Hall, the Portico of Demons, the Center for Complementary Teaching of Canonical Books, the Citadel of Premature Death, and the Bridge of Vanity. When one arrives at the first court, they will see King Chin-guang, who is in charge of the court, using the Mirror of Retribution to show the earthly form of evil creatures and also witness the sub-hell of Pillar-Holding and Fire Bed, etc. At the second court, King Chu-jiang collates the register of sins the souls of the dead have committed to impose the punishments. Here, you will see the sub-hell of Excrement and Urine, Hungry Ghost, Burning Dance Floor, Ice, Pus and Blood, Whipping, Tongue-Raking, Sword Blade, Stomach-Piercing, Chopping, etc. Next, the dead at the third court, ruled by King Song-di, will receive the punishments including inversion tortures, face-skinning with steel and copper knife, eye-wrenching, pounding, blood-sucking, rib-piercing, roasting, tendon-taking, being eaten by maggots. The visitor can pay a visit to the Palace of Soul-Resuscitation for the Four Forms of Creatures (birth from an egg, birth from a womb, birth from moisture, and birth by transformation). King Wu-guan is in charge of the fourth court. There are sixteen sub-hells at the fourth court including Waist Chop, Tongue Removal, Boiling Pond, Mouth-stabbing, Skin-peeling, Sword Tree, Burning Wheels and Cart, Eye-shooting, etc. Next, at the fifth court, sinful souls are allowed to ascend the Tower of Hometown-Viewing to take a final look of their family. The visitor will witness sub-hells of Knee-striking, Heart-slicing, Blade Mountain, Flying Swords and Burning Stones, etc. The King of Bian City takes charge of the sixth court, which is also known as the “Great Hell of Screaming,” with sub-hells including Fire Cattle, Tiger-Biting, Kidney-Eating, Mouth-Poking, Throat-Nailing, Iron Mill, Decapitation, etc. The King of Tai-shan is in charge of the seventh court, the “Great Hell of Heat and Fire.” The sixteen sub-hells at this court include Finger-Searing, Bowel-Hauling, Stone-Bearing, Boiling Oil, Tongue-Removal and Cheek-Piercing, etc. Next, the King Du-shi is in charge of the eighth court, the “Great Hell of Intense Fire and Heat,” and the sub-hells including Fire Dogs, Molten Iron, Iron Snakes, Dismemberment, Steel Spikes, Burning-Marrow, Iron Ball, Scale, etc. The ninth court is ruled by the King Ping-deng. It is known as the biggest court, Avici Hell (the Hell of Incessant Suffering), which if the lowest level of the hell realm and the interior is gloomily and terrifyingly dark. Those who committed the most serious evil deed will be sent to the Avici Hell. Sub-hells such as Poisonous Snake, Brain-Removal, Crow-Gnawing, Raining Needles, Wasps and Scorpions are included at this court. After arriving the tenth court, ruled by the Great King of the Reincarnation Palace, one can visit the “Observatory of Life on earth” and the “eight bureaus of the Reincarnation Palace” (including the Bureau of Judicial Control, the Bureau of Good-Actions, the Bureau of Bad-Actions, the Bureau of Debts, Gratitude, and Vengeance, the Bureau of Longevity and Destiny, the Bureau of Familial Ties, the Bureau of the Reincarnated, and the Bureau of Birth). The sinful one will be sent to the Pavilion of Mengpo and made to drink the Soup of Forgetfulness to forget all past affairs. According to the sinful one’s merits of previous life, they will go across one of the six bridges (gold, silver, jade, stone, wood, bamboo) to the “Reincarnation-Wheel (Wheel on the Crimson River).” Finally, one is able to reborn in the six realms. According to the Aṣṭadaśa nāraka sutra ( the Eighteen Hells Sutra), after one passes away, they will enter an intermediate and transitional state between death and rebirth, known as antarābhava in Sanskrit, for forty-nine days. The being will be evaluated by Yama, who will decide if one should get reborn or get punished at the hell. Those who committed the Five Grave Offenses (killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing an Arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and creating a schism within the community of Buddhist monks and nun who practice for attaining enlightenment.) will be sent to the Avici Hell and stay there eternally. Kṣitigarbha is the Lord of the Nether World, ruling the ten court of Hell. The lord will set up the “Hall of Teaching” at each court to salvage those sinful ones who still obtain few merits at the offering rituals.
Human beings live the Sahā world (sahāloka in Sanskrit, meaning “endurance of suffering,” a concept of mundane world in Mahāyāna Buddhism) where they share with other reincarnations (including beings of the hells, of the preta, and of malevolent nature spirits) with five turbidities (the Kalpa turbidity, the view turbidity, the affliction turbidity, the living beings turbidity, and the life turbidity). Those who commit the ten evil deeds (killing, stealing, adultery, lying, using immoral language, slandering, equivocating, coveting, anger, and false views) must fall into the three evil paths (animals, preta, and hell). However, how can one escape from the three realms/ twenty-eight heavens (including the six heavens of the desire realm, the eighteen heavens of the form realm, and the four heavens of the formless realm)? Worldly people who don’t have such an awareness cannot leave the cycle of the twelve nidanas (meaning causes or motivations), let alone eliminate the eighty-one afflictions (that have been produced due to misunderstanding regarding reality) and the eighty-eight illusions (including five afflictions of advanced practitioners, also known as five views: view of self, extreme view, evil view, view of attachment to views, and view of morality; and five unintelligent temptations: desire, anger, stupidity, arrogance, and doubt) of thought within the three realms and four Arya satyas (noble truths, including suffering, arising, ending, and path). They cannot realize that the essence of the five skandhas (referring to aggregates of clinging, including the matter of form, sensation, recognition, mental formation, and consciousness) , the twelve ayatana (meaning sense base, including six internal bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind and six external bases: visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects), and the eighteen dhātavah (meaning compositional elements of human existence, including six consciousness, six faculties, and their objects) are the emptiness and the void. Furthermore, they cannot dispel the two reasons for clinging to the idea of the self and the attachment to elemental constructs and even believe in the two (false) tenets that that karma and nirvana are not real and that the ego and phenomena are real. As a consequence, they fail to develop the eleven wholesome mental factors (faith, energy, conscience, being ashamed, non-attachment, non-aggression, non-delusion, calmness, equanimity, conscientiousness, and non-injuriousness) and cease the sixteen unwholesome mental factors (desire, greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, doubt, wrong view, wrath, enmity, hypocrisy, vexation, jealousy, parsimony, deceit, flattery, harming, ambitiousness, stupidity, lacking of faith, idleness, being unrestrained, forgetting, distraction, non-discernment, ). One must bear in mind that once all our virtuous roots are discontinued, they will be trapped in the never-ending reincarnation and the suffering of infinite continuity.
Is it possible that the hell will be empty one day? If the beings in hell will become extinct while evil spirits inhabit the mundane world, the world could be considered as a pure land. If we could witness the nature of the void, then hell will exist no more.
Since ancient times, the concept of hell has been widely spread among all tribes. Aging, death, beginning, and end are the basis of nature and the core of cosmic consciousness. However, the prosperous civilization as our island is not a place where desire can be eliminated. It’s impossible to eradicate evil nature. Since fetters brought by the constitution, the state, the law, society, the military, corporations, schools, families, and groups are not less than the eighteen levels of hell, the mortals repress themselves, bury their feelings. Day after day, greed, anger, stupidity, arrogance, doubt, and resentment are stacking. However, since the six dust (visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects) has not yet been extinguished, people in the mundane world are still full of delusions. The demons, devils, evil spirits, and the wondering dead exist in the wilderness, while only advanced practitioners with transcendent would attempt to make contact with the dead in the wasteland and forest. Worldly people like us trespass in Disneyland-like man-made hell. It is absurd and ridiculous that the hellish scenes cannot stop us from perpetrating evil deeds, but the horrific and cruel scenes yet satisfy our self-righteous shame.
The pandemic has been boiling over for more than a year and a half. The number of infected patients worldwide is nearly a hundred and eighty million, and the death toll has risen to four million, which is equivalent to a war crisis. I hope that we can all be compassionate, give peace to the dead, treat all sentient beings well and equally. The hell is innately empty; however, deluded and misleading thoughts would give rise to all jealousy and hatred and then manifest the hell before us. This book merely serves as a memorandum of conscience for dictators of the world’s new cold war, supporters of unrestrained warfare, dark web hackers, and those who are cunning and contemptuous and maltreat others when knowing they have problems.
June 2021,
Yao Jui-chung
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