TheFoGuangShanBuddhistOrderandBuddha’sLightInternationalAssociationfoundedbyVenerableMasterHsingYun,twooftheworld’slargestBuddhistorganizations,arededicatedtothespreadofHumanisticBuddhism,a21stcenturyformofBuddhismaimedatbetteringthisworldandhumanlifebyfollowingtheBuddha’steachings.Throughoutthepast50years,tremendousprogresshasbeenmadeinthecirclesofChinese-speakingcommunities,whilesteadyeffortsaremadeinrenderingthisvastamountofBuddhistcorpusintoEnglish,Spanish,French,Portuguese,andsometwentyotherlanguages.Assaid,“Tolearnanewlanguageistakeonanewculture,anewworld.”FurtherdifficultiesarisewhenitcomestolearningBuddhisminanewlanguage,stillaworldthatawaitsthelightofwisdomandexperiencetobeshed.AnyaspiringtranslatordaringtotakeonthisdauntingtaskoftranslatingBuddhisttextsintotheirownlanguagewouldnodoubtappreciateasmuchhelpastheycanobtain.ThepresentGlossaryofHumanisticBuddhism《中英人間佛教詞彙選》isafullyrevisedandexpandedversionoftheStandardizedFGSNamesandTermscreatedbytheInternationalBuddhistProgressSociety(IBPS)in2005,andapprovedbytheFGSBoardofDirectors.AdditionalentrieshavebeencompiledfromallEnglishpublicationsunderFoGuangShan’sculturalundertakings,suchas:FoGuangCulturalEnterprise,FoGuangShanInternationalTranslationCenter,Buddha’sLightPublications,FoGuangShanInstituteofHumanisticBuddhism,andBuddha’sLightInternationalAssociation(BLIA).TheeditorialteamhopesthisvolumewillshedlightonthemanyreferencestoFoGuangShanandBLIAterms,historicalevents,persons,places,publications,andfrequentlyusedBuddhistterminology,concepts,sutratitles,andquotesthatappearinpublicationsbyFoGuangShan,aswellasworksofVenerableMasterHsingYun.Entriesareselected,basedontheinterestandrequestbytranslatorsatFoGuangShanandBLIA,inhopesthatthisvolumeassistintheirreadingsoftheCompleteWorksofVenerableMasterHsingYun,understandingofvernacularBuddhistexpressions,andtranslationworksofHumanisticBuddhism.Thiseditioncontainssome5,000entriesdividedintothefollowingbasiccategories:1)Terminology,2)Building,3)Event,4)Department,5)Publication,and6)VenerableMasterHsingYun’sOne-StrokeCalligraphy,detailedfurtherbytheabbreviationslistedonpageviii.Suggestionsandcommentsbyperceptivereaderswillbeofvitalinterestandvaluefortheamendmentsoffutureeditions.Readersareencouragedtowritetotheeditorialteamfortheimprovementsoffutureeditions.Anonlineversionoftheglossaryisavailableat:fgsihb.org/dictionary TheeditorialteamwouldliketodedicatethiseditionoftheGlossaryofHumanisticBuddhismtoallexperiencedandaspiringtranslatorsaswellasinterpreterswhohavepavedthewayfortheglobaldisseminationofHumanisticBuddhism,theBuddhismastaughtbytheBuddhaforhumanbeings,topurifyandmakethisworldvirtuousandbeautiful.
