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1998年10月我在佛光大学生死学研究所给二十余名研究生做了第一场专题演讲,题目是“国内外死亡教育进展及其沉思”。我认为西方国家在有关死亡的教育方面有着十分丰富的资源,前有苏格拉底震撼人心的对死亡问题阐述与实践,后有海德格尔对死亡问题的精深探讨与论述,尤其是基督教或天主教,它们都是以死亡问题为核心构建起来的宗教。所以,西方人较之中国人能更坦然地讨论有关死
In October 1998, I gave the first keynote speech to more than 20 postgraduates at the Institute of Life, Death and Wellbeing at Fo Guang University, entitled “Progress and Meditation of Death Education at Home and Abroad”. I think Western countries have very rich resources in education on deaths. In the wake of Socrates’ exasperating exposition and practice of death, Heidegger elaborates and discusses death problems, especially Christianity or Catholicism They are all religions built around the issue of death. Therefore, Westerners can talk about death more openly than Chinese