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ALAIN PRESENCER,
A SHORT BIOGRAPHY

愛倫弗雷森勒生平簡介

If you have ever sat, entranced, listening to the mysterious and 如果你曾經入神地聆聽西藏頌鉢神秘且清澈的樂聲，那麼愛倫
crystalline chiming of Tibetan ‘singing bowls’, then the name 弗雷森勒的大名你應該耳孰能詳。愛倫對西藏藝術研究和藏族
Alain Presencer will already be well known to you. Among 人民都做出了眾多貢獻，其中尤為值得一提的是他對宗教音樂
his many contributions to the study of Tibetan art and the 的深刻了解，並將這一非凡且神祕的藝術介紹給西方世界。他
support of its people, Alain brought to the West his knowledge 甚至親自演繹藏樂並錄製成唱片，將這一特殊的樂種呈現給國
of this extraordinary and mystical religious music making. He 際聽眾。他的專輯 「西藏頌鉢」已銷售了超過一百萬片，至
even produced a popular recording of his own performances, 今仍在發行。
introducing this musical genre to a global audience. His album,
‘The Singing Bowls of Tibet’, is still in production today, having 愛倫早在十三歲時便在家鄉加拿大接觸到佛教，隨後在
sold over a million copies. 1961至1962年間跟隨已故教授馬瑟拉薩達提薩（Mathera
Sadhatissa）在多倫多大學研習佛學。其後在英格蘭，他又成
Alain began learning about Buddhism at home in Canada, 為倫敦佛教精舍的一位活耀成員。在接下來的五十年中，愛倫
at the age of 13, and subsequently studied with the late 弗雷森勒瑟在英國大力推動對藏傳佛教及西藏文化的研究學
Professor Mathera Sadhatissa at the University of Toronto 習。他對這項領域的貢獻多次得到認可，其中包括被任命為皇
between 1961-2. Thereafter in England, he became an active 家亞州協會的會員。
member of the London Buddhist Vihara. For the next 50
years, Alain Presencer spiritedly promoted the study of Tibetan 從一開始，愛倫便被西藏佛教的密宗圖像和法術運用所吸引，
Buddhism and culture in the United Kingdom. His contributions 比如密宗的祭儀、真言、護法神及護符。從1973年開始，作
to the field resulted in numerous recognitions, including his 為嚮導和西藏研究講師，愛倫多次造訪了西藏高原，並得以進
appointment as a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. 入喜馬拉雅山脈深處現已不復存在的偏遠寺廟，並大量收集了
不為人知的傳統西藏社會及宗教習俗的相關資訊。
From the very beginning, Alain was captivated with the tantric
imagery and magical applications of Tibetan Buddhism: its
potent rituals, mantras, protectors, and talismans. Starting
in 1973, his status as a guide and lecturer in Tibetan Studies
took him numerous times to the Tibetan Plateau, where he
managed to gain access to now-lost remote lamaseries
deep within the Himalayan mountain ranges, and amassed
information about traditional Tibetan social and religious
practice that escaped most visitors.

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