現實生命似乎不免有煩惱、病患與種種痛苦，然而生命必然如此嗎 ? 抑或可以有另一番氣象與風光 ?基于此種思惟與反省，本文主要是從現實生命中之身心病患與生死問題切入，以探 討天臺智者大師所倡之困頓教觀，對於現實生命所可能提供之特殊觀解態度，以及由之而引發之轉化作用。當然，除了關懷生命轉化的可能途徑之外，本文同時亦企圖對于天臺圓教義理、觀行與生命實踐、修證作整合性的闡明。

　　　　　There are lots of distress, suffering and pains in the real life. Yet should the human life suffer like that? Or there's some other alternative consideration? In this paper, the author started from discussing on the psycho-somatic illness of the patient in the real life and the life-and-death problem, in order to investigate how the yuan-tun chiao-chung (圓頓教觀) that Master Chih-I (智者大師) of T'ien-t'ai Buddhism advocated could give a particular attitude toward the real life and how this attitude could transform those suffering. In addition of concerning about possible solutions on transforming living attitude, in this paper, the author discuss the integral theory of yuan-tun chiao-chung in T'ien-t'ai Buddhism and the praxis of life at the same time.