略论中国佛教与人文精神

佛教作为世界三大宗教之一，与其他任何宗教一样，其宗旨是追求出世解脱，是与人文精神相对立的。然而佛教自传入中国内地之后，通过与中国本土的儒道思想及中国社会生活相结合，逐渐中国化。而中国化的佛教的一个重要特征便是其鲜明的入世精神。通过辨析“中国佛教”与“人文精神”这两个概念，通过中国佛教(尤其是禅宗)与印度原始佛教，传统佛教与中国儒、道文化的异同比较，从佛性与人性、出世与入世、理想与现实等方面可发现中国佛教与人文精神有着密切关系，中国佛教有既出世又人世的思想性格，这将为当代中国佛教的现代化提供有益的启示。

A Brief Comment on Chinese Buddhism and the Spirit of Humanism

Like any other religions, The tenet of Buddhism which is one of the big three rehgions in the world is in pursuit of standing aloof from worldly affairs, and is opposite to humanism. But when it was imported into China and combined with Chinese vulgar culture of Confucianism, Tanism and social life, it gradually got Chino-nationalization . The important character of Chinese Buddhism is its vivid agreement with worldly affairs. This paper fir st analyzed the two concepts of “Chinese Buddhism” and “the spirit of humanism”, comparing Chinese Buddhism with the original Buddhism, Buddhism with Chinese vulgar culture of Confucianism, Taoism; then expatiated on the close relation between “Chinese Buddhism” and “the spirit of humanism” in the aspect of the nature of Buddhism and human nature、 standing aloof from worldly affairs and agreement with worldly affairs, ideality and reality, in order to clarify the idealistic character of Chinese Buddhism, and thus to provide the useful revelation for the modernization of the present Chinese Buddhism.