印度传统文化中促进社会和谐的思想与观念

印度独立后，虽然发生过各种矛盾和冲突，但在总体上还是保持了社会的安定和统一。其原因是多方面的，除了政治经济的原因之外，还有文化上的原因。本文从文化的角度，阐述了印度传统文化中许多有益于社会和谐的思想与观念，如印度教的包容精神、达摩观念，佛教的大慈大悲、普度众生思想，耆那教的非暴力思想等，论述了这些思想对印度社会所产生的潜移默化的影响和作用，并指出文化上的影响，从长远的角度看，甚至比政治经济的影响更重要。

Harmonious Notions in Traditional Indian Culture

This author deems that behind the essential stability and unity of Indian society since its independence lie cultural factors in addition to political and economic ones. This paper, from the perspective of culture, attempts to elucidate some most fundamental and significant notions and ideas highly functioning in Indian culture and society, such as tolerance, dharma, nonviolence, etc. , and comes to the conclusion that cultural influence, in the long run, can be more powerful to a society than that of politics and economy.