试论北朝家庭的佛教信仰

北朝时期佛教盛行,佛教信仰家庭化的趋向日益明显。北朝家庭的佛教信仰,具有极为鲜明的特点,即以家庭和家庭成员为关注焦点,重视宗教信仰实践,并且具有明显的功利性。当时的家庭,之所以成为宗教信仰的单位,一方面在于环境的熏染,另一方面,也根源于家人的有意弘传。

The Buddhism Belief in Families of Northern Dynasties

Buddhism was popular in Northern Dynasties and its family tendency was obvious gradually. The Buddhism belief had very evident characteristic in Families of Northern Dynasties. It centered on family and its members, took practice seriously and had obvious material gain. There were two reasons that the family became the unit of a religious belief. One was the influence exerted by environment. The other was the spreading of the family members.