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專題論壇 (學術篇)
THEME DISCUSSION

一步賦予「人間佛教」概念以時代內涵，將人 Buddhism” an essential concept of the age. It has or-
間佛教的次第性與終極性、社會責任與超越價 ganically combined Humanistic Buddhism’s sequen-

值有機結合，為佛教順利融入社會、積極化導 tial order, ultimate objective, societal responsibili-
時代、主動準確自我定位，建立了恰當的理論 ties, and value of transcendence together. Buddhism
出發點。 has smoothly merged into society through positively

The “Humanistic Buddhism” ideology has been guiding the era forward, and helping each of us to
confirmed as the fundamental guiding notion of Chi- understand our own self-worth. It has thus provided
nese Buddhism since the 1980s. For people who do society with an appropriate theoretical starting point

not have a deep understanding of Chinese Buddhism for growth.
and social history, this concept might be puzzling. In （2）「心文化」思想
truth, the first person to suggest the concept of “Hu- (b) The Concept of “Mental Culture”

manistic Buddhism” is the modern era Buddhist re- 如果說「人間佛教」思想標誌著中國佛教的
former, venerated master Taixu (1890-1947.) 社會化姿態，那麼，「心文化」思想則標誌著中

Because of the impact of modern culture, which 國佛教的全球化姿態。
placed scientific knowledge and rationality above ev- If one says that “Humanistic Buddhist” thought
erything else, Buddhism’s notions that secular with- symbolizes the socialization of Chinese Buddhism,

drawal and transcendence are the true meaning of then the concept of “Mental Culture” represents Chi-
life became subject to severe doubt. The legitimacy nese Buddhism’s globalized stance.

of Buddhism itself was brought into question. Given 當現代文明發展到全球化時代，其文明模
this background, venerated master Taixu proposed 式及理念的優勢越來越被遍及全球的世界性危
the concept of “Humanistic Buddhism” precisely 機所挑戰和解構，這就是所謂的現代性危機。

to display the value and significance of Buddhism 在現代文化難以解決自身產生的現代性危機之
throughout our actual life. From this he proved the le- 時，佛教的內在超越價值反而獲得了重煥異彩
gitimacy of Buddhism’s existence. Consequently, by 的契機。中國佛教對現代文明進行深刻反思，

proposing this idea he created a mixture of Buddhist 針對「物文化」的弊端而提出佛教「心文化」
teachings and modern culture. 的化解之道，並通過世界佛教論壇、中韓日三
During that period in time, Humanistic Bud- 國友好會議和各類國際宗教和平會議等多種途

dhism emphasized Buddhism’s compatibility with 徑，不斷發出佛教的聲音，積極回應現代科技
modern society and culture, but in no way diminished 文明引發的社會問題。

Mahayana Buddhism’s ultimate objective nor tran- As modern civilization has evolved into the age
scendent spirit. Contemporary Chinese Buddhism has of globalization, the modes and concepts of modern
taken this a step further and considers “Humanistic civilization have been challenged and deconstructed

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