近代内蒙古地区蒙古人对藏传佛教认识的转变

CHANGE OF MODERN MONGOLIANS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS TIBETAN BUDDIHISM IN INNER MONGOLIA

从晚清时期开始,内蒙古地区的蒙古人便提出了改革藏传佛教的主张,到民国时期,无论是僧俗封建主,还是知识分子,对藏传佛教的负面影响有了更深刻的认识。蒙古人通过对藏传佛教的限制与改革,改变了过去喇嘛只读藏文经卷,不识蒙文,不能阅读蒙文书籍的尴尬境地。同时,在黄教仍拥有一定影响的地区,通过政府的限制与改革等措施,以地方法规的形式,有效控制了喇嘛人数,加快了藏传佛教在内蒙古地区衰落的步伐。

Since the late Qing Dynasty, the Mongolians in Inner Mongolia put forward the idea of reforming Tibetan Buddhism. During the period of the Republic of China, both the monks and the secular feudal lords and the intellectuals gained a deep insight about the negative effects of Tibetan Buddhism. By the restriction and reform of Tibetan Buddhism, the Mongolians changed the former awkward situation of lamas＇ reading Tibetan Buddhist Scriptures in the Tibetan language but without the knowledge about the Mongolian language and the ability to read Mongolian books. In the meantime, in areas where the Yellow Sect （a sect of Lamaism） was influential, through government＇ s restriction and reform in the form of local laws and regularities, the number of lamas was effectively controlled and thus stepped up the decline of Tibetan Buddhism in Inner Mongolia.