中国佛学精神嬗变对社会工作本土化的启示

The Revelation of Chinese Buddhist Evolution to Localization of Social Work

中国佛学关于入世之中追求出世的精神内涵对中国人的思维观念与行为模式产生深远的影响。根源于西方文化的专业社会工作在本土化历程中同样面临着佛学当初进入中国的处境。佛学十分注意外来文化本土环境适应的重要性,其一方面注重依附统治阶级和中国传统文化;另一方面不断地改造自己并努力调和与儒道学说的关系,极力证明佛学与儒道学说在根本宗旨上的一致性,直至真正融入中国本土并且成为中国传统文化的重要组成部分。社会工作本土化可以从佛学的中国式成功嬗变和精神内涵改造经验得到很好的启示。

The spiritual connotation of Chinese Buddhism on standing aloof from worldly affairs while being in secular world has a profound impact on the thinking modes and behavior patterns of the Chinese people. The localization of professional social work rooted in western culture is also facing the same situation as when Buddhism entered into China. Buddhist played great attention to the importance of adaptation to the local cultural environment. On the one hand, it attached to the ruling class and the traditional culture, and on the other hand, Buddhist continued to reconcile the relationship with the Confucianism and Taoism, earnestly proving the consistency in its fundamental purpose with the other two religions, until it blended into the Chinese culture and became an important part of it. The localization of social work can get good revelations from the spiritual connotation and transformation of Buddhism.