佛教与东方文化

Buddhism and Oriental Culture

与其他宗教相比,佛教具有更多的文化属性。源于印度的佛教不仅表现了民族文化特点,而且在南亚文化圈的形成过程中起了主导作用。佛教中国化是文化过滤与文化变异的结果,汉化佛教在东亚文化圈的形成过程中发挥了重要作用。佛教在发展过程中曾经受到西亚北非文化影响,在强盛时期又远播西亚北非地区,对后起的伊斯兰教苏非派也有一定影响。佛教沟通了东方三大文化圈,表现出鲜明的东方文化特性,是东方文化的重要代表。

Compared with other forms of religion, Buddhism has more cultural attributes. Buddhism, with its origin in India, not only embodies national cultural characteristics, but has also played a big role in the formation of south Asian cultural circle. The sinicization of Buddhism is the result of cultural filtration and mutation. The sinicized Buddhism played a significant role in forming east Asian cultural circle. Buddhism, which was influenced by west Asian and north African culture in its development and spread far to these two areas in its heyday, exerted some influence on Sufism of Islam. Bridging the three oriental cultural circles and having typical oriental cultural characteristics, it is an important representative of the oriental culture.