阿底峡《菩提道灯论》对藏传佛教后弘期的影响

The Impact of Atisha's Bodhi Road Light on the Latter Prosperity of Tibetan Buddhism

阿底峡是西藏佛教史上的一位重要人物,是后弘期初期藏传佛教的整顿者、改革家。他的著作《菩提道灯论》(以下简称《灯论》)一书,论述了凡夫成佛的循序渐进等修行过程和由浅入深的学习内容,几乎概括11世纪以前所有佛教典籍的精华。他的佛教思想对当时的佛教界起到了拨乱反正的指导作用,并进一步促进了完全意义上的藏传佛教的形成。《灯论》思想对后弘期西藏佛教界产生了深远的影响。

Atisha was a significant figure in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a reformer in the early days of Latter Prosperity of Tibetan Buddhism. His book Bodhi Road Light narrates the progressive practice from a normal person to Buddhahood and the learning contents almost summarizing the essence of the Buddhism literature and scriptures. His Buddhist thought played a guiding role of bring order out of chaos to the exsiting Buddhism circle,and further facilitated to the establishment of Tibetan Buddhism with complete meaning. The ideas of Bodhi Road Light caused profound influence on the Latter Prosperity of Tibetan Buddhism.