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世界名人谈佛教
议会政制来自于佛教
多样化的合作行为体现了一种自治机制，这种自治倾向可能受到佛教反对婆罗门至上、反对种姓制度、主张众生平等的思想的新思潮的影响和推动。我们可以从佛经中找到早期自我管理机构运作的事例，令人感到惊讶的是，远在２５００年前或更早的印度，佛教僧侣的集会里能够找到我们当今议会制运作的雏型。——马奎斯《印度的遗产》
Parliamentary system borrowed
from Buddhism
It is probable that the tendency towards
self- government evidenced by these various forms of corporate activity
received fresh impetus from the Buddhist rejection of the authority
of the priesthood and further but its doctrine of equality as exemplified
by its repudiation of caste. It is indeed to the Buddhist books
that we have to turn for an account of the manner in which the affairs
of the early examples of representative self-governing institutions
were conducted. It may come as a surprise to may to learn that in
the assemblies of Buddhists in India 2500 years and more ago are
to be found the rudiments of our own parliamentary practice of the
present day.
～Marquess of Zetland, a former Viceroy of
India, "Legacy of India"
（摘自《世界名人谈佛教》达摩难陀编 成建华译）
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