佛教与社会福祉
佛教不把物质幸福作为自己追求的最终目标,物质幸福只是一种趋于高尚境界的媒介而已。佛教承认必要的物质条件有利于实现人的最高精神境界,甚至对于那些修习禅定的僧侣来说,选择一个安静场所对止观是极为有益的。
——罗睺罗《佛陀的启示》
Buddhism and social
welfare
Buddhism dose
not consider material welfare as an end in itself; it is only a
means to an end--a higher and nobler end. But it is a means which
Buddhism recognizes the need of certain minimum material conditions
favourable to spiritual success--even that of a monk engaged in
meditation in some solitary place.
~Ven.Dr.W.Rahula“What the Buddha
Taught”
(摘自《世界名人谈佛教》达摩难陀编 成建华译) |