世界名人谈佛教 (26)
佛教就是佛教
显然,佛教和嗜那教都不属于印度教的范围,也不是一种变相的吠陀教义。它们虽起源和兴起于印度,但却是印度文化生活及哲学所不可分割的重要部分。印度的佛教或者嗜那教是百分之百的印度思想和文化的产物,而不是赖于信仰的印度教。因此,把整个印度文化与印度教文化相提并论乃是极大的误导。——尼赫鲁
《印度的发现》
Buddhism
is Buddhism
Buddhism and Jainism were certainly
not Hinduism of even the Vedic Dharma. Yet they arose in India and
were integral parts of Indian life, culture and philosophy. Buddhist
or Jaina in India is a hundred per cent product of Indian thought
culture, yet neither is Hindu by faith. It is entirely misleading
to refer to Indian culture as Hindu culture.
~Nehru, "Discovery
of India"
(摘自《世界名人谈佛教》达摩难陀编
成建华译) |