世界名人谈佛陀 (14)
解脱无需上帝
在世界历史上是佛陀第一个向人类宣称,人人都可以在今生今世通过自己的努力为自己获得解脱,而不需要上帝或任何神的帮助。他极力主张和倡导“自主”、“纯洁”、“谦恭”、“觉悟”、“和平”和“博爱”的思想。他极力主张知识的必要性,认为没有智慧,在人的一生里就不可能有心灵的洞察力。
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艾立特《佛教与印度教》
Salvation without God
For the
first time in the history of the world, Buddha proclaimed a salvation,
which each man could gain for himself and by himself in this world
during this life, without the least help from a personal God or
gods. He strongly inculcated the doctrine of self—reliance, of purity,
of courtesy, of enlightenment, of peace and of universal love. He
strongly urged the necessity of knowledge, for without wisdom psychic
insight could not be got in his life.
~
Prof.Eliot, “Buddhism and Hinduism”
(摘自《世界名人谈佛教》达摩难陀编
成建华译) |