世界名人谈佛陀 (15)
佛教与解脱
佛陀并不能拯救人类,他只是教导人们如何像他自己曾经历的那样自己拯救自己。人们信奉他真理的言教,并不是因为这些言教出自于佛陀,而是因为他的这些教导唤醒了人类,使他们潜在的自身的精神之光焕发出来,觉悟了自己。
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奥登堡 一位德国佛教学者
Buddha
and the salvation
It is
not the Buddha who delivers men, but he teaches them to deliver
themselves, even as he has delivered himself. They accept his teaching
of the truth, not because it comes from him, but, because of personal
conviction, aroused by his words, arises by the light of their own
spirit. ~
Dr. Oldenburg, A German Buddhist
scholar
(摘自《世界名人谈佛教》达摩难陀编
成建华译) |