A Brief Comment on Chinese Buddhism and the Spirit of Humanism

Like any other religions, The tenet of which is one of the big three religions in the world is in pursuit of standing aloof from worldly affairs, and is opposite to humanism. But when it was imported into China and combined with Chinese vulgar culture of Confucianism, Taoism and social life, it gradually got Chino\|nationalization .The important character of Chinese is its vivid agreement with worldly affairs. This paper first analyzed the two concepts of \!Chinese Buddhism and \!the spirit of humanism\, comparing Chinese with the original Buddhism, with Chinese vulgar culture of Confucianism, Taoism; then expatiated on the close relation between \!Chinese Buddhism and \!the spirit of humanism in the aspect of the nature of and human nature、 standing aloof from worldly affairs and agreement with worldly affairs, ideality and reality, in order to clarify the idealistic character of Chinese Buddhism, and thus to provide the useful revelation for the modernization of the present Chinese Buddhism.