佛教法文化的变迁及其当代价值

Evolution of Buddhist Legal Culture and Its Contemporary Value

中文关键词:  佛教；法文化；变迁；当代价值；法律史

英文关键词:Buddhism, legal culture, change, contemporary value, legal history

中文摘要:

      从三个视角，即佛教法文化的内涵与本质特征、佛教法文化的起源与变迁以及佛教法文化的当代价值，详细地论述了佛教法文化的内涵（因实施佛教戒律而形成的观念、制度和物质等要素的总和）及其各项特征，如信仰、仪式、多元、柔和、僧团组织等，描述了中国古代佛教法文化对印度原始佛教的移植与嫁接，以及在此基础上的变迁和中国化进程，强调佛教法文化于公元5世纪定型后，与儒、道思想一起，共同成为中国传统法文化的主体内容，并在当代仍然具有重要的学术价值和实践意义，其民主、平等的理念，以及体现在各个“部门法”中的具体规定，与当代社会价值有诸多契合，是我们现在建设社会主义法治国家的重要文化资源。

英文摘要:

      Buddhist legal culture connotes the combination of ideas, institutions, substances and various features such as faith, rituals, pluralism and monk organizations derived from the implementation of the Buddhist law. Ancient Chinese Buddhist legal culture imported and transplanted India primeval Buddhism, on which changes and sinicization were based. Buddhist legal culture took shape in the fifth century and became the major part of Chinese traditional legal culture together with Confucianism and legalism. Buddhist legal culture is still of academic and pragmatic significance in contemporary world. The notions of democracy and equality as well as its specific provisions are embodied in departments of law tally with today’s social values in many ways. Buddhist legal culture is an important cultural resource for building the socialist country under the rule of law.