佛教与道教宇宙论比较研究宗教学专业论文.docx

II II 扬我国传统的哲学思想，树立科学的世界观、方法论和正确的人生观， 对建设社会主义和谐社会具有十分重要的现实指导意义。 关键词：宇宙论，缘起论，道气，性空 PAGE PAGE III ABSTRACT In the cognition history of human being, the exploration of universe even originated before the recorded history. Furthermore, the cosmology is the basement and the core of Buddhist thought and Taoist thought that occupied an important position in the history of Chinese traditional culture. The researches from past scholars were mainly relevant to the origin of the universe, the very essence of the universe and the temporal-spatial relationship. In order to better understand the basic theories of Buddhism and Taoism and guide the contemporary life, on the basis of historical investigation and philosophical analysis, the study compared the similarities and differences of some important theories between Buddhism and Taoism, that are the cosmologic theory, universe ontology and temporal-spatial relationship. On the question of the origin of the universe, different religious forms have different answers. Buddhist proposed the origin. However, the Taoist philosophy constructed the Road Gas-based cosmogony on one hand, on the other hand it theologically proposed the creationism with the oracle of revelation. Rooted in the origin theory of Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism developed the origin of the empty ontological thought that was connected to as well as distinct with Tao ontology. And due to the different interpretations of the ontology of the universe, the Buddhism and Taoism had the different attitudes to life. In additon, Chinese traditional cosmological thought involved the discussions about temporal-spatial relationship, by contrasting the similarities and differences of the theories of temporal-spatial concepts as well as temporal-spatial interrelationship between Buddhism and Taoism, it could be concluded these temporal-spatial concepts were mythological and speculative. In summary, besides having the academic value, the comparative study of cosmology betwe