現代韓國佛教研究的方向性

The Direction of Contemporary Korean Buddhist Studies

金天鶴(KIM, Chon-hak)

《佛光學報》 新1卷1期 (2015/01) Pp. 169-190

摘要

以前韓國的佛教研究仰賴於日本學界的研究成果頗多。令人慶幸的是，近年在各領域都積極探尋自我認同而進步不少。本文對此類現況作一個研究回顧，在此基礎上探討未來的佛教研究方向。韓國佛教學會對1970以來的國內研究成果做了回顧，認為進入21世紀以後在各個領域開始尋求韓國獨有的研究特色。近年對瞑想、心理諮商方面的學術研究增多，但是專門研究早期佛教、南傳佛教、西藏佛教、西域佛教以及日本佛教方面的學者依然不多。所幸韓國研究財團大力資助，旨在推動韓國人文學國際化之「人文韓國(HK)」計畫，佛教研究方面分別由金剛大學佛教文化研究所與東國大學佛教文化研究院執行。兩處各有10人左右的學者從事文獻學、思想等各方面的研究，其成果也漸漸得到國際學界的重視。針對韓國佛教之現狀，不揣淺陋提出三個努力方向：重視以文獻為主的研究方式、在文獻研究基礎上加強對佛教社會活動的研究、以學者的方式促進佛教與其他宗教的對話。

關鍵字

韓國佛教研究 ； 韓國佛教學會 ； 人文韓國(HK) ； 宗教間對話 ； 社會活動 ； 自我認同

並列摘要

Until recently, Buddhist studies in Korea has relied heavily on the research results of Japanese scholars. Fortunately, great improvements have been made in each discipline (of Buddhist Studies) as a result of determined inquiries into the issue of self-identification. This paper presents a review on the studies of this current condition, and based on this review, further investigates the direction of Buddhist studies for the future. The Korean Association for Buddhist Studies has reviewed the results of research conducted within Korea since 1970, and has determined that after entering the 21st Century, each discipline (of Buddhist Studies)started to seek after research topics that would be distinctively Korean. Academic studies in insight meditation and psychological counseling have increased in recent years. On the other hand, there still are not many scholars specializing in the studies of early Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Central-Asian Buddhism, and Japanese Buddhism. Fortunately, research groups in Korea have supported the plans of Humanities Korea, whose goal is to promote Korea's humanities studies towards an international level. Geumgang University's Institute of International Buddhist Studies and Dongguk University's College of Buddhist Studies are in charge of executing the areas of Buddhist studies. In these two universities, they each have around ten scholars specializing in the studies of literature, thought, etc, and their research results are gradually gaining respect among the international academic community. Without making a presumption of the currently superficial aspects of Korean Buddhism, we wish to raise three directions worth striving towards: an emphasis on research methods focusing on literature; more emphasis on studies of Buddhist social activities based on literature in this area; promotion of dialogue between Buddhist scholars and scholars of other religions.

並列關鍵字

Korean Buddhist studies ； The Korean Association for Buddhist Studies ； Humanities Korea(HK) ； dialogue between religions ； social activities ； self-identification

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