既非是、也非否——从大乘佛教诠释巴特对普救的论述  

Neither Yes Nor No: A Mahayana Buddhist Interpretation of Barth’s Discourses on Universal Salvation

作　　者：赖品超[1] LAI Pan-chiu(Department of Cultural&Religious Studies,The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

机构地区：[1]香港中文大学文化及宗教研究系

出　　处：《基督教文化学刊》2019年第1期2-27,共26页Journal for the Study of Christian Culture

摘　　要：导言巴特(Karl Barth,1886-1968)与普救论是巴特研究的一个热点。(1)当中所涉及的课题,并非只在于巴特是否及在何意义下主张普救论,(2)而是也包括为何巴特的神学一方面似是合乎逻辑地蕴涵普救论,但另一方面巴特又否定它。(3)本文并非要对巴特的相关著作进行一种仔细的神学注释,而是尝试透过与大乘佛教作比较,来探讨这些课题。Universal salvation is a controversial issue in Barth scholarship. The issue involves not only the question of whether and in what sense Barth advocates universal salvation, but also the reason why he explicitly denies universal salvation even though his theology seems to imply it logically. This essay attempts to explore the issue through comparing Barth’s relevant discourses with the Mahayana Buddhist discourses on universal salvation. It argues that in a Mahayana Buddhist perspective, especially through the doctrine of skillful means, it is possible, legitimate, and even coherent for Barth to accept universal salvation on the one hand and deny it on the other. The essay concludes that apart from their seeming similarities, there are also some significant differences between the Mahayana Buddhist and Barth’s discourses on universal salvation. First, whereas Barth’s approach is based mainly on orthodoxy and orthopraxis, the Mahayana Buddhist approach to universal salvation is based also on orthopathos. Second, whereas Barth’s discourses tend to focus on the election of humankind, the Mahayana affirmation of universal salvation clearly covers non-human beings. Third, the Mahayana Buddhist discourses emphasize the equality between sentient beings and the bodhisattvas or even Buddha(s), whereas Barth might highlight the divine initiative and the uniqueness of Jesus Christ.

关 键 词：BARTH UNIVERSAL SALVATION Mahayana BUDDHISM Skillful MEANS 

分 类 号：B948[哲学宗教—宗教学]