Master Tai Xu’s Rationalitybuddhist Thought

In modern times under this special background, introduces become the mainstream of academic trend. Tai Xu master as a typical representative of the Buddhism, reflects on the development of Chinese Buddhism. Realized by the impact of the western scientific civilization, Chinese Buddhism must respond. Although there is no lack of Buddhism to respond, but Tai Xu founded through its rational buddhist thought, created the modern buddhist path- human, making the development of Chinese Buddhism and continue to exist widely.Tai Xu`s response is achieved by rational Buddhism. Through the modern interpretation of Buddhism to adapt to The Times development to achieve the purpose. "Rational" as the meaning of Buddhism in the traditional sense,ontological significance,Tai Xu by using ontology concepts of "rational",clearly put forward the concept of "rational" namely "method". That is to say, "rational" is its ontology, cosmology is the core of the theory of rational buddhist thought. Second, Tai Xu and draw lessons from the meaning and reason of the modern western buddhist ontology with the understanding of the western rational reason to combine, form the rational buddhist epistemology significance. It is well known that scientific knowledge is empirical, has the meaning of materialism. Was Tai Xu sure of empirical science and relatively objective, and criticizes the limitations of the scientific and absolute objective enough, to explain the dhamma by critically inheriting the scientific, also can saying is the ultra scientific, in order to draw a rational buddhist epistemology is based on buddhist wisdom- wisdom as its core. Finally, using the rational buddhist this thought connotation, too through transforming Buddhism formed the theory of humanistic Buddhism. The human nature of humanistic Buddhism, phuket and the content of The Times on the intrinsic theory also reflects its rational buddhist. From another level can also speak, Tai Xu`s human buddhist is rational.So Tai Xu `s rationality of Buddhism well reflects both the standard position firmly in Buddhism, attitude, and for the purpose of promoting Buddhism can also actively conform to the trend of The Times, with modern thinking and ideas to explain the buddhist thinking.