Investigation of religious pluralism and the concept of tolerance in India

本研究项目试图阐明印度宗教多元主义及相关领域的宽容概念，项目团队由近20名不同专业领域的学者组成，他们通过研究包括佛教在内的印度哲学和宗教的各种系统的相关文本或图像材料，或在印度或其他国家的各个领域进行相关的实地工作，来接近研究主题。研究方法从语言学、历史学、哲学到人类学。因此，人们对西方宽容概念与印度各种形式的宽容之间的差异有了新的认识。特别是，重新评估印度“包容主义”在当代全球社会中的意义似乎非常重要，因为它可以被视为当今多宗教紧张关系的实际解决方案，通过将其他宗教整合到自己的教义框架中，与其他宗教保持友好关系，并通过以自我为中心的接纳来减少潜在的冲突程度。

This research project has made an attempt to clarify the concept of tolerance in the religious pluralism of India and related areas, pursued by the project team which consists of nearly twenty scholars of various fields of specialization who have approached the research topic by studying relevant texts or iconographic materials of various systems of Indian philosophy and religion including Buddhism, or by making relevant field works in various areas of India or other countries, with research methods ranging from philological, historical, philosophical to anthropological ones. As a result, a new light has been shed on the difference between the Western concept of tolerance and various forms of Indian tolerance. Specifically it seems very important to re-evaluate the significance of Indian 'inclusivism' in the contemporary global societies because it can be regarded as a practical solution to multi-religious tension of today, with a friendly relationship with other religions retained by integrating them into its own doctrinal framework, with a potential degree of conflict lessened by a self-centered adoption of others.