摘 要

藏族文化是世界文化宝库中一颗璀璨的明珠，其悠久的历史、丰富的内容和独特的表现形式越来越受到世人的瞩目。精神文化是藏族文化最重要的组成部分，也是藏族文化真正的价值所在。自佛教在公元七世纪传入西藏以来, 藏传佛教的哲学思想和价值体系作为藏族精神文化的主体和核心，一直引导和影响着藏族文化的方方面面。本文主要阐述藏传佛教的历史发展。 同时，分析藏传佛教对藏文化发展的积极影响以及它如何去适应现代文明社会。在现代化的社会背景下，藏传佛教的作用面临着弱化的趋势，但直到目前，它在藏族地区仍有着广泛而深刻的影响。通过对这些问题的研究与分析，表明藏传佛教不仅依旧有其存在的合理性和现实性基础，而且更是藏族传统文化的重要组成部分。

关键词：藏传佛教；藏文化；文化影响
 
Abstract

Tibetan culture is a dazzling pearl in the treasure-house of world cultures. Its long history, extremely rich content and unique form of expression are attracting an increasing number of people worldwide. Spiritual culture is not only the most important part of Tibetan culture, but also the real value of Tibetan culture. Since the introduction of Buddhism in Tibet in the 7th century AD, the philosophy and value system of Tibetan Buddhism as the main body of Tibetan spiritual cultural and the core, have guided and influenced all aspects of Tibetan culture. This paper studies the development of Tibetan Buddhism, meanwhile, analyzing the significant impact of the Tibetan Buddhism and how it should adapt itself to modern civilization and society. Under the impact of the modernization and industrialization, Tibetan Buddhism is declining. But up to now, it still maintains its broad and profound influence. By analyzing and studying these issues, this paper indicates that Tibetan Buddhism not only has reasonable and realistic basis for its existence in modern society, but also is a significant component of Tibetan traditional culture.

Keywords: Tibetan Buddhism; Tibetan Culture; Cultural influence

Chapter1 Introduction
Tibetan Buddhism, with its long history and brilliant culture, has become an important religion that has had a profound influence not only in China but also worldwide. Tibetan Buddhism is one of the three main branches of Chinese Buddhism. With its heartland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it has a history of more than 1,000 years.In the seventh century, Buddhism spread to the Tubo Kingdom in present-day Tibet from China’s Central Plains area and Nepal. It was adopted by the nobility, and later caught on among the common people. The process of its dissemination can be divided into the two periods of “the Earlier Propa-gation of Buddhism” and “the Later Propagation of Buddhism”. In the second period there was a constant influx of Buddhist master from India and Nepal to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau preaching Buddhism. This religion incorporated the indigenous primitive Tibetan religion, Bon, and finally took the shape of Tibetan Buddhism, or what is referred to by the Chinese as Lamaism. Tibetan Buddhism belongs to the Mahayana, or Greater Vehicle, tradition of Buddhism. Its unique feature is the system of reincarnation of holy men. People say that Tibet is a mystery, and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is known as the “last piece of pure land on earth” to modern people and “Lost Horizon” to Western eyes not only because of uncontaminated environment, but because of the unique ethnic religious cultures.