DOI: 10.30792/2949-5768-2024-9-47-52
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUDDHISM AND TAOISM IN HISTORICAL RETROSPECT AND MODERNITY
Yangutov Leonid Evgrafovich – Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher at the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology SB RAS (Ulan-Ude, Russia).
E-mail: yanguta@mail.ru.
The article is devoted to the analysis of interaction between Taoism and Buddhism in their historical development from the moment of Buddhism’s entry into China to the formation of syncretism of three teachings, known in China as the unity of three teachings (san jiao, 三教). The article examines the conventional stages of interaction between Buddhism and Taoism, their relationship to each other, mutual influence and mutual borrowing. It shows the interaction of Buddhism and Taoism in the framework of their syncretism, including Confucianism, as well as the demand for such syncretism in the modern conditions of China.
