中文摘要：

印顺认为,佛教在印度本土走向衰亡的根本原因是它逐渐背离初期佛教＂以人为中心＂的原则,蜕变为以＂欲界的低级天神＂为中心的宗教。为借鉴这一教训来探求当代中国佛教的复兴之路,他按照＂契理契机＂的方法论考察了大乘佛教的核心观念———菩萨观念在印度佛教中从无到有、从人而天、从天而神的流变过程。

英文摘要：

According to Yin Shun,the decline of Indian Buddhism resulted from the turning from the early＂human-oriented＂ Buddhism to inferior ＂gods-oriented＂ anaphase Buddhism.In order to find the reviving path for contemporary Chinese Buddhism by drawing lessons of it,he applied the methodology of ＂adherence to principles and adaptation to epochs＂ to investigate the transition of Bodhisattva idea,which is the kernel concept of Indian Mahayana,from non-existence to existence,from human to heaven,from heaven to god.