이슬람과 불교의 인간관에 대한 비교연구

A Comparative Study on Human Nature in Islam and Buddhism: With Reference of Qur'an and Dhammapada

Radical Afghanistan Muslim groups destroyed two Buddha statues in 2001. With these cultural conflicts, the comparative studies on Islam and Buddhism have been done mainly by the apologetic purposes of each religious tradition, therefore the values of Islam and Buddhism have been overlooked and devaluated by the believers and scholars of other religions. This paper is intended to compare Islam with Buddhism in terms of human nature by analyzing their scriptures such as the Qur'an, Hadith, Dhammapada, and Suttanipata. These scriptures give us the basic foundations of religious worldviews. First, Allah created human beings for sending them to govern the world on His behalf. Even thought they often forget the Word of Allah, Allah forgives them their sins The original nature of humanity is to seek for Allah, but the weakness of human nature makes humans to worship idols. It is believed that the last prophet Muhammad delivered the original revelation of Allah to the world. As the straight way to Allah Islam offers Muslims six beliefs and five pillars for the transformative salvation of human beings from the ego to Allah. Second, Buddhists depend on Buddha, his teachings, and his community for the liberation from suffering. Because of their ignorance of the self, people suffer from the changeability of life. Behind these sufferings there are desires to be solved. It is believed that Buddha suggests the eight ways to lead to the great freedom. Humans have the great potentiality to reach the enlightenment beyond the powers of gods. In conclusion, both Islam and Buddhism have different views of humanity, but they have balanced systems of truth and practice. Islam emphasized the human relation with the power of Allah, while Buddhism pays attention to the human to become a Buddha.