试论缅甸佛教青年协会

通过对缅甸佛教青年协会产生的背景、诞生及其活动的论述和分析,本文认为:缅甸佛教青年协会在缅甸近代历史上具有特殊的历史意义,即它是缅甸历史上第一个具有近代民族主义性质的组织;它对缅甸人民民族主义意识的普遍形成起了重要作用;通过它缅甸人了解和认识了缅甸以外的世界,使缅甸近代民族主义运动在发展之初就与世界的近代民族主义运动,尤其是与亚洲的近代民族主义运动产生了密切的联系.另外,佛教青年协会的性质及其活动使得缅甸近代民族主义运动从诞生的那一刻起就打上了宗教的深深印痕,该会的领导策略和方法也为以后的缅甸近代民族主义运动提供了有益的借鉴.

An Analysis of The Young Men's Buddhist Association of Myanmar

By analyzing the background, birth and activities of the Young Men's Buddhist Association of Myanmar, this article concludes that it has played a special role in the modem history of Myanmar. It is the first modem nationalism organization in Myanmar history, which arouses the common nationalism consciousness of Myanmar, makes them care about the politics of the country, especially the fate of the country, and pushes them to know the world outside Myanmar. It also makes the mordem nationalism movement in Myanmar be connected with that in the world especially in Asia, and branded in religion form from the very beginning. And its strategy and method for leadership provides some experience for the later nationalism movement in Myanmar.