一、居士的源流居士:梵文Grha-pati,意为家长、家主、长者、或有财产、或‘居家之士’。原指印度第三商工阶级毗舍族Vaisya的富翁或德高望重的有道之士而言。但在今天中国佛教社会,已普称一切信佛教的在家佛教徒为居士了。“居士”一词,也非佛教的专有,在中国的《礼记》中就已有了“居士锦带”一语,那是指的为道为艺的处士,含有隐士的意义。在印度,居士也不是由于佛教所创,梵 First, the origins of lay people Layman: Sanskrit Grha-pati, meaning parents, family leaders, elders, or property, or 'people living in home'. Originally refers to India's third commercial class Vaisya Vaisya's wealthy man or respected people of virtue. However, in today's Chinese Buddhist society, all Buddhist Buddhists who are Buddhist believers in Buddhism are generally regarded as lay people. “Layman ” is also a non-Buddhist monopoly. In China's “Book of Rites,” there is already a “layman belt”, which refers to the Taoist art priest, contains a hermit Meaning. In India, lay people are not created by Buddhism, Vatican