Jung viewed Buddha as a great physical-psychical therapist; he himself obtained lots of helps from the sutras, too. This article researched the relationship between Jung and Buddhism. First, I disposed Jung’s relationship with India and Buddha from the aspect of his biography, and discussed his interpretation of several important sutras. Second, I compared the affinities and the differences between the “mandala” and “meditation” of the sutras and Jung’s “mandala” and “active imagination”. Finally, I pointed out that Jung appreciated Buddhism and his important concepts, such as the archetype of mandala, active imagination, self, collective unconsciousness, can be found their corresponsive terms in the sutras, but ht lacked an elaborate methodology of self-cultivation and ht didn’t admit human has the ability of penetrating into the transcendental world, either. Thus there is a great difference between Jung’s thoughts and Buddhist doctrine. Such a difference is very critical.
