人間佛教的未來學，必須兼具幾項特色： 一、依於佛教教義，無所違逆。 二、以現實人間為對象，以現實人間之未來趨勢為內容。 三、超越現實之侷限，包含宗教之理想。 四、方法上，跨越宗教、哲學要社會學之界限，成為具宗教特色之未來學方法。 人間佛教的未來學初步可從兩個路向思考，一是佛教來發展二是人間佛教對末來人間的期待和規劃。本文以太虛人間佛教為例，說明人間佛教發展初期對此二路的論述。

　　　　　The Futurology of Humanistic Buddhism includes the following characteristics: 1.It is based on the religious doctrine of Buddhism without prevarication. 2.Its object is the realistic human world, and its content is the future of the realistic human world. 3.It surpasses realistic limitation and includes religious ideal. 4.As for methodology, it crosses over the demarcation line of religion, philosophy and sociology. The futurology of Humanistic Buddhism can be discussed in two parts. Firstly, there is discussion of the future development of Buddhism. Secondly, research focuses on the expectations and projects in the realistic human world of Humanistic Buddhism. This article takes Tai Xu’s Humanistic Buddhism as an example and explains the two parts above in the beginning stage of Humanistic Buddhism.