|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discipline and Ethical Formation in the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda Vinayapiṭaka |
|
|
|
| Author |
Fifield, Justin Andrew (撰)
|
|---|
| Date | 2017 |
|---|
| Pages | 284 |
|---|
| Publisher | Harvard University |
|---|
| Publisher Url |
https://www.harvard.edu/
|
|---|
| Location | Cambridge, MA, US [劍橋, 麻薩諸塞州, 美國] |
|---|
| Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
|---|
| Language | 英文=English |
|---|
| Degree | doctor |
|---|
| Institution | Harvard University |
|---|
| Department | Committee on the Study of Religion |
|---|
| Advisor | Patil, Parimal G.; Monius, Anne; Robson, James |
|---|
| Publication year | 2017 |
|---|
| Keyword | vinaya; monastic discipline; Vinayapiṭaka; Mahāsāṃghika; Lokottaravāda; narrative; monasticism; biography; myth; disciplinary canon; ethics; ethos; time; sexual desire; caste; literature; South Asia; South Asian; India; Indian |
|---|
| Abstract | This dissertation examines the concept of vinaya, or discipline, in the Vinayapiṭaka, or Canon of Disciplinary Texts, of the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda monastic order. Discipline is a process of self-transformation toward salvific ends and a means of organizing the monastic community, illuminating personal and communal aspects of Buddhist monasticism. Although recent scholarship advances the field’s understanding of classical South Asian monasticism, the Vinayapiṭaka of the Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda receives little attention. This study is first to consider the entire Mahāsāṃghika Lokottaravāda Vinayapiṭaka and read its component texts against one another, arguing that the Mahāvastu, or Great Chapter, is not only nominally but functionally a vinaya text. This study demonstrates that narratives—mythical stories of the distant past, and biographical stories of the Buddha Śākyamuni and his Great Disciples—function in the Vinayapiṭaka to inculcate personal discipline and communal ethics, examining the disciplinary themes of sexual desire, time, and caste. In this way, it shows the importance of taking narrative seriously as a component of vinaya, and suggests a way to understand how narratives teach discipline. |
|---|
| Table of contents | Acknowledgments v–vi
Dedication vii
List of Figures and Tables viii
Introduction 1–21
Chapter One: The Vinaya Texts and Their History 22–69
Chapter Two: Structures of Time and the Origins of Vinaya 70–117
Chapter Three: The Goals of Monastic Discipline 118–143
Chapter Four: Sexual Desire and Guarding the Senses 144–185
Chapter Five: Time 186–232
Chapter Six: Human Difference, Caste, and Hierarchy 233–264
Conclusion 265–267
Bibliography 268–279
Appendix One: Structure and Contents of Mahāvastu 280–284
|
|---|
| Hits | 513 |
|---|
| Created date | 2021.12.11 |
|---|
 |
Best viewed with Chrome, Firefox, Safari(Mac) but not supported IE
|
|
|
