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A Road to Nowhere: The Significance of the Pilgrimage in Buddhist Literature
Author Braitstein, Lara Elizabeth (著)
Source Masters Abstracts International
Volumev.38 n.6 M
Date1999
PublisherProQuest LLC
Publisher Url https://www.proquest.com/
LocationAnn Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Degreemaster
InstitutionMcGill University
DepartmentFaculty of Religious Studies
AdvisorHori, Victor
Publication year1999
Note88p
Keyword佛教人物=Buddhist; 佛教文學=Buddhist Literature; 修行方法=修行法門=Practice; 朝聖=Pilgrimage
AbstractThis paper is an exploration of the theme of pilgrimage in the following three works: Gandvyūha, Journey to the West and The Life of Marpa the Translator.

Through an examination of the narrative structure of the texts, I derive a pattern which is consistent throughout these three Mahāyāna works. This pattern is then compared to the Mahāyāna doctrine of Two Truths, which is shown to be expressed by the literary pilgrimage. Finally, by exploring the ways in which these texts ‘work’ on the reader—both by seeing the protagonist go through the stages of Buddhist practice and through the reader's interaction with the text—I show how reading these stories can act as a transformative Buddhist practice.
ISBN9780612504998
ISSN08989095 (P)
Hits610
Created date2008.04.25
Modified date2022.04.06



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