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From Scholarly Object to Religious Text : the Story of the Lotus-sutra in the West
Author Deeg, Max
Source The Journal of Oriental Studies
Volumev.22
Date2012.08
Pages133 - 153
PublisherThe Institute of Oriental Philosophy=東洋哲學研究所
Publisher Url http://www.totetu.org/
Location東京, 日本 [Tokyo, Japan]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Note1. Max Deeg, Professor, Cardiff University, UK
AbstractThis paper will investigate the history of Western research and reception of the Lotus-sËtra. It will in particular address the question how Western perception of this sËtra changed from an object of academic research in the mid-19th century, initiated and instigated by the research on and the French translation of the text by Eugène Burnouf, to a perception of the sËtra as a religious text of its own right. I will trace this change of perception by sketching out the history of reception which shows that the “popularity” of the Lotus was restricted to a relatively small circle of Buddhist and Religious Studies scholars and Christian missionaries until a stronger focus on East Asian Buddhism—not least in its Japanese forms—led to the “discovery” of the text as an agent which influenced the religious culture of a large part of Asia. This is reflected in the rich translation history of the text which moves from academic purist “Sanskritism” to a living textual tradition in the form of translations made from Kumåraj¥va’s Chinese on behalf of Japanese Buddhist denominations. The history of the Lotus and its investigation can be taken as a paradigmatic example of a 14 from scholarly object to religious text shift of Western views of Buddhism from the early period in the 19th century into modern times.
ISSN09155309 (P)
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Created date2013.07.22
Modified date2017.08.18



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