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The Origins of Good and Evil and the Challenge of Theodicy in the Buddhist Tradition
Author Buswell, Robert E., Jr.
Source Acta Koreana
Volumev.22 n.2
Date2019.12.15
Pages215 - 229
PublisherAcademia Koreana, Keimyung University
Publisher Url http://actakoreana.kmu.ac.kr/
LocationDaegu, South Korea [大邱, 韓國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Keywordtheodicy; evil; Korean Buddhism; tathāgatagarbha; no-thought
AbstractThe origins of good and evil and the problem of theodicy present a special set of challenges in Buddhism, which is relatively less concerned with consideration of first causes than are monotheistic religions. Buddhism focuses less on the issue of why evil and its incumbent suffering are present in the world and more on the question of how to respond to that evil. This emphasis on soteriology over metaphysics is seen in the characteristic invocation of pragmatic criteria for the evaluation of doctrines and practices; the recurrent motif of the Buddha as therapist rather than theorist; and the pervasive influence of the meta-theory of upāya (expedients or stratagems). This article will examine the soteriological dimension of the broader Buddhist response to evil and explore some of the explicit examinations of the problem of a Buddhist “theodicy” in later Mahāyāna monistic ontologies, which are explored in Korean Buddhist materials: viz., if the mind is innately enlightened or inherently pure, whence do ignorance or defilements arise?
Table of contentsBuddhism and the Origin of Evil 217
The Problem of Theodicy in East Asian and Korean Buddhism 220
The Chan/Sŏn School and No-thought Practice 224
Conclusion 228
References 229
ISSN15207412 (P)
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Created date2021.04.09



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