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The Origins of Good and Evil and the Challenge of Theodicy in the Buddhist Tradition |
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Buswell, Robert E., Jr.
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Acta Koreana
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| Volume | v.22 n.2 |
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| Date | 2019.12.15 |
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| Pages | 215 - 229 |
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| Publisher | Academia Koreana, Keimyung University |
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| Publisher Url |
http://actakoreana.kmu.ac.kr/
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| Location | Daegu, South Korea [大邱, 韓國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | theodicy; evil; Korean Buddhism; tathāgatagarbha; no-thought |
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| Abstract | The 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? |
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| Table of contents | Buddhism 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 |
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| ISSN | 15207412 (P) |
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| Hits | 394 |
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| Created date | 2021.04.09 |
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