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The Sciencization of Compassion |
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Stenzel, Julia Caroline (著)
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Journal of Dharma Studies: Asian and Transcultural Religion, Philosophy, & Ethics
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| Volume | v.3 n.2 |
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| Date | 2020.10 |
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| Pages | 245 - 271 |
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| Publisher | Springer |
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https://www.springer.com/gp
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| Location | Berlin, Germany [柏林, 德國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Authors and Affiliations: Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal |
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| Keyword | Compassion; Secular; Compassion training; Lojong; Science; Śāntideva; Bodhisattva; Transformation |
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| Abstract | Recent neuroscientific research has caused a paradigm shift in our understanding of the meaning and scope of compassion. Derived from the Latin root compassiō, compassion used to be a religious emotion that implied suffering with the perceived sufferer, whereas now it is examined as a psychological, neuroscientific, neurobiological, and thus natural, phenomenon. The newly arisen research interest in compassion led to the development of secular compassion training programs that follow closely in the footsteps of the “mindfulness revolution.” Whereas the latter has been criticized for its reductionist appropriation of Buddhist thought by the capitalist west, in this paper, I demonstrate that the secularization of compassion is the result of innovative activities by representatives of the Buddhist traditions. I argue that some of the causes for the recent secularization and sciencization can be traced back into the fourteenth century Tibet, namely to the innovative exegetical activities of the scholars of the Tibetan Lojong tradition. I argue that from the perspective of the tradition, the sciencization of compassion resembles a deliberate purposeful “translation” effort that fits into the “two-track approach” of Buddhist propagation. |
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| ISSN | 25220926 (P); 25220934 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s42240-020-00084-w |
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| Created date | 2022.08.18 |
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| Modified date | 2022.08.19 |
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