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The Divination performed by the Jain Monk Vajhara and Xuanzang’s Decision to Return to China: What really happened in Nālandā in the year 643？ |
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Hu-von Hinüber, Haiyan (著)=封興伯, 胡海燕 (au.)
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創価大学国際仏教学高等研究所年報=Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University=ソウカ ダイガク コクサイ ブッキョウガク コウトウ ケンキュウジョ ネンポウ
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| Volume | v.25 |
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| Date | 2022 |
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| Pages | 119 - 128 |
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| Publisher | 創価大学・国際仏教学高等研究所 |
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http://iriab.soka.ac.jp/publication/
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| Location | 八王子, 日本 [Hachioji, Japan] |
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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 | Xuanzang’s & Kuiji’s Biography; Nirgraṇṭhaputra=尼乾子 & Jainism; Divination & Soothsayers; Aṅgavidyā & Brahmajāla-Sutta |
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| Abstract | This paper aims to shed more light on the interrelationship between Buddhism and Jainism in the
7th century (§ 1 and § 6). The starting point of my examination deals with a particular divination
event for Xuanzang (602–664) performed by a Jain monk in Nālandā. The relevant records in
Xuanzang’s biography (§ 2) and in Kuiji’s biography (§ 3) clearly show that this encounter with
the Digaṃbara monk named *Vajhara, who predicted for the Chinese Master a successful return
journey, had a significant impact on the latter’s final decision to travel back to China. However, in
all of the research on Xuanzang, hardly any attention has thus far been paid to this highly
interesting fact. Furthermore, the controversial attitude of Jainism and Buddhism towards the
fortune-telling ritual as taught in the respective canonical scriptures of both religions (§ 4) will be
pointed out. Finally, the author proposes to demonstrate that the common Chinese perception of
Jains as “skilled soothsayers” can probably be traced back to Xuanzang himself, who first
introduced the term shan-zhan ni-qian 善占尼乾 “Nirgraṇṭhas as skilled soothsayers” in China
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| Table of contents | §1. Introduction
§2. Huili’s Records of Xuanzang’s Encounter with the Fortune-telling Jain Monk
§3. The Reference to the Divinating Nirgraṇṭha in Kuiji’s Biography
§4. The Controversial Attitude of Jainism and Buddhism towards Divination
§4.1. The Buddha Condemned Various Practices Dealing with Divination
§4.2. The Jains Use the Aṅgavidyā as a Guideline for Divination
§5. The Chinese Perception of the “Nirgraṇṭhas as Skilled Soothsayers”
§6. Conclusion
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| ISSN | 13438980 (P) |
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| Hits | 173 |
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| Created date | 2022.11.08 |
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| Modified date | 2022.11.08 |
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