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Truth and Its Reception: The Wonder and Metaphor of the Incorruptible Tongue in the Lotus Sutra Tradition |
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Ho, Chiew Hui (著)
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The Journal of Oriental Studies
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| Volume | v.29 |
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| Date | 2019 |
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| Pages | 182 - 208 |
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| Publisher | The Institute of Oriental Philosophy=東洋哲學研究所 |
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| Publisher Url |
http://www.totetu.org/
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| Location | 東京, 日本 [Tokyo, 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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| Note | 1. Contributions.
2. Author Affiliation: University of Sydney, Australia. |
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| Abstract | In my study of parasutraic narratives of the Tang period (618–907), I have noticed that there are a quite number of them that speak of the incorruptibility of the tongues of devotees. Mostly biographies of monks, these narratives typically end with the passing of these monks and the wonder of their tongues surviving cremation or remaining intact after burial. Of greater interest is that these narratives are almost always associated with the Lotus Sutra. In my survey of Tang parasutraic compilations, this motif is never found in Diamond Sutra narratives and only once found in a narrative related to the Garland Sutra. The rest of the accounts are found in the two principal parasutraic texts of the Lotus Sutra, the Hongzan fahua zhuan 弘贊法華傳 (A Chronicle for Widely Extolling the Lotus Sutra) and the Fahua chuanji 法華傳記 (A Record of the Transmission of the Lotus Sutra).2 What accounts for this? How does this motif come to be associated with the tradition of the Lotus Sutra? What can it tell us about how the Lotus Sutra was conceived in medieval China? These are the questions that this article sheds some light on. |
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| Table of contents | The Incorruptible Tongue in Chinese Buddhism: Suwa Gijun’s Study 182
The Wonder in Parasutraic Narratives 184
The Lotus Sutra and the Incorruptible Tongue 188
Symbolism of the Tongue 191
Kumārajīva: Discipline and Truth 193
The Highest Truth and Its Reception 195
Parasutraic Literature and the Metaphor of the Incorruptible Tongue 199
Notes 204
Bibliography 207
Primary Sources 207
Secondary Sources 207
About the Author 208 |
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| ISSN | 09155309 (P) |
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| Hits | 39 |
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| Created date | 2024.03.28 |
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| Modified date | 2024.09.09 |
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