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Language Conducive to Awakening: Categories of Language usa in East Asian Buddhism with Particular Attention to the Vajrayana tradition
Author Paul, Gregor ; Sonoda, Muneto ; Payne, Richard K.
Date1998.02
Pages47
PublisherIudicium
Publisher Url http://www.iudicium.de/
LocationStuttgart, Germany [斯圖加特, 德國]
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
Note叢書:Buddhismus-Studien 2 ;EKo-Haus der Japanischen Kultur e.V.
Keyword尸羅=戒=command=Precept=sila=morality=rule=discipline=prohibition; 中觀學派=龍樹學=中觀佛教=Madhyamaka=Madhyamika; 佛教人物=Buddhist; 佛學研究=佛教學=Buddhist Studies=Buddhology; 金剛乘=Vajra-yana=Vajrayana
AbstractThe academic study of religion often assumes the Romantic view that language interferes with the direct experience of reality. In turn this view has been projected onto Buddhism. In turn this view has been projected onto Buddhism. Within the Buddhist tradition itself, however, a variety of uses of language have been made, many of which demo nstrate a positive view of language as being conducive to awakening. Within the Buddhist tradition itself, however, a variety of uses of language have been made, many of which demo nstrate a positive view of language as being conducive to awakening. "Language Conducive to Awakening" attempts first to develop a typology of the various ways in which language has been used within the East Asian Buddhist tradition. "Language Conducive to Awakening 'first attempts to develop a typology of the various ways in which language has been used within the East Asian Buddhist tradition. This typology distinguishes between discursive, cognitive and non- cognitive uses of language. This typology distinguishes between discursive, cognitive and non-cognitive uses of language. Following this, the theoretical ramifications of these uses of language are explored: the need for a plurality of explanations, the addition of mnemonic and reformative functions to those generally accepted in Western logic, and the foundational differences resulting from Buddhism s being based on the Madhyamaka rejection of metaphysics, rather than on the neo-Platonic dualism which informs both the Western religious tradition and the academic study of religion. Following this, the theoretical ramifications of these uses of language are explored: the need for a plurality of explanations, the addition of reformative and mnemonic functions to those generally accepted in Western logic, and the foundational differences resulting from Buddhism, being based on the Madhyamaka rejection of metaphysics, rather than on the neo-Platonic dualism which informs both the Western religious tradition and the academic study of religion.

In der Reihe "Buddhismus- Studien/Buddhist Studies" erscheinen deutsch- und englischsprachige Monographien, die weithin unbekannte Aspekte des Buddhismus erschließen und zu weitergehenden Untersuchungen stimulieren sollen. Die einzelnen Studien behandeln die unterschiedlichsten Themen, und dies aus der Sicht verschiedener Disziplinen und im Licht verschiedener Hypothesen. Sie sind geeignet, einseitige Vorstellungen über den "Buddhismus" durch ein treffenderes Bild zu ersetzen.

In the series "Buddhism studies", Buddhist Studies appear German and English monographs, the widely unknown aspects of Buddhism and to develop further stimulate investigations.The study will examine various issues, and this from the perspective of different disciplines and in the light of various hypotheses. They are suited to unilateral ideas on the "Buddhism" with a picture treffenderes to replace.
ISBN3891296916 (pbk); 9783891296912 (pbk)
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Created date2005.04.07
Modified date2014.04.29



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