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Appropriate Means as an Ethical Doctrine in the Lotus Sutra |
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Reeves, Gene
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Journal of Buddhist Ethics
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| Volume | v.5 |
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| Date | 1998 |
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| Pages | 241 - 260 |
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| Publisher | Department of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University |
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https://history.la.psu.edu/
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| Location | University Park, PA, US |
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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. Paper from the Rissho-Kosei-Kai Conference on the Lotus Sutra, Japan, Summer 1997
2. Gene Reeves, Rikkyo University; reeves@gol.com |
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| Keyword | 佛教經典=Buddhist Scriptures=Sutra; 妙法蓮華經=法華經=The Lotus Sutra=Saddharma-pundarika Sutra; 長行=契經=修多羅=Sutra |
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| Abstract | In this paper I claim that upāya or hōben in the Lotus Sūtra, contrary to how it has often been translated and understood, is an ethical doctrine, the central tenet of which is that one should not do what is expedient but rather what is good, the good being what will actually help someone else, which is also known as bodhisattva practice. Further, the doctrine of hōben is relativistic. No doctrine, teaching, set of words, mode of practice, etc. can claim absoluteness or finality, as all occur within and are relative to some concrete situation. But some things, doing the right thing in the right situation, can be efficacious, sufficient for salvation. |
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| Table of contents | The Dharma in Stories 244
Hoben as Skillful and Appropriate 245
Hoben as Practical 247
Salvation as the Buddha-way 248
What does it mean to be a Buddha? 249
The Buddha-way as Bodhisattva Practice 249
Bodhisattvas as Role Models 251
Bodhisattva Ethics 252
Hoben as Provisional 252
The Embodied Dharma 254
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| ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
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| Hits | 783 |
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| Created date | 2000.08.14
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| Modified date | 2022.01.27 |
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