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Knowledge and Devotion in the Bhagavad-Gītā: A Suggestive Parallel from Chinese Buddhism
Author Allen, Michael S.
Source Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy
Volumev.13 n.1
Date2014.01.29
Pages39 - 51
PublisherSpringer Science & Business Media B.V.
Publisher Url http://www.springer.com/gp/
LocationDordrecht, the Netherlands [多德雷赫特, 荷蘭]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteMichael S. Allen, Harvard College Writing Program, Cambridge, USA
KeywordAdvaita Vedānta; Pure Land; Chan; Zhuhong 祩宏; Nondualism
AbstractHow is devotion (bhakti) related to knowledge (jñāna)? Does one lead to the other? Do they correspond to different paths for different people? Commentators on the Bhagavad-Gītā have debated these questions for centuries. In this essay I will suggest, as many Indian commentators have, that the paths of devotion and knowledge described in the Gītā can be harmonized. I will not draw from Indian texts, however, but from a suggestive parallel in the history of Chinese religions: namely, the development of a tradition of “dual cultivation” of Pure Land and Chan 禪. I will focus in particular on the works of Yunqi Zhuhong 雲棲祩宏 (1535–1615) and his use of the distinction between principle (li 理) and phenomenon (shi 事) to reconcile seemingly divergent religious paths. I will conclude by considering the implications of this synthesis for nondualist interpretations of the Gītā.
Table of contents1 Introduction 39
2 Jñāna and Bhakti: A Provisional Model 42
3 Chan and Pure Land Practice: Zhuhong’s Synthesis 44
4 Jñāna and Bhakti: The Model Revisited 48
References 51
ISSN15403009 (P); 15697274 (E)
DOI10.1007/s11712-013-9356-8
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Created date2017.05.19
Modified date2019.11.12



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