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An Account of Generous Action and Esteem in Pāli Buddhism |
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Jones, Nicholaos
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International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture=국제불교문화사상사학회
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| Volume | v.30 n.2 |
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| Date | 2020.12 |
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| Pages | 195 - 225 |
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| Publisher | International Association for Buddhist Thought and Culture |
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| Publisher Url |
http://iabtc.org/
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| Location | Seoul, Korea [首爾, 韓國] |
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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 | Nicholaos JONES is professor of Philosophy at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. His research relating to Buddhism focuses mainly on metaphysics in the medieval Huayan tradition of Chinese Buddhism. |
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| Keyword | esteem; generosity; gift; karma; merit; no-self |
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| Abstract | I propose an account of generous action in the Pāli Buddhist tradition, whereby generous actions are instances of giving in which the donor has esteem for the recipient of their giving. The account differs from recent Anglophone accounts of generous action. These tend to construe generous actions as instances of a donor freely offering a gift to the recipient for the sake of benefiting the recipient. Unlike the Buddhist account I propose, these accounts do not require donors to esteem their recipient. Accordingly, I also offer a partial account of esteem, whereby one esteems another only if they refrain from noticing the other’s faults and they encounter the other as someone who is superior in virtue and goodness. Taken together, the Buddhist accounts of generous action and esteem offer insight into certain ways in which different philosophical traditions tend to characterize generous action. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract
Introduction 197
Conditions of Generous Action 198
Comparisons with Other Buddhist Accounts of Generous Action 206
The Value of Generous Action 208
Esteem and the Teaching of No-Self 211
Cross-Cultural Connections 216
Concluding Reflections 219
References 222 |
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| ISSN | 15987914 (P) |
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| DOI | 10.16893/IJBTC.2020.12.31.2.195 |
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| Created date | 2021.03.10 |
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| Modified date | 2021.03.10 |
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