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'Preconditions': The Upanisā Sutta in Context |
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Jones, Dhivan Thomas
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Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
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| Volume | v.17 |
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| Date | 2019.11 |
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| Pages | 30 - 62 |
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| Publisher | Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies |
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https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/how-get-here
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| Location | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | The Upanisā Sutta (Saṃyutta Nikāya 12: 23) has been interpreted as presenting an overarching account of conditionality, joining the twelve nidānas of paṭicca-samuppāda with a further series of positive factors (upanisās) leading to awakening. The discourse has a parallel preserved in Chinese translation. A close reading of these versions shows how the series of upanisās belongs to a 'family' of upanisā discourses. The connection of the series to the twelve nidānas appears rhetorical rather than doctrinal. The concept of upanisā in Pāli literature is related to the concept of upaniṣad in Vedic literature, and upanisā was also a topic of debate in the ascetic milieu of ancient India. The Buddhist concept of upanisā emerges as that of a supportive inner state that is a necessary condition for achieving the aim of liberation. I propose to translate upanisā as 'precondition'. |
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| Table of contents | Introduction 31
1. Upanisa Sutta and its literary context 34
1.1 the Upanisa Sutta compared to a parallel preserved in Chinese translation 35
1.2 the 'upanisa family' of discourses 37
1.3 the Upanisa Sutta as literature 40
2. the meaning of the word upanisa 42
2.1 Pali upanisa and Sanskrit upanisad 43
2.2 Sanskrit upanisad 44
2.3 Pali upanisa in the context of ascetic debate 47
2.4 Pali upanisa in Buddhist discourses 49
2.5 translating upanisa in Pali discourses 52
Conclusion: conditionality and interpretation 53
Appendix: catalogue of appearances of upanisa in Pali discourses 55
1. the category of upanisa as 'likeness' 55
2. the category of upanisa as the instrumental cause for a goal, as a 'means' 56
3. the category of upanisa as an inner state which is a supportive condition 56
4. the category of upanisas as specific qualities for the sake of a goal 57
5. the category of upanisa as the relationship between inner states in a series 59 |
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| ISSN | 20471076 (P) |
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| Created date | 2022.04.14 |
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| Modified date | 2022.04.14 |
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