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The Rhetoric of Violence in the Buddhist Tantras |
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Gray, David B. (著)
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Journal of Religion and Violence
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| Volume | v.6 n.1 |
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| Date | 2018 |
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| Pages | 32 - 51 |
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| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center |
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http://www.pdcnet.org/
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| Location | Charlottesville, VA, US [夏律第鎮, 維吉尼亞州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | rhetorical violence; ritual violence; Buddhist tantra |
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| Abstract | This article explores the rhetoric of violence in the Buddhist tantras, arguing that it generally falls into two types: (1) violence deployed in a purely rhetorical fashion for the purpose of impressing or persuading the reader; and (2) textual depictions of violent ritual practices, which can, with some caveats, be interpreted as depictions of, and possibly prescriptions for, ritual violence. The former type often includes grandiose or exaggerated instances of hyperbolic rhetoric, often deployed for the purpose of aggrandizing the text or tradition. The article segues to discussions of descriptions of and prescriptions for ritual violence, and explores one of the justifications given for ritual violence, namely that it contributes to, or is excused by, the attainment of a spiritually advanced state of awareness called the “non-dual gnosis” (advayajñāna). Here particular attention is paid to violent rituals that involve the creation of effigies or symbolic substitutes for a sacrificial victim. These rituals, rather than involving actual violence, instead symbolically depict it. Yet these rituals are still violent insofar as they are symbolic enactments of acts of violence, and often they are performed with the goal of actually harming the victim who is symbolically represented in the ritual practice. The article concludes with an examination of a strategy for legitimizing such violence by invoking the concept of non-dual gnosis, and suggests that this ethical double standard has actually been used to excuse ethically dubious conduct by contemporary Buddhist leaders. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 32
The Rhetoric of Violence in the Tantras 34
The Imperative for Violent Rituals in the Tantras 38
Non-dual Gnosis and the Logic of Transgression 42
References 48 |
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| ISSN | 21596808 (E) |
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| Created date | 2023.11.29 |
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| Modified date | 2023.11.29 |
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