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The Rhetoric of Violence in the Buddhist Tantras
Author Gray, David B. (著)
Source Journal of Religion and Violence
Volumev.6 n.1
Date2018
Pages32 - 51
PublisherPhilosophy Documentation Center
Publisher Url http://www.pdcnet.org/
LocationCharlottesville, VA, US [夏律第鎮, 維吉尼亞州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Keywordrhetorical violence; ritual violence; Buddhist tantra
AbstractThis 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.
Table of contentsAbstract 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
ISSN21596808 (E)
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Created date2023.11.29
Modified date2023.11.29



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