Yuki Sirimane is an Attorney-at-Law. She holds a Doctorate in Buddhist Studies from the Postgraduate Institute of Pāli and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
摘要
This book is a study on the nature and effects of the Theravāda Buddhist religious experiences of the four supramundane fruits of the Noble Eightfold Path – the experience of the fruit which is stream-entry, once returning, non-returning and Arahanthship – with special focus on the experience of stream-entry.
It represents the first time within Theravāda Buddhist studies that a serious textual study has been combined with a substantial field research. Despite disciplinary rules which virtually prohibit a monk with higher ordination from discussing their personal religious experiences, this book presents seven comprehensive anonymous interviews conducted mainly with forest monks on their meditative experiences.
The study presents a definition for the ‘supramundane fruit’ of the path and an alternate framework to discuss and evaluate Theravāda Buddhist religious experiences. It then uses this framework to address some longstanding debates around the Theravāda path and its fruits thus bringing experience back to the centre stage of these debates.
目次
Table of Contents
Preliminaries Acknowledgements xi - xii Foreword by Professor Asanga Tilakaratne xiii - xv Foreword by Professor Peter Harvey xvii - xix Abbreviations and primary sources xxi - xxii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1 - 30
Chapter 2 Noble persons and how to recognize one 31 - 51
Chapter 3 Does the attainment of a supramundane fruit necessarily involve a specific experience? 53 - 64
Chapter 4. ‘Path, fetter - breaking - experience and effect’ (of the fetter - breaking - experience) 65 - 86
Chapter 5 Noble persons and the nature of their fetter - breaking - experiences 87 - 119
Chapter 6 The stream - enterer 121 - 170
Chapter 7 An interview with a ‘possible Arahant’ 171 - 195
Chapter 8 Conclusion 197 - 214
End Matter Appendix I – The questionnaire used for the fieldwork and its rationale 215 - 220 Appendix II – Interview synopsis and analysis 221 - 279 Appendix III – Interview no.1 (Sample interview) 281 - 318 Bibliography 319 - 321 Indices 325 - 343
