Mapping the Buddhist path to liberation : diversity and consistency based on the Pāli Nikāyas and the Chinese Āgamas

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    • Shi, Jianxun

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Mapping the Buddhist path to liberation : diversity and consistency based on the Pāli Nikāyas and the Chinese Āgamas

Jianxun Shi

(The humanities in Asia / editor-in-chief, Chu-ren Huang, v. 9)

Springer, c2021

  • : hardback

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"Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities, 香港人文學院"

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Due to the diversity in Buddhism, its essence remains a puzzle. This book investigates the Buddhist path to liberation from a practical and critical perspective by searching for patterns found in the Pali Nikayas and the Chinese Agamas. The early discourses depict the Buddhist path as a network of routes leading to the same goal: liberation from suffering. This book summarizes various teachings in three aspects, provides a template theory for systematically presenting the formulas of the sequential training of the path, and analyses the differences and similarities among diverse descriptions of the path in the early Buddhist texts. By offering a comprehensive map of the Buddhist path, this book will appeal to scholars and students of Buddhist studies as well as those practitioners with a serious interest in the Buddhist path.

目次

PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations I. Introduction 1. Issue of religious diversity and inclusivism 2. The quest for essences and consistency of Buddhist teaching 3. Features of early Buddhist texts 4. Pali Nikayas and Chinese Agmas II. The Path to Liberation 1. Three Dharma Seals 2. A goal-oriented path 3. Holy Life 4. Levels of Achievements 5. Three aspects: prototype, sequence, and factors III. The Prototype: the Buddha's enlightenment accounts 1. A typical outline 2. Various accounts 3. The issue of authenticity 4. Avoiding dogmatism IV. The Sequential Process: Gradual Training 1. Progressive instruction and gradual training 2. A series of practices in hierarchical order 3. Paradigm and template theory 4. Template A: developments based on the four jhanas 5. Template B: featured by knowledge and vision of things as they really are 6. Template C: developments centered on the seven factors of enlightenment 7. Template D: emphasized on faith and hearing the Dhamma V. The Factorial Analysis: Path Factors 1. Seven sets of thirty-seven factors leading to enlightenment 2. Things worth cultivating 3. The summary of the Buddha's teaching 4. The norm of spiritual practices 5. The noble path and the middle way 6. The way leading to the cessation 7. The totality of holy life VI. Comprehensive Discussions of the Three Aspects of the Path 1. The Buddha's enlightenment and his teachings 2. Time series analysis and cross-sectional analysis 3. Reconcilability with the triad of gratification, danger and escape 4. Compatibility between formulaic descriptions of the path 5. Case studies of selected texts VII. Types of Variation 1. Different in wording and expression 2. Explained in brief and in detail 3. Additional elements 4. Alternative ways 5. Flexibility in sequence 6. Different levels of development VIII. An Integrated Whole 1. Reciprocal support and counterbalance 2. Successiveness and predictability 3. Versatility 4. Milestones of the path 5. Essences of the path IX. Conclusion 1. A network of routes leading to liberation from suffering 2. An exploration through a deconstructive-reconstructive process 3. The middle way between diversity and uniformity AppendixBibliographyIndex

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BC12015579
  • ISBN
    • 9789811611513
  • 出版国コード
    si
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    [Singapore]
  • ページ数/冊数
    xv, 198 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
  • 親書誌ID
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