Oneself as Another: Yantraputraka Metaphors in Buddhist Literature
While Buddhist teachings deny the presence of a stable, unchanging self, they must still make sense of human agency. In this article, I look through metaphors of mechanical men in Buddhist literature, which inform us of attempts to tackle the problem by resorting to figurative speech. With a selecti...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
MDPI
2023
|
In: |
Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 4 |
Further subjects: | B
universe of discourse
B Buddhism B embodied experience B Metaphor B first person |
Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
MARC
LEADER | 00000naa a22000002 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 1841714003 | ||
003 | DE-627 | ||
005 | 20230406055510.0 | ||
007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
008 | 230406s2023 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
024 | 7 | |a 10.3390/rel14040503 |2 doi | |
035 | |a (DE-627)1841714003 | ||
035 | |a (DE-599)KXP1841714003 | ||
040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rda | ||
041 | |a eng | ||
084 | |a 0 |2 ssgn | ||
100 | 1 | |a Zhao, You |e VerfasserIn |4 aut | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Oneself as Another: Yantraputraka Metaphors in Buddhist Literature |
264 | 1 | |c 2023 | |
336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a Computermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
520 | |a While Buddhist teachings deny the presence of a stable, unchanging self, they must still make sense of human agency. In this article, I look through metaphors of mechanical men in Buddhist literature, which inform us of attempts to tackle the problem by resorting to figurative speech. With a selection of examples, we shall see not only a basic rationale of these metaphors, as well as the dynamics of their usage in Buddhist texts against different doctrinal backgrounds, but also their meta-philosophical role in penetrating through the agent-oriented “universe of discourse”. | ||
601 | |a Buddhist | ||
601 | |a Literatur | ||
650 | 4 | |a universe of discourse | |
650 | 4 | |a first person | |
650 | 4 | |a embodied experience | |
650 | 4 | |a Buddhism | |
650 | 4 | |a Metaphor | |
773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Religions |d Basel : MDPI, 2010 |g 14(2023), 4, Artikel-ID 503 |h Online-Ressource |w (DE-627)665435797 |w (DE-600)2620962-7 |w (DE-576)348219067 |x 2077-1444 |7 nnns |
773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:14 |g year:2023 |g number:4 |g elocationid:503 |
856 | |u https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/503/pdf?version=1680686237 |x unpaywall |z Vermutlich kostenfreier Zugang |h publisher [oa journal (via doaj)] | ||
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14040503 |x Resolving-System |z kostenfrei |3 Volltext |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/503 |x Verlag |z kostenfrei |3 Volltext |
935 | |a mteo | ||
951 | |a AR | ||
ELC | |a 1 | ||
LOK | |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 | ||
LOK | |0 001 4303103829 | ||
LOK | |0 003 DE-627 | ||
LOK | |0 004 1841714003 | ||
LOK | |0 005 20230406055510 | ||
LOK | |0 008 230406||||||||||||||||ger||||||| | ||
LOK | |0 035 |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2023-04-05#CBA7BC2A13E5F8DD3B7695C6A586F2145A03E1D9 | ||
LOK | |0 040 |a DE-Tue135 |c DE-627 |d DE-Tue135 | ||
LOK | |0 092 |o n | ||
LOK | |0 852 |a DE-Tue135 | ||
LOK | |0 852 1 |9 00 | ||
LOK | |0 935 |a ixzs |a zota | ||
OAS | |a 1 | ||
ORI | |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw | ||
REL | |a 1 | ||
SUB | |a REL |