Of ancestors and ghosts: how Preta narratives constructed Buddhist cosmology and shaped Buddhist ethics
"In Part I of this book, I argued that preta narratives participated in a larger world-building process that negotiated the contours of the Buddhist cosmos and, with it, the place of the departed. Through stories about encounters between humans and pretas, Buddhist authors explored the place of...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Oxford University Press
[2024]
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| Dans: | Année: 2024 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Sanskrit
/ Pāli
/ Littérature bouddhiste
/ Récit
/ Preta
/ Karma
B Buddhisme / Croyance aux esprits / Cosmologie / Éthique / Histoire |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion BL Bouddhisme NCA Éthique |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Causation (Buddhism)
B Karma Buddhism B Death Religious aspects Buddhism |
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Table des matières Quatrième de couverture Literaturverzeichnis |
| Résumé: | "In Part I of this book, I argued that preta narratives participated in a larger world-building process that negotiated the contours of the Buddhist cosmos and, with it, the place of the departed. Through stories about encounters between humans and pretas, Buddhist authors explored the place of the departed in a karmic cosmological system, worked out how to best assist them, and advocated for the importance of the sangha in facilitating these offerings. These tales do not merely reflect the process through which the preta as a specific entity and rebirth category became distinguished from the ancestral departed, but also participated in this process. This illustrates the importance of viewing narratives, in Rob Campany's terms, as argumentative. Stories are not merely the distillation of more abstract doctrine but are sites for the construction of religious worldviews. This illustrates that religious cosmologies are not laid down fully formed in doctrinal treatises. They are cumulatively built over time, and "popular culture" can do important work in the aggregative construction of cosmologies"-- Introduction: Entering the Realm of the Pretas -- Part I. Constructing the Preta Realm: 1. From Ancestor to Ghost: The Development of the Preta and Its Realm -- 2. The Fruits of False Views: Arguments for Karma in Preta Narratives -- Part II. Karma and Embodiment: 3. Consuming the Fruits of One's Own Actions: Wealth, Class, and Caste -- 4. Virile Householders and Fertile Wives: Gender and Sexuality in This World and the Next -- 5. Decaying, Dying, Decomposing: The Aesthetics of Disgust and the Production of the Ethical Subject -- Conclusion: The Afterlives of Preta Narratives -- Works Cited. |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Description matérielle: | xiv, 280 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-774890-9 |
