Beginnings of Buddhist ethics: the Chinese parallel to the Kūṭadantasutta

"The Chinese parallel to the Pali-Kutadantasutta marks one of the major turning points in Old Indian history of ideas: the transition from magic to ethics. In this sermon, the Buddha rejects the Vedic animal sacrifice and re-interprets it according to Buddhist ethics. He preaches sacrifices in...

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Published in:East Asia intercultural studies
Contributors: Meisig, Konrad 1953- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Chinese
Pāli
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Published: Wiesbaden Harrassowitz 2011
In: East Asia intercultural studies (4)
Series/Journal:East Asia intercultural studies 4
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Buddhism / Ethics
B Chinese language / Pāli / Kūṭadantasutta / Text comparison
B China / Buddhist philosophy / Ethics / Kūṭadantasutta
Further subjects:B Virtues (Buddhism)
B Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Dīghanikāya. Kūṭadantasutta
B Spring
B Buddhist ethics
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Summary:"The Chinese parallel to the Pali-Kutadantasutta marks one of the major turning points in Old Indian history of ideas: the transition from magic to ethics. In this sermon, the Buddha rejects the Vedic animal sacrifice and re-interprets it according to Buddhist ethics. He preaches sacrifices in a new sense of the word: the sacrifice of giving alms to Buddhist monks, or, even better, of building monasteries, of converting to Buddhism as a Buddhist layman, of obeying the five Buddhist rules for laymen, or - finally and most meritorious - becoming a Buddhist monk. In Beginnings of Buddhist Ethics, Konrad Meisig translates the Buddhist Chinese text for the first time and contrasts it in synopsis with the Pali. The text is given in the original characters along with the Pinyin transcription. The text-critical introduction deals with the variae lectiones both of the Chinese and the Pali; the final analysis focuses on the literary stratification and criticism of forms, thus reconstructing the archetypical nucleus of the Kutadantasutta."--Publisher's description
Item Description:Einl., Übers. u. Analyse in engl. Sprache. - Text: Chinesisch in chines. Schr. u. lat. Umschr
ISBN:3447064595