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A Buddhist Theory of KillingText and Tradition: An Overview of Sources

A Buddhist Theory of Killing: Text and Tradition: An Overview of Sources [This chapter provides an introductory thematic overview and contextualisation of the Pali-language sources available for early Indian Buddhist statement concerning the moral evaluation of killing, its prohibition in the first precept, and the larger normative context of non-violence in which these emerge. Such statement is founded, as is much normative Buddhist discourse, on the canonical record of the Nikāyas, or discourses of the Buddha, the Vinaya or legal code of the monastic order, and on the philosophical elaboration of the Abhidhamma, or so-called higher teaching. Representing the core of early Indian Buddhist normative and ethical teaching, these statements are developed in commentarial traditions, in multiple linguistic and cultural contexts (including Sanskrit and classical Chinese, and then Tibetan sources, among others). For purposes of exegesis, the Theravāda commentarial tradition, especially that of Buddhaghosa, is prominent for sourcing later Pali Buddhist discourse on killing (reflected also in roughly contemporaneous Sanskrit-language sources such as the Abhidharmakośa of Vasubandhu, considered in subsequent chapters). The Indian Buddhist record on killing is rounded out by a brief survey of the Mahāyāna discussion of the moral exemplarity of the bodhisattva, the high soteriological value of which introduces exceptions to the norm prohibiting killing evident in the early Buddhist record.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Buddhist Theory of KillingText and Tradition: An Overview of Sources

Kovan, Martin
Springer Journals — Jun 21, 2022
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Springer Nature Singapore
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978-981-19-2440-8
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[This chapter provides an introductory thematic overview and contextualisation of the Pali-language sources available for early Indian Buddhist statement concerning the moral evaluation of killing, its prohibition in the first precept, and the larger normative context of non-violence in which these emerge. Such statement is founded, as is much normative Buddhist discourse, on the canonical record of the Nikāyas, or discourses of the Buddha, the Vinaya or legal code of the monastic order, and on the philosophical elaboration of the Abhidhamma, or so-called higher teaching. Representing the core of early Indian Buddhist normative and ethical teaching, these statements are developed in commentarial traditions, in multiple linguistic and cultural contexts (including Sanskrit and classical Chinese, and then Tibetan sources, among others). For purposes of exegesis, the Theravāda commentarial tradition, especially that of Buddhaghosa, is prominent for sourcing later Pali Buddhist discourse on killing (reflected also in roughly contemporaneous Sanskrit-language sources such as the Abhidharmakośa of Vasubandhu, considered in subsequent chapters). The Indian Buddhist record on killing is rounded out by a brief survey of the Mahāyāna discussion of the moral exemplarity of the bodhisattva, the high soteriological value of which introduces exceptions to the norm prohibiting killing evident in the early Buddhist record.]

Published: Jun 21, 2022

Keywords: Pali canon; Buddhist first precept; Abhidhamma psychology; Theravāda ethics; Mahāyāna ethics; Bodhisattva ethics

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