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| The Killing Test：The Kinship of Living Beings and the Buddhalegend's First Journey to the West | ||
| Author | MacQueen, Graeme (著) |
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| Source | Journal of Buddhist Ethics |
| Volume | v.9 |
| Date | 2002 |
| Pages | 109 - 148 |
| Publisher | Department of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University |
| Publisher Url | https://history.la.psu.edu/ |
| Location | University Park, PA, US |
| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| Language | 英文=English |
| Note | Author Affiliations: Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University (Retired); dgmacqueen@gmail.com |
| Keyword | Buddhalegend |
| Abstract | As it has traveled，the Buddhalegend has carried complex messages and sets of ideas, among which is the kinship of living beings. When the story made its way to Europe in the medieval period in the form of Barlaam and Josaphat，however，many of its messages were removed，and the kinship of living beings was one of the casualties. Concentrating on a particular episode in Barlaam and Josaphat，I show how the kinship of living beings was progressively deleted. I then suggest that this removal was based，in part，on an historical practice used for the detection and repression of Manichaeism：the killing test. With the help of this mechanism of inquisition and persecution，the Buddhalegend was prevented，until the nineteenth century，from transmitting one of its key messages to the West. |
| Table of contents | Introduction 110 The Buddhalegend and the Kinship of Living Beings 111 Metaphysical：Human and nonhuman living beings have strongly linked identities and destinies 111 Affective：We feel，and ought to feel，empathy for nonhuman beings 112 Epistemic：Increasing empathy for the nonhuman signifies increasing perception 113 Moral：Nonhuman sentient beings are part of our moral universe 114 Soteriological：The liberation of nonhuman sentient beings is a possibility; moreover，human liberation depends on appropriate action toward the nonhuman 115 The Kinship of Living Beings and Its Journey to the West 117 The Kinship of Living Beings in the Ismaili Arabic Version 119 The Absence of the Kinship of Living Beings in the Balavariani 124 The Sacrifice Test，the Food Test，and the Killing Test 125 The Tested 131 The Testers 134 Final Words 137 Endnotes 138 |
| ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
| Hits | 1047 |
| Created date | 2002.12.05 |
| Modified date | 2021.12.22 |
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