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| Did King Ajātasattu Confess to the Buddha, and did the Buddha Forgive Him? | ||
| 作者 | Attwood, Jayarava Michael |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Buddhist Ethics |
| 卷期 | v.15 |
| 出版日期 | 2008 |
| 頁次 | 278 - 307 |
| 出版者 | Department of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University |
| 出版者網址 | https://history.la.psu.edu/ |
| 出版地 | University Park, PA, US |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | Is it possible to counteract the consequences of a moral transgression by publicly acknowledging it? When he reveals to the Buddha that he has killed his father, King Ajātasattu is said to “yathādhammaṃ pa?ikaroti.” This has been interpreted as “making amends,” or as seeking (and receiving) “forgiveness” for his crime. Successfully translating this phrase into English requires that we reexamine etymology and dictionary definitions, question assumptions made by previous translators, and study the way that yathādhammaṃ pa?ikaroti is used in context. We can better understand confession as a practice by locating it within the general Indian concern for ritual purity—ethicized by the Buddha—and showing that the early Buddhist doctrine of kamma allows for mitigation, though not eradication, of the consequences of actions under some circumstances. |
| ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 1058 |
| 建檔日期 | 2009.02.25 |
| 更新日期 | 2017.07.13 |
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