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| The Concept of Poverty in the Pali Canon | ||
| 作者 | Fenn, Mavis Lillian (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.56 n.8 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 1994 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | McMaster University |
| 系所名稱 | Religious Studies |
| 指導教授 | MacQueen, Graeme |
| 畢業年度 | 1994 |
| 附註項 | 319p |
| 關鍵詞 | Dissertations; Tripitaka; Criticism; Poverty; Religious aspects; Buddhist ethics; Pali Canon; THERAVADA |
| 摘要 | Every religious system must give some account of poverty and its significance, because every community must face the reality of poverty in its midst at some time. This is the case today and it was the case in ancient times. In the post-colonial period some people in countries whose populations are primarily Theravada Buddhist have tried to deal with the problem of poverty through de-Westernization of their socio-political structures and the establishment of new structures that draw on traditional and Buddhist roots. A sound knowledge of the notion of poverty in the primary scriptures of such societies may be useful both for such reformers and for those who intend to study these texts. The thesis uses a variety of theoretical tools in order to unearth attitudes toward poverty in the textual materials: word study, narrative analysis, and the insights of anthropologist Victor Turner. Two notions of poverty are revealed: one that identifies poverty with deprivation, and one that identifies poverty with simplicity. Narrative analysis lays bare the values that ground these notions, and the application of Turner's ideas provides a means of understanding their interaction. This thesis provides the first systematic study of the concept of poverty in the Pali Canon. Its particular combination of research tools provides a means of understanding poverty in these scriptures that is valuable to scholars of Buddhism and Buddhists generally. |
| 目次 | Introduction ............................................... 1 Chapter One: Material Possession in the Pali Canon:Towards a Fruitful Approach ................................ 14 Chapter Two: Data Summary and Analysis ....................... 78 Chapter Three: Poverty in the Cakkavatti-Sihanada Suttanta .......... 100 Chapter Four: Socio-Political Structure .......................... 140 Chapter Five: Possessionlessness ............................. 191 Chapter Six: Communitas and Community " .................... 255 Conclusions: Poverty in the Pali Canon ......................... 282 Selected Bibliography ....................................... 288 |
| ISBN | 0315981873; 9780315981874 |
| 點閱次數 | 235 |
| 建檔日期 | 1998.04.28 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.30 |
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