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| The Heretical, Heterodox Howl: Jackals in Pāli Buddhist Literature | ||
| 作者 | Ohnuma, Reiko (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Religions |
| 卷期 | v.10 n.3 |
| 出版日期 | 2019.03 |
| 出版者 | MDIP |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.mdpi.com/ |
| 出版地 | Basel, Switzerland [巴塞爾, 瑞士] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Buddhism; animals; jackal; heresy; heterodoxy |
| 摘要 | Buddhist literature in Pāli presents a world that is rich in animal imagery, with some animals carrying largely positive associations and other animals seen in a consistently negative light. Among the many species that populate the Pāli imaginaire, the jackal bears a particular status as a much-maligned beast. Jackals are depicted in Pāli literature as lowly, inferior, greedy, and cunning creatures. The jackal, as a natural scavenger, exists on the periphery of both human and animal society and is commonly associated with carrion, human corpses, impurity, and death. In this paper, I am interested in the use of the jackal as an image for both heresy and heterodoxy—that is, the jackal’s consistent association with heretical Buddhist figures, such as Devadatta, and with heterodox teachers, such as the leaders of competing samaṇa movements. Why was the jackal such an appropriate animal to stand for those who hold the wrong views? And how does association with such an animal sometimes result in a particularly nefarious sort of dehumanization that goes against the teachings of Buddhism? |
| 目次 | 1. Introduction 2. The Heretical, Heterodox Howl 3. Devadatta as Jackal 4. Demonization of Others and the Language of “Birth” or “Kind” 5. Conclusions |
| ISSN | 20771444 (E) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10030221 |
| 點閱次數 | 252 |
| 建檔日期 | 2021.11.12 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.06.19 |
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