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| Modern Trends of Non-Theravada Impact on Sri Lankan Society | ||
| 作者 | Hemasiri, Kadihingala (著) ; Sang, Jing-yu (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies (SIJBS) |
| 卷期 | v.8 |
| 出版日期 | 2022 |
| 頁次 | 44 - 53 |
| 出版者 | SIBA – DCI Research Centre |
| 出版地 | Sri Lanka [斯里蘭卡] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Mahayana Impact; Sri Lanka Society; Vandanā-gāthā; Paritta; Sinhalese Songs |
| 摘要 | Although Sri Lanka is considered to be a Theravada country, it is almost impossible to write of Sri Lankan Buddhism without mentioning the Mahayana impact on the religious culture of the country. After the introduction of Buddhism to the island by Elder Mahinda Thera in the 3rd century B.C.E., Mahayana Buddhism came into being with the rise of the Abhayagiri fraternity in around the 1st century C.E.1 Soon after the rise of Abhayagiri, another school branched off from it by the name of Jetavana. These two schools are said to have maintained the doctrines, received from the neighburing sub-continent, that were at variance with those of the Mahāvihāra monks. Many scholarly works have shown that the fraternity of Abhayagiri was Mahayana. This implies that the impact of Mahayana Buddhism on Sri Lankan society began at an early phase of Sri Lankan Buddhism. The epigraphical, monumental, literary, and sculptural evidence all points to this fact. By the reign of first Parākramabāhu, also called Parākramabāhu the Great, we see a restoration of the unity and maintenance of the purity of the order of monks of the three schools (all Theravada schools).2 Despite the restoration of the primacy of the Theravada, we cannot assume that the Mahayana impact, which was active through Abhayagiri and Jetavana fraternities, completely vanished. Scholars have collected much evidence of the continued the Mahayana impact on the island even after the reign of Parākramabāhu-I as well as its continuous existence up to recent centuries. In this article, we aim to discuss the modern trends of the Mahayana impact on Sri Lankan society, which continued throughout Sri Lankan Buddhist history after the introduction of the Mahayana. Here, we will examine three main areas within which we can see the Mahayana impact: 1. Buddhist vandanā-gāthā, 2. Paritta, and 3. Sinhalese songs. |
| 目次 | Abstract 45 Vandanā-gāthā (stanzas recited in act of worship) 46 Paritta 48 Sinhalese Songs 49 Conclusion 50 Abbreviations 50 Endnotes 51 Bibliography 52 |
| ISSN | 27736814 (P); 20128878 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 86 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.08.15 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.08.15 |
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