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| Pāli, the Language: The Medium and Message | ||
| 作者 | Levman, Bryan G. (著) |
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| 出版日期 | 2020.02.27 |
| 頁次 | 310 |
| 出版者 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.cambridgescholars.com/ |
| 出版地 | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK [泰恩河畔紐卡素, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Bryan G. Levman holds a BA in English Language and Literature, an MSc in Geology and a doctorate in Religion from the University of Toronto, Canada. He is currently a Visiting Scholar in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, where he teaches Pāli. His research area is the early language(s) of Buddhism, what language(s) the Buddha used to communicate his teachings, linguistic ambiguities in the canon, and how the transmission evolved over time. |
| 摘要 | What language did the Buddha speak? Scholars think it was Pāli, or something very close to it. This book argues that the medium in which the Buddha spoke is just as important as the message. It answers the question, “how does the sonic content of Pāli carry the Buddha’s message, complement and enhance it?” Pāli is based on an oral, vernacular language of the people, full of natural idioms and colloquial expressions. It is the opposite of Sanskrit, the formal, abstract, liturgical language of Brahmanism. In its conversational directness, harmony and musicality, oral immediacy and visceral emotivity, Pāli speaks to the here and now, to the urgency of man’s suffering and to the practicality of a philosophy which promises to end it. Anyone interested in Theravādin Buddhism, what the Buddha taught and the special nature of the language in which he taught will find this book engaging. Buddhist practitioners will find it especially beneficial for their meditation and recitation practice. Academics in any area of Buddhism and Historical Linguistics who do not know Pāli will find it a useful introduction to the language and its evolution, while Pāli scholars will find here a unique perspective on the special role the language played in the communication of the Buddha’s teachings. |
| 目次 | Acknowledgments ix Preface x Chapter One: Introduction 1 Chapter Two: Doctrine, Anattā 36 Chapter Three: The Bāhiyasutta 72 Chapter Four: The Buddha 77 Chapter Five: The Middle Way 92 Chapter Six: The Mind 100 Chapter Seven: Nibbāna 117 Chapter Eight: Karma 139 Chapter Nine: The Vernacular 151 Chapter Ten: Prolegomenon to a Buddhist Language 169 Chapter Eleven: Dependent Origination 194 Chapter Twelve: Meditation 210 Chapter Thirteen: Conclusion 263 Works Cited 267 Abbreviations 274 Index of Subjects 276 Index of Teachings 282 Index of Pāli Words Discussed 285 |
| ISBN | 9781527541955 (hbc); 1527541959 (hbc); 9781527547001; 1527547000 |
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| 點閱次數 | 100 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.01.02 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.01.02 |
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