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A Coexistence of the Atman-Brahman Concepts in the Pali Canon

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H06919
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Chinese philosophy/Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

Nawa Ryuken  大阪大学, 文学研究科, 助教 (20782741)

Project Period (FY) 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords初期仏教 / パーリ聖典 / 梵我一如 / brahman / ブラフマー神 / 四無量心 / 慈悲喜捨 / ブラフマニズム / 仏教学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

There are two kinds of the concepts on the equation of Atman (self) and Brahman (the highest existence) in the Pali canon. On the one hand Brahmins insisted that they can reach the highest deity Brahman through cultivating the four Appamanas, on the other hand Buddhists took Nibbana as the highest state Brahman and insisted that they can reach Nibbana through cultivating the four Ariya-saccas. The Buddhists approved of the concept of the Brahmins and took it into the Buddhist training course. But the Buddhists claimed that the deity Brahman is nothing more than the being caught in Samsara and the Buddha clarified the way to Nibbana, namely, the state escaped from Samsara. The Buddhists thus tried to have superiority over the Brahmins without denying their concept. In this structure of the Buddhist training course, even if people train to reach the highest deity Brahman, it actually means that people proceed to the highest state Brahman of the Buddhists, namely, Nibbana.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2018 2017 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (4 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] namarupassa avakkanti-について2018

    • Author(s)
      名和 隆乾
    • Journal Title

      印度學佛敎學研究

      Volume: 66,2

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 初期仏典における梵我一如の併存2017

    • Author(s)
      名和隆乾
    • Organizer
      京都大学人文科学研究所・共同研究プロジェクト「ブラフマニズムとヒンドゥイズム」定例研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学人文科学研究所
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-20
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] namarupassa avakkanti-について2017

    • Author(s)
      名和 隆乾
    • Organizer
      日本印度学仏教学会第68回学術大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] パーリ聖典における梵我一如の併存2017

    • Author(s)
      名和 隆乾
    • Organizer
      京都大学人文科学研究所共同研究「ブラフマニズムとヒンドゥイズム: 南アジアの社会と宗教の連続性と非連続性」定例研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] パーリ聖典におけるブラフマー神の諸相2017

    • Author(s)
      名和 隆乾
    • Organizer
      京都大学人文科学研究所共同研究「ブラフマニズムとヒンドゥイズム: 南アジアの社会と宗教の連続性と非連続性」第3回シンポジウム「古代・中世インドの[神話][説話][表象]」
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 『義足経』研究の視点 附・『義足経』訓読2018

    • Author(s)
      2.加治洋一・漢訳仏典研究会(編)・中西麻衣子・名和隆乾・古川洋平・阿賀谷智宏(著)
    • Publisher
      自照社出版
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] academia.edu

    • URL

      https://osaka-u.academia.edu/RyukenNawa

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2016-09-02   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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