2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study on avesa as a fundamental principle of Tantric Buddhist practices
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18K00063
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 01020:Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy-related
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| Research Institution | Taisho University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHAKYA Sudan 種智院大学, 人文学部, 教授(移行) (60447117)
VASUDEVA S 京都大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (10625594)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | インド密教 / アーヴェーシャ / 憑依 / 『真実摂経』 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study has examined contents and functions of avesa (possesion), as a fundamental principle of Tantric Buddhist practices, both in private and public domains, on the basis of philological analysis of the Sarvatathagatatattvasamgraha, its exegeses, and other related literature. (1) The core of avesa is entry of Buddha(s) into the body, especially the heart, of a practitoner. (2) The four kinds of mudra (seal) work as tools of avesa. (3) The techniques of avesa are applied to mundane ritual practice (e.g. discovery of treasure, cures for diseases).
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| Free Research Field |
インド密教
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究課題により，これまで注目されてこなかったアーヴェーシャ（憑依）が密教実践の中核（の1つ）をなすことが明らかになるとともに，仏教を「理性を超えたもの」から研究する視点を与えたことは，今後の当該分野の研究にとって意義深いことであると考えられる．また，時代的に離れた人々の感性に触れることで，現代人の精神世界を豊かにするための一視点を得たことは，社会的にも意義あることであると思われる．
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