著者
林 隆嗣
出版者
パーリ学仏教文化学会
雑誌
パーリ学仏教文化学 = Journal of Pali and buddhist studies (ISSN:09148604)
巻号頁・発行日
no.27, pp.21-46, 2013-12

The formation of the Tipitaka in Theravada history has been an object of study since the beginning of modern studies, and the notion of the "Canon" for a fixed list of Pali scriptures also has been reconsidered for the last several decades. However, studies of the canonization of the Pali scriptures have mainly focused on the extant set of the Tipitaka, including comparisons with the canonical collections in other Buddhist schools, while "apocryphal" works in contrast to "canon", which were to be excluded from a closed canon, have been for some reason neglected, except for considerably later works. The Samantapasadika classifies Buddhist texts regarding the exposition of dhammas, and here is a list of works outside of the Canon, namely, "those which were not listed in the three councils": the Kulumbasutta, the Rajovadasutta, the Tikkhindriya, the Catuparivatta, the Nandopananda as well as the Apalaladamana, of which the last one is not counted according to a Sihala-atthakatha (Mahapaccari). Those suttas are not found in the present Canon and seem to have been lost in the Theravada tradition. [Adikaram 1946: 98] mentioned them in the context of "other compilations, which were not recited at the three councils, but seem to have been accepted by the Theravadins". While [von Hinuber 1996/1997: sec. 437] noted that nothing is known about their contents, some of them are quoted in the Pali commentaries. This paper investigates the Atthasalini (As) which contains passages from the Kulumbasutta, from the Catuparivattasutta along with the Indriyagocarasutta and from an anonymous non-canonical sutta, contributing to the discussion on the nature and the date of the apocryphal texts in Theravada Buddhism. Same passage from the Kulumba-s is cited in several Pali commentaries, and it appears in the As in the discussion from the Maha-atthakatha as one of the leading Sihala-atthakathas. Comparison with the Chinese Agamas reveals that this sutta has phrases typical to the Pali Nikayas. The terminology and the method of analysis found in the quotation from the Catuparivatta-s and the Indriyagocara-s, formally evaluated as pariyayadesana, show the characteristic exclusive to the later Pali Abhidhamma, especially the Patthana. An anonymous sutta which was "not listed in the Council" is cited to support the interpretation of citta. Moreover, the first of the following three verses apparently related to this sutta is also not canonical. The third unfamiliar verse accompanied by the second canonical verse (Sn 654) preexists in the Kathavatthu where the opponent quotes and the Theravadins agree to them as suttantas and as what was said by the Buddha.
著者
飯國 有佳子
出版者
パーリ学仏教文化学会
雑誌
パーリ学仏教文化学 (ISSN:09148604)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.33, pp.39-58, 2019 (Released:2020-08-14)

Arguments regarding anthropological studies of religion in Myanmar have primarily focused on how to comprehend canonical Theravāda Buddhism and indigenous spiritual worship. In contrast with Spiro’s dualistic argument, which regards Burmese Buddhism and spiritual worship as comprising independent religious fields, Brac de la Perrière does “not consider the spirit cult a religion unto itself, but as part of Burmese religion” and views “Burma’s mainstream religion as a religious system that incorporates within the Buddhist framework practices of seemingly different horizons such as the spirit cult or the weikza cult” [Brac de la Perrière 2009]. Furthermore, Brac de la Perrière indicates that the “nat line” and “dat line”, which are distinguished by ritual specialists such as spiritual mediums, emerged as fluctuating domains in an overall fluid religious landscape [Brac de la Perrière 2014]. Although my study supports the argument of Brac de la Perrière, her study lacks not only non-specialists’ discourses or practices about spiritual beings or “non-human” agencies but also an analysis of Pāli canons concerning spiritual beings, despite canonical knowledge being the main component of the framework of reference for “orthodox” Buddhism. To further develop these arguments, I will focus on practices and discourses of spiritual beings called thaik, which are viewed as an adjunctive subordination of nat [Spiro 1967]. After considering basic configurations about thaik, such as differences between thaik and ouksasaun, the world of thaik, or the relationship between thaik and human beings, I will show how thaiks are written in Pāli canons. Through these arguments, I will indicate that discourses or practices about thaik have appeared through a process of re-rationalization of a group of spiritual beings within the framework of “orthodox” Buddhism based on the criticism of belief in indigenous, unseen spiritual beings. Further, it shall be Pāli canons that boosts the existence and agencies of thaik through the intermediary of rejoicing for transmitting merit (anumodana).
著者
蓑輪 顕量
出版者
パーリ学仏教文化学会
雑誌
パーリ学仏教文化学 (ISSN:09148604)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.26, pp.169-191, 2012

Not only Buddhist deities but also indigenous Korean deities have been worshiped at Buddhist temples in Korea. The indigenous deities include mountain deities (山神), solitary saints (獨聖) and the Big Dipper (七星神). They have been worshipped since the early period of Korean history when Buddhism was introduced. Among these deities, mountain deities in particular had a significant impact on Buddhism in Korea. They probably began to be worshiped in Buddhist temples during the Baekje (百濟) era. Another important characteristic of Korean Buddhism is its adoption of the assembly of deities called shenzhong (Jp. sinshu神衆), who are said to have derived from the Huayuan jing (華嚴經). In the 20^<th> century, Buddhist monks claimed that in order to purify Buddhist faith, Buddhist and indigenous deities should be separated. However, despite their claim, ordinary people still remain syncretic in their faith, which makes it difficult to separate the two.
著者
天野 信
出版者
パーリ学仏教文化学会
雑誌
パーリ学仏教文化学 (ISSN:09148604)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.28, pp.1-20, 2014

The purpose of this paper is to point out that the Mahapadanasuttanta (=MAP; Skt. Mahavadanasutra; Chinese version 大本経) is the fundamental source of the four excursions in various biographies of the Buddha. The four excursions are represented as the central factor in Buddha's renunciation. On the other hand, MAP is a biography of the seven former Buddhas which includes the four excursions. MAP is the only text which preserves the four excursions in the four Nikayas. Takamichi Fukita argues that MAP fixed the concept of "the common career for all Buddhas" by placing it within the ideology of the Seven Former Buddhas. Through a close examination of MAP, it is shown that the God in the Heaven of the Pure Mansion knows in detail "the common career for all Buddhas." Therefore the later Pali commentary Mahapadanasuttanta- atthakatha explains the situation of the four excursions as being produced by the God in the Heaven of the Pure Mansion. A similar description is handed down concerning the four excursions in the Nidanakatha as the Buddha's biography in the Theravada tradition. In this connection, the Nidanakatha refers to the four excursions as a quotation from MAP. In addition, this case appears frequently in Northern Buddhist texts which contain the Buddha's biography. Thus, it can be said that the descriptions of the four excursions in various biographies of the Buddha presuppose MAP and its Sanskrit and Chinese versions. As a result the God in the Heaven of the Pure Mansion in MAP is presented as a guide for Buddha's renunciation.