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Tormen, Francesco. "Ontologia Gelug-pa. Una lettura tibetana della filosofia Madhyamaka." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3424108.
Full textLa ricerca indaga la particolare interpretazione del pensiero Madhyamaka sostenuta dalla Scuola Gelug-pa del Buddhismo tibetano (Vajrayāna). Il suo capostipite Dzong-ka-ba Lo-sang-drak-ba (1357-1419) è senza dubbio il pensatore più studiato, celebrato e criticato della storia della filosofia tibetana: la sua assimilazione del pensiero buddhista indiano dà luogo ben presto ad una raffinata tradizione scolastica la cui influenza in Tibet si estende fino ai giorni nostri. Nell’analisi del suo pensiero la trattazione persegue un duplice obiettivo: 1) offrire una lettura approfondita della filosofia Gelug-pa considerata come un oggetto di studio autonomo; 2) mostrare con ciò stesso una prospettiva sulla Madhyamaka che si discosta considerevolmente dalle letture contemporanee più in voga, i cui limiti si intende in tal modo mettere in luce. L’indagine tocca svariate tematiche, di carattere epistemologico, logico, dialettico ed etico. I suoi interessi principali vertono tuttavia sulla particolare ontologia che caratterizza la filosofia Madhyamaka di Scuola Gelug-pa. In particolare è approfondita la tesi secondo cui tutti i fenomeni sono “meramente imputati dalla mente”, dimostrando che tale espressione non allude ad una limitazione di carattere linguistico o epistemologico – come vorrebbero molte letture contemporanee della Madhyamaka –, ma descrive invece lo statuto ontologico dei fenomeni. L’esposizione della ricerca intende restituire il carattere strutturalmente dialettico della letteratura Gelug-pa, ricostruendo gli snodi principali del dibattito classico sulla corretta misura dell’oggetto di negazione (ciò di cui i fenomeni sono ritenuti essere “vuoti”). In particolare, nel primo capitolo è presa in esame la critica mossa da Dzong-ka-ba agli interpreti ‘nichilisti’ di Chandrakīrti. Nel secondo capitolo viene invece analizzata la peculiare lettura che l’autore tibetano propone della posizione Madhyamaka Svātantrika. Il terzo capitolo è quindi dedicato al modo in cui l’analisi ultima è condotta all’interno del sistema Madhyamaka Prāsaṅgika, collocato da Dzong-ka-ba al vertice delle visioni filosofiche. Nel quarto ed ultimo capitolo vengono infine approfonditi, alla luce del percorso svolto, i contorni della peculiare ontologia sostenuta dalla tradizione Gelug-pa. L’esito dell’indagine conduce ad una rivalutazione delle letture ontologiche della Madhyamaka, ma al contempo segnala la necessità di evitare qualunque interpretazione sostanzialistica della realtà ultima: essa non fa altro che esprimere la natura meramente fenomenologica di qualsiasi oggetto di esperienza, la cui esistenza non trascende il suo mero apparire alla coscienza.
Westerhoff, Jan Christoph. "Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka : a philosophical investigation." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2007. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29362/.
Full textNeale, Matthew James. "Madhyamaka and Pyrrhonism : doctrinal, linguistic and historical parallels and interactions between Madhyamaka Buddhism & Hellenic Pyrrhonism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:347ed882-f7ac-4098-908f-5bb391462a6c.
Full textBurton, David Francis. "Studies in early Indian Madhyamaka epistemology." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/9b9d119d-0d0f-4241-ad14-d39e65d9c74f.
Full textNagashima, Jundo. "A study of the late Madhyamaka doxography." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/bdbe0308-340b-4ebc-9a5b-73c360818fb0.
Full textHarris, I. C. "The continuity of Madhyamaka and Yogacara in Indian Mahayana Buddhism." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372538.
Full textHarris, Ian Charles. "The continuity of madhyamaka and yogācāra in Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism /." Leiden ; New York ; København [etc.] : E. J. Brill, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36150124p.
Full textViévard, Ludovic. "Vacuité (śūnyatā) et compassion (karunā) dans le bouddhisme de l'école Madhyamaka." Paris 4, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998PA040101.
Full textThe great vehicle (mahayana) developed a new soteriology based both on the bodhisattva's ideal, characterized by compassion (karuna), and on emptiness (sunyata). This last one received a lot of philosophical commentaries, and has become the marker of the Madhyamika school. An interpretation in terms of instrument can give a clear idea of this notion and its purpose: to reduce, by means of the different levels of the dialectics - of which it is a tool - all the imaginations which are the subjective constituents of samsara. But this abstruse dialectics, direct way to liberation, contrasts with the more open way of the bodhisattva. Wishing to enlightenment, he makes the vow of helping beings. His carrier has been well codified, but it is not the case with its main cause: compassion. That is why we studied this notion through its vocabulary, the imaginary of the bodhisattva, its different levels and its maturation. But compassion and emptiness - the way of holiness and the way of wisdom - seem to be, if not contradictory, opposed, each one wishing to take us away from where the other brings us. In fact, we saw that it is only by the means of this double requirement that the way to salvation opens. Compassion and emptiness mutually correct each other, then attaining to their own perfection. But their perfection is also their limit. Perfection of emptiness corresponds to its disappearance in so far that a tool is no more useful when the goal has been reached. The same goes with compassion. With intention, and effort in its beginning, it wins its perfection through emptiness and becomes the great compassion (mahakaruna). Without any object or passion, with no caring, it is nothing more than the imaginary and saving activity that are the marks by which we perceive Buddhas and great bodhisattvas
Cheung, Tsui-lan Liza, and 張翠蘭. "Doctrines of spiritual praxis from Abhidharma to Mahāyāna Yogācāra : with special reference to the Śrāvakabhūmiḥ of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209436.
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Jinpa, Thupten. "'Self', persons and Madhyamaka dialectics : a study of Tsongkhapa's Middle Way philosophy." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272695.
Full textNAGASHIMA, Jundo. "THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SVĀTANTRIKA AND PRĀSAṄGIKA IN LATE MADHYAMAKA: ATIŚA AND BHAVYA AS PRĀSAṄGIKAS." 名古屋大学大学院文学研究科インド文化学研究室 (Department of Indian Studies, Graduate School of Letters, Nagoya University), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/19253.
Full textBAHULKAR, Shrikant S. "THE MADHYAMAKA-HṚDAYA-KĀRIKĀ OF BHĀVAVIVEKA : A Photographic Reproduction of Prof. V.V. Gokhale's Copy." 名古屋大学印度哲学研究室 (Department of Indian Philosophy, University of Nagoya), 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/19182.
Full textMcGuire, Robert. "The Madhyamaka speaks to the West : a philosophical analysis of śūnyatā as a universal truth." Thesis, University of Kent, 2015. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/54341/.
Full textOzkan, Cuma. "A comparative analysis| Buddhist Madhyamaka and Daoist Chongxuan (Twofold Mystery) in the early Tang (618-720)." Thesis, The University of Iowa, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1540391.
Full textThe interactions between Chinese religions has occupied an enormous amount of scholarly attention in many fields because there have been direct and indirect consequences resulting from the interactions among Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism. These religious traditions have obviously influenced each other in many respects such as rituals, doctrines, textual materials, philosophy and so on. Accordingly, I will, in this paper, critically analyze the implications of the interactions between Buddhism and Daoism by examining Twofold Mystery. Since Twofold Mystery is heavily dependent on Madhyamaka Buddhist concepts, this study will, on the one hand, examine the influence of Madhyamaka Buddhism on the development of Twofold Mystery. On the other hand, it will critically survey how Twofold Mystery remained faithful to the Daoist worldview.
Wang, Youxuan. "Madhyamaka Vijnanavada and deconstruction : a comparative study of the semiotics in Kumarajiva, Paramartha, Xuanzang and Derrida." Thesis, Bath Spa University, 1999. http://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/1440/.
Full textRoloff, Carola. "Red mdaʼba - Buddhist yogi scholar of the fourteenth century the forgotten reviver of Madhyamaka philosophy in Tibet." Wiesbaden Reichert, 2009. http://d-nb.info/997293926/04.
Full textMessent, Andree Dominique. "The Yogācāra-Svātantrika-Madhyamaka School of Buddhism and its influence on Rnying Ma doctrine, with special reference to Śāntarakṣita's Madhyamakālaṃkāra." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/ff1eac96-2cfe-430c-aec6-531ded2f4711.
Full textIsnard, Michel. "Le chênon de sûnyatâ : contribution à l'étude de la vacuité Madhyamaka-prâsangika et de certains de ses reflets en Occident : thèse." Nice, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001NICE2014.
Full textCross-sectional study of Madhyamaka-Prâsangika's emptines illustrated by : An attempt to correlate the aspects of sûnyatâ with Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy. An approach of the topicality of interdependence (absence of nature per se) which can be seen both in certain axioms of quantum physics and through several work of the Palo Alto's school (those of Gregory Bateson and Paul Watzlawick especially). An analysis of the problems due to ontological and semantic limits of the concepts, pointed out by Nâgârjuna, approaching the allusive and paradoxical recourses of Zen masters and noticing the extension of Kôans' caracteristics in Malcom de Chazal's work
Yotsuya, Kōdō. "The critique of Svatantra reasoning by Candrakīrti and Tsong-kha-pa : a study of philosophical proof according to two Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka traditions of India and Tibet /." Stuttgart : F. Steiner, 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb413345870.
Full textKyuma, Taiken. "Sein und Wirklichkeit in der Augenblicklichkeitslehre Jñānaśīrimitras : Kṣaṇabhaṅgādhyāya I: Pakṣadharmatādhikāra : Sanskrittext und Übersetzung /." Wien : Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistiche Studien, Universität Wien, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39960995d.
Full textDean, Colin Leslie, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "The relationship between analysis and insight in Madhyamika Buddhism (A logico psychological model)." Deakin University. School of Social Inquiry, 1993. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050825.100146.
Full textHong, Sung-Ki. "Pratītyasamutpāda bei Nāgārjuna : eine logische Analyse der Argumentationsstruktur in Nāgārjunas "Madhyamkakārikā /." Saarbrücken : [Sung-Ki Hong], 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb356974400.
Full textTillemans, Tom Johannes Frank. "Materials for the study of Āryadeva, Dharmapāla and Candrakīrti : the Catuḥśataka of Āryadeva, chapters XII and XIII, with the commentaries of Dharmapāla and Candrakīrti : introduction, translation, Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese texts, notes /." Wien : Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 1990. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35508243p.
Full textContient des extraits du commentaire de "Catuḥśatakavr̥tti" en sanskrit et tibétain par Candrakīrti et Dharmapāla, ainsi que des extraits du commentaire de Dharmapāla en chinois.
Keira, Ryusei. "Mādhyamika and epistemology : a study of Kamalaśila's method for proving the voidness of all Dharmas : introduction, annotated translations and tibetan texts of selected sections of the second chapter of the Madhyamakāloka /." Wien : Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddistische Studien, Universität Wien, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb399399086.
Full textSun, Minyan. "A comparative study of the triadic relation between time, identity and language in the works of Julio Cortázar, Marcelo Cohen and Nāgārjuna." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/278672.
Full textJinpa, Thupten. "Self, reality and reason in Tibetan philosophy : Tsongkhapa's quest for the Middle Way /." London : Routledge Curzon, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38800110f.
Full textEgidy, Holm von [Verfasser]. "Beobachtung der Wirklichkeit : Differenztheorie und die zwei Wahrheiten in der buddhistischen Madhyamika-Philosophie / Holm von Egidy." Heidelberg : Verl. für Systemische Forschung im Carl-Auer-Systeme-Verl, 2004. http://d-nb.info/990111008/34.
Full textLiang, Wanru. "Long Shu zai "Zhong lun" li suo chan fa de fang fa lun ji zhen li guan = A study of the methodology and the conception of truth as presented in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā /." click here to view the abstract and table of contents, 1996. http://net3.hkbu.edu.hk/~libres/cgi-bin/thesisab.pl?pdf=b14245425a.pdf.
Full textTsen, Lanhui, and 曾蘭惠. "The concept of kāla(time) in Madhyamaka-kārikā." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09853398852812831813.
Full textHuang, Ying-Chieh, and 黃英傑. "A Study on Gorampa's Madhyamaka Thought in “The Moon Rays of the Highest Mahayana Core Analytic Views”." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75880841402144101474.
Full text華梵大學
東方人文思想研究所
95
Madhyamaka is highly regarded as the ultimate view across all major lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. Prasavgika Madhyamaka, the sub-school of Madhyamka Buddihsm, is perceived by some the only ultimate view in the Gelupa linage since it holds the method of logical consequence (pasavga) and this method appears to be the only valid method of demonstrating the nature of the Two Truths to opponents in debate. Without much debating, most of modern Han-scholars believed that the official philosophy, Prasavgika Madhyamaka in Gelupa, is same as founded by the Indian Buddhist master Candrakīrti. However, holding this belief may be in risk of oversimplifing the truth; in addition, causing misunderstandings The backbone of this thesis is to discuss the debate of Prasavgika Madhyamaka sub-school, developed by the founder of Gelupa lineage – Tsongkhpa. The discussion is based on the book “ The Moon Rays of the Highest Mahayana Core Analytic Views” by Gorampa (1429-1489) of Sakya lineage. Two other books from Gorampa, which are “ Removal of Wrong Views” and “ General Meaning of Madhyamaka”, are also incorporated in this thesis to elaborate Gorampa’s “Free From Extremes Madhyamaka” View, which entails a broader view from Svatantrika and Prasavgika respectively. The aim is to investigate the differences of definition and opinion on Madhyamaka, the specific goal in the Tibetan Buddhism, between Sakya and Gelupa lineages. Furthermore, it means to uncover the underlying meanings of Madhyamaka in a multiple level and to provoke new sorting categories for it. In the first chapter〈Introduction〉,I will introduce the logics for the questions raised and the methods for research. I will also collect and examine all related literatures discussing Madhyamaka in the Tibetan Buddhism to illustrate (why this research is needed and the significance of doing so) the necessity and significance of conducting this research. In Chapter 2〈The Introduction and Development of Madhyamaka in Tibetan Buddhism, the milestones of Madhyamaka development in Indo/Tibetan Buddhism will be discussed in details. The purpose is to emphasize the importance and possibility of dissecting and describing Madhyamaka from various angles. In Chapter 3〈The Biography, Lineage and Philosophy of Sakya lineage and Gorampa〉, I will discuss the academic background and contributions of the Sakya lineage and Gorampa, Gorampa's religious critiques, and his opinions about Tsongkhapa's Madhyamaka Sub-school. In Chapter 4〈Gorampa’s Understanding and Analysis of Tsongkhapa's Madhyamika〉, I will describe Gorampa’s viewpoint and elucidation about Tsongkhapa’s Madhyamaka , through the seven distinguishing features of Tsongkhapa indicated by Gorampa. Also Furthermor, a comparison will be made between afore mentioned technique and Tsongkhapa's eight difficult points of Prasavgika Madhyamaka. In the 5th chapter〈Gorampa’s Opposing Opinions on Tsongkhapa’s Madhyamaka〉, I will discuss how Gorampa criticized the infrastructure, methods of analysis and viewpoints on Tsongkhapa’s Madhyamaka. As well as the descending, differences and features of Madhyamaka between Gorampa and Tsongkhapa. In Chapter 6〈Free From Extremes Madhyamaka Developed By Gorampa〉, I will investigate the features and academic evidences for root, path and results of Madhyamaka school in the Sakya lineage. Chapter 7 is the final and concluding chapter of this thesis.
Watanabe, Chikafumi. "Bhā-viveka (A.D. c. 490-570)’s Madhyamaka-hṛdaya-kārikā, Tattvajñānaiṣanā, verses 137-266 : an English translation and explanation." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5581.
Full textKomarovski, Yaroslav Lvovich. "Echoes of empty luminosity reevaluation and unique interpretation of Yogācāra and Niḥsvabhāvavāda Madhyamaka by the fifteenth century Tibetan thinker Śākya mchog ldan /." 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3300245.
Full textPaul, Robert Alan. "The Philosophy and Physics of Relationality and Inherent Nature: ??nyat? and Svabh?va in Madhyamaka Buddhist Philosophy, Western Analytic Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science and Physics." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/21733.
Full textPu, Long-Zuo, and 朴龍祚. "Study of ■ ■ in 《Madhyamdka- ■》." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38360865262974421365.
Full textLiu, Ing Shau, and 劉英孝. "Nagarjuna''''''''s Thought Of Madhyamika-Pratityasamutpada." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62649872089719543403.
Full textChaturvedi, Ajay Krishna. "Gramin vikas mein jan sanchar madhyamoki bhumika." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/3444.
Full textWu, Wu-zong, and 吳武宗. "A preliminary study on the Madhyamika thought of Tsong-Kha-pa." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36613567195482183276.
Full text南華大學
宗教學研究所
95
Tsong kha pa founded the dGe lugs pa sect in the fifteenth century. dGe lugs pa originated from Tibetan Buddhism and also aggregated bKa’ gdams pa, Sa skya pa, and bKa ’brgyud pa’s theories by developing into the dGe lugs pa sect. Additionally, during the early years of Tsong kha pa in scholarly Red mda’ ba, Tsong kha pa was influenced under dBu ma pa of MaňjugZri. This experience unlocked the direction of studying the Madhyamika thought. Besides, after studying the Madhyamakavŗtti from Buddhapālita, Tsong kha pa obtained the individual theory of dBu ma’i lta ba. Consequently, Tsong kha pa created the distinctive Madhyamika thought of “dGag gsum gdrub nga”. This theory originated from Nāgārjuna, Āryadeva, Buddhapālita, Bhāvaviveka, and Candrakīti, which particularly emphasize Buddhapālita and Candrakīti. Regarding the Madhyamika thought related works, we can gain an understanding of Tsong kha pa’s earlier publications in the book of “Lam rim chen mo”. When the book of “Dran nes legs bhsad snying po” was published, the“dGag gsum gdrub nga” theory was already listed in the book. With respect to the book “dBu ma rtsa ba’ i tshig le’ur byas pa shes rab ces bya ba’i rnam bshad rigs pa’ i rgya mtsho”, this was formed during prosperous period. Finally, “rNam bshad dgongs pa rab gsal” was formed during the entire fullness period of Tsong kha pa’s Madhyamika thought. Regarding Tsong kha pa’s efforts, Tibetan Buddhism could still stand firm without vanishing. We can see dGe lugs pa’s spiritualized footage throughout Tibet, Mongolia, China, and India even further to Europe and America
Thakchoe, Sonam. "A comparative analysis of the two Tibetan Prasangika Madhyamika accounts of the two truths." Thesis, 2002. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22101/1/whole_ThakchoeSonam2003_thesis.pdf.
Full textMorey. "Madhyamik shikshakaanche vyaktimatva, adhyaapan abhiyogyatha aani parinaamakaarakatha yanchya sambhandancha abhyas." Thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/3647.
Full textTiwari, Manisha. "Shashakiya uchchatar madhyamik vidhalay ke shikshakoan par sthanantaran ka prabhav." Thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/5427.
Full textSrivastava, Asha. "Madhyamik shishka parishad, Uttar Pradesh ke high school patyakaksha ka moolaykan." Thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/4648.
Full textChen, Yong-Long, and 陳永龍. "A Discussion on the Standponint of Chi-tsang’s Theory from Fa-fua-tong-lue:is Gearing to“Eternal-reality”or complying with the “Madhyamika”concept." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25549978744217162631.
Full text玄奘大學
宗教學系碩士班
99
In view of the fact that Chi-tsang, who epitomized the thought of the San-lum School, in his later years came into contact with the widely spread thoughts of “one vehicle” in The Lotus Sutra and “buddhatA” in MahA-parinirvANa-sUtra, there are two different point of views regarding to the position of his concept: 1. believe in his thought had already deviated from NAgArjuna’s thought as well as the purpose and aim of the San-lum School and was inclined to the concepts of tathAgata-garbha and Eternal-reality; 2. consider that he still strictly observed by the stand point of his own purpose and aim of prajJA as well as the madhyamika thougt and did not gear to the so called “true-eternalism and mind-only theory”. Because of this, the author attempts to analyze the adduction quotations by Fa-fua-tong-lue directly to clarify the quotations adduced by Chi-tsang in order to confirm the standpoint of his concept. By organizing, inducing and analyzing the quotations from Fa-fua-tong-lue and probing into the concepts, especially the concepts of “saddharma”, “puNDarIka” (analogy of buddhatA), “one vehicle”, “nirvAN”﹐ these terms of Eternal-reality are frequently found in Chi-tsang’s writings, however, the underlying purpose of these concepts are still annotated and explained by the concepts of prajna, emptiness and middle path. Therefore, we did not agree with some particular scholars that Chi-tsang had deviated from his own purpose and aim and collaborated with the ideas of tathAgata-garbha and Eternal-reality.
Dong, Hui-Zhu, and 董惠珠. "Quantitative Analysis of Translation Styles and Automatic Similar Phrases Identification of the Madhyama-āgama and the Ekottarika-āgama." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/878auq.
Full text法鼓文理學院
佛教學系
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In the Taishō Tripiṭaka, the translators of the Madhyama-āgama (T 26) and the Ekottarika-āgama (T 125) are both attributed to the same person, Gautama Saṅghadeva. So far, no one doubts the translator of the Madhyama-āgama is Gautama Saṅghadeva but there are different opinions among scholars concerning the translator of the Ekottarika-āgama. This study attempts to analyze the translation style of the Madhyama-āgama and the Ekottarika-āgama by quantitative methods, and discuss whether these two collections are the works of a same translator. The research methods are as follows: (1) the variable length n-gram (VL n-gram) is used to split text of T 26 and T 125 into shorter segments, called gram, (2) the grams that are used in more than an arbitrary threshold documents are adopted as “style features”, and (3) applying the principal components analysis (PCA) to the frequency of the style features of T 26 and T 125, the consistency of the translation style of these two collections is analyzed. The results from the statistical analysis show that the translation styles of these two collections are significantly different. In order to further strengthen the analysis results, we manually check the style features of the two collections to look for different phrase but sharing similar meanings in different collections. After the manual comparison, we find many examples indicating that the differences in translation styles between the two collections are indeed affected by the translator’s choice of word. These results again confirm the fact that the Madhyama-āgama and the Ekottarika-āgama are probably not the works of a same translator. Seeing the drawback of manual comparison which required a huge contribution of man-hours, this study also attempts to provide a solution to automatically identify similar phrases in order to reduce the man-hours and improve the research efficiency. We use the longest common subsequence (LCS) as a measurement for the degree of similarity between two phrases. The experimental results show that although the effect of LCS is not as significant, yet it is still a useful method to compare large data of phrases and some computational findings may suggest clues that intrigue further scholastic research.
Xin), Chang Siaw Yen (Shih Miao, and 曾秀燕(釋妙馨). "The Role of Contemplation of feelings in the Process of Cultivation and Realization of Pure Mind Based on the Madhyama Āgama." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/szbfcb.
Full text佛光大學
佛教學系
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The mind is the basis of bondage and liberation. Therefore, the purification of mind is highly emphasized in Buddhist practices. “Feeling”, which arises conditioned by contact of sense organs and sense objects, is the crucial point that should not be neglected in the practice of purifying the mind. Feeling activates latent tendencies of the mind towards craving, aversion and ignorance. For those who do not establish mindfulness, these powerful sensations may drag them into various emotional reactions and give rise to unwholesome mental factors, such as desire, anger, ignorance and so forth. Feeling is the key to deciding both the defilement and the purity of the mind. The purification of the mind can be achieved at the point of feeling. This thesis attempts to study one of the four foundations of mindfulness-the contemplation of feelings to explore its role in the process of cultivation and realization of pure mind. It is hoped that the study of the Āgama Sutras, with emphasis on the Madhyama Āgama, which is the earliest Buddhist text reflecting the teachings of Buddha in early Buddhism, will further a deeper understanding of the pure mind. Additionally, this research was carried out in hopes of clarifying how the theoretical provides the method for the actual practice of contemplation of feelings in the process of cultivation and realization of pure mind.