Univerzita Pardubice Fakulta filozofická

Univerzita Pardubice

Zaměstnanci
|
Studenti
English

Publikace detail

How to understand ‘not-self’ teaching? From knowledge in Buddhism to knowledge about Buddhism

Autoři: Skopal Vilém

Rok: 2021

Druh publikace: ostatní - přednáška nebo poster

Strana od-do: nestránkováno

Tituly:

Jazyk	Název	Abstrakt	Klíčová slova
eng	How to understand ‘not-self’ teaching? From knowledge in Buddhism to knowledge about Buddhism	Knowledge (paññā) in Pāli Buddhism consists of a penetration of three marks of existence (tilakkhaṇa): impermanency (anicca), suffering (dukkha) and not-self (anattā). Since the problem of knowledge is obviously too broad, I will focus on the last mark and ask a question “What kind of knowledge it is?” During the speech I will introduce several important Pāli discourses on the topic to show an unease how to understand them. The first way how to tackle the reading of texts is to look into an academic work on Buddhism to seek help. Despite particular ambiguities among authors there is one common presupposition: the teaching on not-self provides us with an explanation of what human beings are. Different and interesting line of understanding the teaching on not-self is provided by scholar-monk Thanissaro Bhikkhu who claims that the teaching is meant not as an ontology but as a practical strategy. Here we face a problem: there are two explanations standing on firm grounds and it seems completely arbitrary which one to pick. To avoid the arbitrariness, one needs to use a theoretical background guiding subsequent exploration. I have found helpful Comparative Science of Cultures research program since it provides us with ideas enabling us to tackle the question about the not-self teaching.	anattā; Buddhism – Indian; paññā; Thanissaro Bhikkhu