Sins and sinners : perspectives from Asian religions /
Sins and sinners : perspectives from Asian religions /
edited by Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara.
- 1 online resource (vi, 387 pages) : illustrations.
- Numen book series, v. 139 0169-8834 ; .
- Numen Book Series 139. Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837. .
Proceedings of a conference held in the fall of 2010 at Yale University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Social and Soteriological Aspects of Sin and Penance in Medieval Hindu Law / Sin and Expiation in Sikh Texts and Contexts: From the Nānak Panth to the Khālsā / “Living Without Sin”: Reflections on the Pre-Buddhist World of Early China / Sin, Sinification, Sinology: On the Notion of Sin in Buddhism and Chinese Religions / “The Evil Person is the Primary Recipient of the Buddha’s Compassion” The Akunin Shōki Theme in Shin Buddhism of Japan / The Sin of “Slandering the True Dharma” in Nichiren’s Thought / Ritual Faults, Sins, and Legal Offences: A Discussion About Two Patterns of Justice in Contemporary India / After Sinning: Some Thoughts on Remorse, Responsibility, and the Remedies for Sin In Indian Religious Traditions / The Role of Confession in Chinese and Japanese Tiantai/Tendai Bodhisattva Ordinations / Removal of Sins in Esoteric Buddhist Rituals: A Study of the Dafangdeng Dhāraṇī Scripture / Redeeming Bugs, Birds, and Really Bad Sinners in Some Medieval Mahāyāna Sūtras and Dhāraṇīs / Sometimes Love Don’t Feel Like It Should: Redemptive Violence in Tantric Buddhism / Sin and Flaws in Kerala Astrology / Sin and Expiation in Nepal: The Makar Melā Pilgrimage in Panautī / Sin and Expiation Among Modern Hindus: To Obey One’s Duty or Following Freely Accepted Rules? / Index. David Brick -- Denis Matringe -- Michael Nylan -- James Robson -- James C. Dobbins -- Jacqueline I. Stone -- Daniela Berti -- Phyllis Granoff -- Paul Groner -- Koichi Shinohara -- Gregory Schopen -- Jacob P. Dalton -- Gilles Tarabout -- Gérard Toffin -- Catherine Clémentin-Ojha --
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Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with \'sins\' and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a \'sin\' was neither one thing, nor exactly what the Abrahamic traditions meant by the term. \'Sins\'could be both undesireable behavior and unacceptable thoughts. In different contexts, at different times and places, a sin might be a ritual infraction or a violation of a rule of law; it could be a moral failing or a wrong belief. However defined, sins were considered so grave a hindrance to spiritual perfection, so profound a threat to the social order, that the search for their remedies through rituals of expiation, pilgrimage, confession, recitation of spells, or philosophical reflection, was one of the central quests of the religions studied here.
9789004232006
10.1163/9789004232006 DOI
2012017165
Sin--Congresses.
Asia--Religion--Congresses.
BL1033 / .S56 2012
202/.2
Proceedings of a conference held in the fall of 2010 at Yale University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Social and Soteriological Aspects of Sin and Penance in Medieval Hindu Law / Sin and Expiation in Sikh Texts and Contexts: From the Nānak Panth to the Khālsā / “Living Without Sin”: Reflections on the Pre-Buddhist World of Early China / Sin, Sinification, Sinology: On the Notion of Sin in Buddhism and Chinese Religions / “The Evil Person is the Primary Recipient of the Buddha’s Compassion” The Akunin Shōki Theme in Shin Buddhism of Japan / The Sin of “Slandering the True Dharma” in Nichiren’s Thought / Ritual Faults, Sins, and Legal Offences: A Discussion About Two Patterns of Justice in Contemporary India / After Sinning: Some Thoughts on Remorse, Responsibility, and the Remedies for Sin In Indian Religious Traditions / The Role of Confession in Chinese and Japanese Tiantai/Tendai Bodhisattva Ordinations / Removal of Sins in Esoteric Buddhist Rituals: A Study of the Dafangdeng Dhāraṇī Scripture / Redeeming Bugs, Birds, and Really Bad Sinners in Some Medieval Mahāyāna Sūtras and Dhāraṇīs / Sometimes Love Don’t Feel Like It Should: Redemptive Violence in Tantric Buddhism / Sin and Flaws in Kerala Astrology / Sin and Expiation in Nepal: The Makar Melā Pilgrimage in Panautī / Sin and Expiation Among Modern Hindus: To Obey One’s Duty or Following Freely Accepted Rules? / Index. David Brick -- Denis Matringe -- Michael Nylan -- James Robson -- James C. Dobbins -- Jacqueline I. Stone -- Daniela Berti -- Phyllis Granoff -- Paul Groner -- Koichi Shinohara -- Gregory Schopen -- Jacob P. Dalton -- Gilles Tarabout -- Gérard Toffin -- Catherine Clémentin-Ojha --
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with \'sins\' and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a \'sin\' was neither one thing, nor exactly what the Abrahamic traditions meant by the term. \'Sins\'could be both undesireable behavior and unacceptable thoughts. In different contexts, at different times and places, a sin might be a ritual infraction or a violation of a rule of law; it could be a moral failing or a wrong belief. However defined, sins were considered so grave a hindrance to spiritual perfection, so profound a threat to the social order, that the search for their remedies through rituals of expiation, pilgrimage, confession, recitation of spells, or philosophical reflection, was one of the central quests of the religions studied here.
9789004232006
10.1163/9789004232006 DOI
2012017165
Sin--Congresses.
Asia--Religion--Congresses.
BL1033 / .S56 2012
202/.2