Naslov
Hindu Deities in Buddhism

Autori
Brassard, Francis

Izvornik
Rithink (1848-5324) 12 (2022); 1-17

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Hindu pantheon ; Buddhist traditions ; intercultural exchange ; hermeneutic models (mythologization, psychologization of religious symbols) ; models of religious integration (syncretism, acculturation, inculturation).

Sažetak
Hindu gods and goddesses are very much present in Buddhism. The proliferation of Hindu deities throughout the Buddhist conceptual landscape may surprise those who believed that the teachings of the Buddha are rational and that they must be viewed as an atheistic system of personal emancipation. From the point of view of the historian of religion, however, the presence of Hindu gods and supernatural beings is not to be discarded as a degradation of the Buddhist teachings or as a concession to the mental predispositions of the Buddhist followers. Neither should their presence be understood only in terms of a mythologization or psychologization of religious symbols. On the contrary, the inclusion of Hindu deities into Buddhist discourses may be viewed as a process of social reconciliation since the encounters between the Buddhist and Hindu modes of thinking and ways of viewing the world have most likely involved tensions and conflicts among people fully conscious of the traditions they identify with.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Religijske znanosti (interdisciplinarno polje)

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