An Anthropological Outline of the Sutta Nipāta: The Contemplative Experience in Early Buddhist Poetry
By examining the Sutta Nipāta, considered one of the collections containing the oldest texts of the Pāli canon, this study aims to reconstruct social, historical, and anthropological aspects of archaic Buddhist doctrine at the time of its definition in dialectic with the forces of orthodoxy and cons...
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| description | By examining the Sutta Nipāta, considered one of the collections containing the oldest texts of the Pāli canon, this study aims to reconstruct social, historical, and anthropological aspects of archaic Buddhist doctrine at the time of its definition in dialectic with the forces of orthodoxy and constituted power in 6th century BCE India. This study also provides important insights into the development and definition of contemplative practices devoted to the search for the ‘absolute’ (<i>paramattha</i> and <i>brahmavihāra</i>), which has often received little attention in meditation studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9403dca45d947039e2834e95a04f1b92023-11-16T22:59:06ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-01-0114217210.3390/rel14020172An Anthropological Outline of the Sutta Nipāta: The Contemplative Experience in Early Buddhist PoetryFederico Divino0Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures/Department of Letters, Philosophy, Communication and Human and Social Sciences—Ph.D. Research Program in “Transcultural Studies in Humanities”, University of Bergamo, 24129 Bergamo, ItalyBy examining the Sutta Nipāta, considered one of the collections containing the oldest texts of the Pāli canon, this study aims to reconstruct social, historical, and anthropological aspects of archaic Buddhist doctrine at the time of its definition in dialectic with the forces of orthodoxy and constituted power in 6th century BCE India. This study also provides important insights into the development and definition of contemplative practices devoted to the search for the ‘absolute’ (<i>paramattha</i> and <i>brahmavihāra</i>), which has often received little attention in meditation studies.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/2/172Buddhist asceticismcontemplative practice<i>Sutta Nipāta</i>meditation in the pāli canonearly Buddhism |
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| title | An Anthropological Outline of the Sutta Nipāta: The Contemplative Experience in Early Buddhist Poetry |
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| title_sort | anthropological outline of the sutta nipata the contemplative experience in early buddhist poetry |
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