Buddhist Perspective on Literature

Grzegorz Kuśnierz

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego

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2016

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279

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Kuśnierz, Grzegorz. Buddhist Perspective on Literature. Red. . Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, 2016, 279 s. ISBN 978-83-8206-470-4

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The essence of Buddhism is compassion, or rather tapping into the unlimited resources of mind's inner wealth, the full development of human potential. Art and literature are also often understood as tools for bringing deep meaning to human existen...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-8206-470-4

DOI:

Wydawnictwo:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego

Rok wydania:

2016

Liczba stron:

279

XML:ISBN/ISSN:

ONIX MARC21

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Introduction

rejectsdichotomybetweenthesubjectandtheobjectinfavorofholisticex-

perienceanddescriptionofreality,asonemakesnosensewithouttheoth-

er.Alldescriptionsaretemporary,andinevitablyhistorical,biased,experi-

entialandinterpretative.Terefore,aliterarytextisnotgivenonceandfor

all,butitisbeingconstantlyre-interpretedaccordingtoinstitutionalcon-

ventions,vocabulariesandreaders’opinions.Asthereisnoabsolutetruthof

thetexttobefound,atrueinterpretationisitsmostpersuasivere-descrip-

tion,notnecessarilybasedonan–anywayimpossible–absoluteadequa-

cytoatextitself.Teonlytruthvalidatorsofthoughtsandideasareuben-

eﬁcialinteractions”withtheworldandotherpeople.Buddhism,however,

seemstobeevenmorepracticalthanpragmatisminitssearchforanulti-

matebeneﬁcialinteraction:

IndiscussingPeirce’swritingsonthenatureofscienceandscientif-

icmethod,Icited,amongotherpassageshisobservationthat’True

scienceisdistinctivelythestudyofuselessthings’.TeBuddhistphi-

losopherwithwhomIcomparedPeircewastheseventhcenturyIn-

dianBuddhistphilosopherDharmakirti[who]statesthatdiscerning

usefulfromuselessthings(artha-anartha-vivecana)isthecentral

taskofhisphilosophicalproject;reason,hesays,istobeusedtoena-

bleonetogetwhatisbeneﬁcialandtoavoidwhatoughttobeavoid-

ed…theBuddhistmentalitywouldbeapoorchoiceforsomeonein-

terestedinlearningforthesheerjoyofdiscovery,andthescientiﬁc

mentalitywouldbeapoorchoiceforapersondeterminedtoachieve

nirvdn

.a(Hayes2009:1–2).

Terefore,fromtheBuddhistperspectivetruthisnotmerelywhatcanbe

philosophicallypersuadedtoothers,sincehistoryclearlyshowspropagan-

dacanconvincepeopletoperformalsonon-meritoriousactivities,butitis

rathertheliberatinginﬂuenceonanindividualresultinginanultimateben-

eﬁcialinteraction–theexperienceoftruthcalledenlightenment.

TepracticalapplicationofBuddhismtoliteraturestudies,anditsrela-

tiontoethics,willbeanalyzedinchapterthree.Itwillshowthatevencon-

sideringinevitablediﬀerencesbetweenWesternliterarystudiesandBud-

dhistphilosophy,amarriageofthetwoispossible,andevenmightprove

beneﬁcialforboth.

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