The Concept of Virtue in Compositions of Prince Shotoku: “Commentary on the Sri-Mala Sutra” and “Seventeen-Article Constitution”

Proceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 6:185-194 (2008)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

The theme of article is a short investigation of the problem of virtue in compositions of Prince Shotoku such as “Seventeen-Article Constitution” and “Shomangyo gisho” . Prince Shotoku is a well-known religious leader in a history of Ancient Japan whoplayed a paramount role in Japanese Buddhism. He supervised over the construction of the first Buddhist temples and, more over, was a first Buddhist in Japan who interpreted Buddhist philosophical texts. Shotoku Taishi wrote three commentaries known as “Commentaries on the Three Sutras” . This work contains interpretation of three Buddhist sutras: “Lotus Sutra” , “Vimalakirti sutra” and “Sri-Mala” sutra . One of the most interesting aspects of this work, on my opinion, is a category of “virtue” . While “virtue” in the concept of Shotoku Taishi is a basis of the One Vehile. At the same time, it differs from the Buddhist sense of this word. Also, the influence of “virtue” is reflected in articles of “Seventeen-Article Constitution”. Category of “virtue”, on my opinion, shows the new sights in the personality of Prince Shotoku. It leads as to moral aspects of religious and cultural policy which still not explored well in Western scholarship

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,221

External links

  • This entry has no external links. Add one.
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

The Concept of Virtue in Compositions of Prince Shotoku.Lepekhova E. S. - 2008 - Proceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 6:185-194.
Literal means and hidden meanings: A new analysis of skillful means.Asaf Federman - 2009 - Philosophy East and West 59 (2):pp. 125-141.
The Vimalakirti Sutra.Burton Watson (ed.) - 1996 - Columbia University Press.
The Ban-ya pa-ra-mil-da sim gyeong chan.Hyun Choo - 2008 - Proceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 6:15-28.
Un "Príncipe" sin retórica.Francesco Bausi - 2014 - Ingenium. Revista Electrónica de Pensamiento Moderno y Metodología En Historia de la Ideas 7:29-42.

Analytics

Added to PP
2015-01-31

Downloads
9 (#1,075,425)

6 months
1 (#1,028,709)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references