The Legend and Cult of Upagupta

Sanskrit Buddhism in North India and Southeast Asia

John S. Strong (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

408 Seiten

2017
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-65413-3 (ISBN)

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The Buddhist monk Upagupta, who preached and taught meditative practices in Northwest India over two thousand years ago, is venerated today by the laity in parts of Burma, Thailand, and Laos as a protective figure endowed with magical powers. In this monumental work John Strong offers a systematic presentation of the Indian and Southeast Asian legends and rituals surrounding this popular saint. Once considered by Buddhist authorities as only marginally important, Upagupta emerges here as a central, ubiquitous figure within the Buddhist world. The author demonstrates the remarkable continuity among traditions focused on Upagupta in ancient Sarvastivadin Sanskrit materials, key Pali texts, medieval Thai and Burmese texts, and contemporary oral traditions and religious rituals in Southeast Asia. In so doing he reflects the orientation of popular Sanskrit Hinayana Buddhism, which allows for new perspectives on such classic questions as the nature of enlightenment, the role of asceticism, the problem of evil, the worship of the Buddha image, the veneration of saints, master-disciple relationships, the treatment of heterodoxy, and the relation of myth and ritual.
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List of Figures and TablesPrefaceNote and AbbreviationsIntroduction3Pt. 1Upagupta in IndiaCh. 1Provisions for the Buddha's Absence23Ch. 2Monk and Monkey: Upagupta's Karmic Past44Ch. 3Birth and Lineage, Patriarchs, and the Forest-Monk Tradition57Ch. 4Lay Life, Ordination, and Arhatship75Ch. 5Upagupta and Mara: Bhakti and the Buddha Body93Ch. 6Master-Disciple Relations118Ch. 7Upagupta and Asoka145Pt. 2Upagupta in Southeast AsiaCh. 8The Southeast Asian Context: Upagupta and Theravada Orthodoxy171Ch. 9The Lokapannatti Legend186Ch. 10Mythic Elaborations and Ritual Developments209Ch. 11Upagupta and the Arhat Cults236Ch. 12Communal Cults: Upagupta as Protector of Festivals253Ch. 13Personal Rewards and Domestic Rites273Conspectus and Conclusion291Notes297Glossary347Bibliography of Works Cited353Index377

Erscheinungsdatum	01.03.2017
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-691-65413-1 / 0691654131
ISBN-13	978-0-691-65413-3 / 9780691654133
Zustand	Neuware