Pudgalavada

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The Pudgalavāda was a school of Buddhism founded by Vatsiputra (3rd century BC) . Deviating from the official teaching, Vatsiputra is said to have tried to introduce the concept of "person" ( Sanskrit : pudgala ) into teaching as a separate reality. The person as such is made up of his or her physical parts, but as a whole has an existence of its own that goes beyond that. Because this thesis contradicted the general doctrine of not-self, the Pudgalavāda was rejected by other orthodox schools. Nevertheless, it flourished to a great extent and was able to hold its own until the 7th century. Its most important branch was the Sammatiya , which was the largest Buddhist school in India at the beginning of the 7th century . The Pudgalavada died out with the rise of the Brahmanic ( Hindu ) counter-mission and the gradual decline of Buddhism in India. The teachings of the Pudgalavāda are only preserved in a few Chinese texts and in some critical statements from other schools.

literature

  • Duerlinger, James (2003). Indian Buddhist Theories of Persons. Vasubandhu's "Refutaton of the Theory of a Self" . London, Routledge
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  • Thích, Thiện Châu (1984). The Literature of the Pudgalavādins , Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 7 (1), 7-16
  • Thích, Thiện Châu (1987). Les réponses des Pudgalavādin aux critiques des écoles bouddhiques ( Memento of July 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 10 (1), 33–54
  • Thích, Thiện Châu, Boin-Webb, Sara (1999). The literature of the Personalists of early Buddhism, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass

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