abstractBuddhist and Hindu discourse often juxtapose statements about the inexpressibility of ultimate reality with descriptions drawing on metaphor and paradox. This raises the question of how particular types of metaphor fulfill the role of expressing what is believed to be inexpressible. The current study employs a cognitive linguistic framework to examine how modern Buddhist and Hindu religious teachers use metaphor to talk about enlightenment. Adopting a usage-based approach focusing on how figurative language is recontexualized by the same speaker within a stretch of discourse, the study identifies a recurrent pattern within the discourse on enlightenment that consists of four elements. The first is source domain reversal, which we define as a speaker making use of a particular source domain to refer to a target, and then later, in the same discourse segment, using a source domain with a seemingly opposite meaning to refer to the same target. The other three involve a movement from force to object-based schemas, from the perceived revelation of more conventional to deeper truths, and from description of a process to description of a state. We conclude by briefly discussing our findings within the context of research on apophatic discourse in other religions.

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动而静：探讨源域倒转与启蒙解释中的力量

摘要佛教和印度教的话语经常将关于终极现实的不可表达性的陈述与利用隐喻和悖论的描述并列。这就提出了一个问题，即特定类型的隐喻如何发挥表达被认为无法表达的作用。目前的研究采用认知语言框架来研究现代佛教和印度教宗教教师如何使用隐喻来谈论启蒙。该研究采用基于用法的方法，重点关注比喻语言如何在一段话语中被同一说话者重新语境化，该研究确定了启蒙话语中的一种反复出现的模式，该模式由四个要素组成。首先是源域反转，我们将其定义为说话者利用特定的源域来引用目标，然后，在同一个语篇片段中，使用一个看似相反含义的源域来指代同一个目标。其他三个涉及从力量到基于对象的图式的运动，从更传统的感知揭示到更深层次的真理，以及从对过程的描述到对状态的描述。最后，我们在其他宗教中的断然话语研究的背景下简要讨论了我们的发现。