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Vows without a self
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Pub Date : 2023-01-13 , DOI: 10.1111/phpr.12950
Kevin Berryman 1, 2 , Monima Chadha 1, 2 , Shaun Nichols 3
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Vows play a central role in Buddhist thought and practice. Monastics are obliged to know and conform to hundreds of vows. Although it is widely recognized that vows are important for guiding practitioners on the path to enlightenment, we argue that they have another overlooked but equally crucial role to play. A second function of the vows, we argue, is to facilitate group harmony and cohesion to ensure the perpetuation of the dhamma and the saṅgha. However, the prominence of vows in the Buddhist tradition seems at odds with another central part of the doctrine. For vows, like other promises, seem to involve representing a persisting self as the individual who undertakes the vow. And to explicitly appeal to a persisting self conflicts with one of the most important philosophical commitments of Buddhism – the no self view. We argue though that once we articulate the details of how vows generate behavior that conforms to them, we can see that no appeal to the self is required to internalize and act on vows.

中文翻译:

没有自我的誓言

戒律在佛教思想和修行中起着核心作用。僧侣有义务了解并遵守数百条戒律。尽管人们普遍认为戒律对于引导修行者走上证悟之路很重要,但我们认为它们还有另一个被忽视但同样重要的作用。我们认为,戒律的第二个功能是促进群体的和谐和凝聚力,以确保佛法僧伽永存。然而,佛教传统中誓言的重要性似乎与该教义的另一个核心部分不一致。因为誓言,就像其他承诺一样,似乎涉及代表一个坚持不懈的自我,作为承担誓言的个人。明确诉诸持久的自我与佛教最重要的哲学承诺之一——无我观相冲突。不过,我们认为,一旦我们阐明誓言如何产生符合誓言的行为的细节,我们就会发现,内化誓言并按照誓言行事并不需要诉诸自我。
更新日期:2023-01-13
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