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Language and Practice From the Buddhist Perspective: Based on the Prajñāpāramitā-Sūtras
Author(s)
Chi-Lin Liu
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2021.09.003
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National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)
ABSTRACT
Having traveled through four gates of the palace, Śākyamuni became a śramaṇa to seek the solution for mankind’s “birth, aging, sickness, and death”. Finally, he found the truth—the ineffable reality of the world. To expound the truth to people, he had to use the linguistic convention to express the inexpressible state. The primary purpose of this paper is to use the Buddhist perspective on language based on the Prajñāpāramitā-sūtras, to compare the daily language in the world—especially linguistics and philosophy of language in academia; hence point out their limitations, defect, or pitfalls, to see the crux of the language problem, and turn to the path of Buddhist practicing as well as “bringing wisdom from knowledge”. I will elaborate on six points in full text: I. Introduction, including the five key concepts. II. The comparison of the Buddhist perspective on language with linguistics and philosophy of language. III. The perspective of the language in the 4th, 7th & 16th assemblies. IV. To understand the reality of the world, we have to cultivate the “hearing, contemplating, and practicing” based on Buddha’s words. V. The significance of the Buddhist perspective on language in this era. VI. Conclusion.
KEYWORDS
dharma (the related factors), prajñāpāramitā (the perfection of wisdom), prajñapti (the conventional facility), the reality of the world, ineffability or inexpressibility
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