Explicating the Buddha’s Final Illness in the Context of his Other Ailments
The Making and Unmaking of some J?taka Tales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11468808 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John S Strong (Bates College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-33 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Buddhist Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-2897 • E-ISSN: 1747-9681 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/bsrv.v29i1.17 |
| OpenAlex | W2056025939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The Buddha’s final illness, brought on by his last meal prior to his death, was traditionally seen as one of a set of ailments suffered by him at various points during his lifetime. This paper looks at different Buddhist explications of the causes of these ailments and applies them to the episode of the Buddha’s final illness. In both instances, three explanatory strategies are detected: the first stresses the causative importance of the Buddha’s own negative karmic deeds in past lives; the second looks to the negative deeds and karma of others than the Buddha; the third offers non-karmic explanations. The first two engendered two rather different kinds of j?taka stories; the last did not involve any j?takas but highlighted various kinds of ‘natural’ explanations
Archaeology · Buddhism · Causative · Epistemology · Gautama Buddha · Karma · Linguistics · Theology · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
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