The Dreamer and the Yogin
On the relationship between Buddhist and Śaiva idealisms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2787571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabelle Ratié (0000-0002-4393-3906, Austrian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 437-478 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x10000406 |
| OpenAlex | W2110607891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 9 |
The Pratyabhijñā system, elaborated in the tenth and eleventh centuries by the Kashmiri philosophers Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta, presents a rational justification of the metaphysical principles contained in the Śaiva nondualistic scriptures. However, contrary to what one might expect, many arguments to which Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta resort when defending their idealism belong to Buddhist rather than Śaiva sources. This article examines the profound influence, in this respect, of the Buddhist "logico-epistemological school" on the Pratyabhijñā system. But it also shows that Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta are not unknowingly or unwittingly influenced by their Buddhist opponents: they systematically emphasize this influence, thus taking full responsibility for appropriating their rivals' concepts. Moreover, they highlight their fundamental divergence regarding the way consciousness manifests a seemingly external and diverse universe, most notably by replacing the Vijñānavādins' traditional analogy: according to the Śaivas, perceived objects should not be compared to dreamt objects, but to yogins' creations
Analogy · Art · Buddhism · Consciousness · Divergence (linguistics) · Epistemology · Idealism · Kashmiri · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphysics · Sociology · Theology · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Philosophy
Connecting Consciousness to Physical Causality
Investigating and Contextualizing Dramaturgical Perspectives
Poet with His Philosopher's Hat On
Divine and human agency as art
In Search of Utpaladeva’s Lost Vivṛti on the Pratyabhijñā Treatise
A Śaiva Interpretation of the Satkāryavāda
Can One Prove that Something Exists Beyond Consciousness? A Śaiva Criticism of the Sautrāntika Inference of External Objects
The Self as a Dynamic Constant. Rāmakaṇṭha’s Middle Ground Between a Naiyāyika Eternal Self-Substance and a Buddhist Stream of Consciousness-Moments
Shifting Concepts
On the Distinction Between Epistemic and Metaphysical Buddhist Idealisms
Relational Realism and Practical Reason in Utpaladeva’s Sambandhasiddhi
Is Reflection Real According to Abhinavagupta? Dynamic Realism Versus Naïve Realism
Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie
Can One Prove that Something Exists Beyond Consciousness? A Śaiva Criticism of the Sautrāntika Inference of External Objects
Remarks on Compassion and Altruism in the Pratyabhijñā Philosophy
Otherness in the Pratyabhijñā philosophy
La mémoire et le Soi dans l’ Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī d’ Abhinavagupta
An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy
Indian Semantic Analysis
Ritual and Speculation in Early Tantrism
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |