Signs of Liberation?—a Semiotic Approach to Wisdom in Chinese Madhyamika Buddhism

Bocking, Brian; Wang, Youxuan

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“…In addition to these components of affective wisdom, Confucianism also encompasses wisdom in the cognitive and reflective dimensions by emphasising knowledge and self‐cultivation in life. Lastly, Buddhism regards wisdom as the ability to resist temptations and to perceive the true nature of reality (Bocking & Wang, ).…”

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“…In addition to these components of affective wisdom, Confucianism also encompasses wisdom in the cognitive and reflective dimensions by emphasising knowledge and self-cultivation in life. Lastly, Buddhism regards wisdom as the ability to resist temptations and to perceive the true nature of reality (Bocking & Wang, 2006). These traditions of Chinese philosophies have impacted Chinese thought for thousands of years and have provided a foundation for understanding wisdom in the Chinese culture.…”

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The function of wisdom dimensions in ego‐identity development among Chinese university students

Bang

Zhou

2014

Int J Psychol

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This study investigates the relationship between wisdom and ego-identity among university students in China. Using Marcia's ego-identity statuses and Ardelt's wisdom dimensions as the theoretical and conceptual framework, the study investigates 356 university students in China. After exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, four factors from wisdom and five factors from ego-identity were retrieved. A structural equation model was then conducted to analyse the relationships. The findings were: (1) among wisdom dimensions, cognitive, and reflective wisdom, especially perspective-taking best predicted achievement, (2) all three dimensions of wisdom predicted moratorium, but reflective wisdom was the most pronounced predictor, (3) all three dimensions of wisdom predicted diffusion, but resentment items from reflective wisdom were the most pronounced predictors, and (4) gender was a significant predictor of ego-identity achievement and diffusion. These findings suggest that efforts to build reflective wisdom might contribute to healthier ego-identity formation.

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The function of wisdom dimensions in ego‐identity development among Chinese university students

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Zhou

2014

Int J Psychol

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“…20. À propos de la sagesse (wisdom) en tant que compréhension de la nature vide des signes dans le courant du Mādhyamika, voir Bocking et Wang, 2006. Sur la signification doctrinale de l'image du Bouddha qui montre du doigt la lune -une dimension ineffable -dans la tradition Chan, voir Ho, 2008.…”

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Approche sémiotique exploratoire des paraboles et des images langagières du Su̅tra du Lotus

Ghiglione¹

2011

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Cet article s’attache aux paraboles et aux images langagières de la version chinoise du Su̅tra du Lotus, traduit du sanskrit par Kuma̅rajīva en 406. Il souligne le rôle sémiotique que les métaphores filées revêtent dans cette Écriture en tant que signes évocateurs de la bouddhéité, à savoir d’une dimension qui n’est ni sensible ni intelligible, puisqu’elle suppose la disparition de tous les phénomènes et le dépassement de l’illusion identitaire. En exploitant la notion de semiosis illimitée, l’auteure cherche à comprendre quel type d’herméneutique est suggéré dans le texte à ses récepteurs (les lecteurs, les pratiquants) pour atteindre la vacuité et le salut. L’extinction totale et parfaite de la souffrance entraîne, en effet, la déconstruction ontologique de l’enchaînement causal qui régit non seulement le saṃsa̅ra, mais également les systèmes des signes et des significations.This article focuses on the parables and on the imagery of the Chinese version of the LotusSu̅tra, translated from Sanskrit by Kuma̅rajīva in 406. It underlines the semiotic role played by continuous metaphors in this scripture; it interprets them as linguistic signs evoking Buddhahood, namely a dimension that is neither sensible nor intelligible, since it supposes the extinction of all phenomena and the vanishing of all ego-oriented illusions. The author avails herself of the notion of unlimited semiosis and tries to understand which kind of hermeneutical approach is suggested in the text to the receptors (readers, practitioners) in order to reach emptiness and salvation. The perfect and total extinction of suffering actually implies the ontological deconstruction of the causal chain, which presides over not only saṃsa̅ra, but all systems of signs and meanings as well

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Signs of Liberation?—a Semiotic Approach to Wisdom in Chinese Madhyamika Buddhism

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The function of wisdom dimensions in ego‐identity development among Chinese university students

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Approche sémiotique exploratoire des paraboles et des images langagières du Su̅tra du Lotus

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