Abstract:Wonhyo is well known not only as a scholar but also as an exemplary model of his public relief activities. This paper is an attempt to find the theoretical basis of his altruism in his academic writings. For this purpose, taking the theory of postponement of nirvāṇa of a bodhisattva, which is a model of altruism widely seen in the Mahāyāna Buddhism, especially in the East Asian tradition, as a clue, I examined the tension between the postponement of nirvāṇa and apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa, the ultimate model of altru… Show more
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