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An Example of Self–Change: The Buddhist Path

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

David Bastow
David Bastow
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Department of Philosophy, University of Dundee, Scotland
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The idea or indeed the possibility of self–change is rarely discussed in general terms, though many religious aims relate to it. I wish to introduce aset of concepts relevant to the understanding of the idea; and to exhibit the Buddhist path, as described in the Pali texts, as an example of radical self–change. The general concepts and the particular example will have muchto do with the senses in which, when a person acts or intends, the action or intention is truly his; and so will involve an examination of the notion of self–control.

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Religious Studies , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 157 - 172
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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page 160 note 1 See, for example, my paper ‘Self–Construction in Buddhism’, Ratio, XXVU, 2 (12 1986).

page 162 note 1 Dīgha Nikādya, vol. II (London: Pali Text Society, 1970), pp. 305. if. Textual references in this paper are to the original texts, all published in London by the Pali Text Society. The translations are my own.

page 163 note 1 lVinaya Pilaka, vol. I, pp. 15 if.

page 163 note 2 l">Dīgha Nikāya, vol. II pp. 21 if.

page 163 note 3 Itivuttaka, pp. 89–90.

page 163 note 4 Samyutta Nikāya, vol. II, p. I.

page 166 note 1 See Ariguttara Nikāya, vol. III, p. 138; a sermon for novices.

page 167 note 1 Dīgha Nikāya, vol. I, p. 63.

page 167 note 2 Dīgha Nikāya, vol. 1, p. 70.

page 168 note 1 Samyutta Nikāya, vol. IV, pp. 36–7.

page 168 note 2 Samyutta Nikāya, vol. IV, p. 176.

page 168 note 3 Majjhima Nikāya, vol. I, p. 270.

page 168 note 4 Samyutta Nikāya, vol. IV, p. 73.

page 169 note 1 Dīgha Nikāya, vol. 1, p. 75.

page 169 note 2 Discussed in Carrithers, Michael, The Buddha (London: Oxford University Press, 1983), pp. 32 ff.Google Scholar

page 169 note 3 Dīgha Nikāya, vol. II, p. 292.

page 170 note 1 The classical summary of Theravāda doctrine, by Buddhaghosa. Translation by Nyanamoli, The Path of Purification (Berkeley and London: Shambala, 1976).

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