In this article I attempt to establish a radical hermeneutic for interpreting Nagarjuna's MŪlaMadyamikarika. I argue that understanding the text requires a sensitivity to the subtle fluidity and interconnectedness of Indian cultural ideational forms, particularly those related to yogic meditational practices. I examine the recurrence of one ideational pattern - the two-tiered view of reality - in Hindu yogic and Buddhist texts with particular reference to the MŪlamadyamikakarika. I submit that without an awareness of the fluidity of thought patterns textual interpretations of Nagarjuna's work becomes too confined to immediate historical contexts. In this article I attempt to establish a radical hermeneutic for interpreting Nagarjuna's MŪlaMadyamikarika. I argue that understanding the text requires a sensitivity to the subtle fluidity and interconnectedness of Indian cultural ideational forms, particularly those related to yogic meditational practices. I examine the recurrence of one ideational pattern - the two-tiered view of reality - in Hindu yogic and Buddhist texts with particular reference to the MŪlamadyamikakarika. I submit that without an awareness of the fluidity of thought patterns textual interpretations of Nagarjuna's work becomes too confined to immediate historical contexts.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
1997
توصيف ظاهري
229-241
عنوان
Religion and Theology
شماره جلد
4/1-3
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1574-3012
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )