Dharma sprzed abhidharmy

• Authors: Krzysztof Kosior

Title variants

EN

Dharma sprzed abhidharmy

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Dharma before the Abhidharma: The paper deals with the issue as to whether early Buddhism can be defined as a philosophy or as a religion. My analysis starts with the definition of the Buddha as the discoverer of the Dharma - the ancient and ennobling path (purāṇa‑, ariya‑magga) - which has made him the exalted teacher of gods and people. Then, after characterizing the possible meanings of Abhidharma in the context of their presence in canonical statements expressing Dharma, I draw conclusions about the connection or lack of connection between philosophy and soteriology in the teaching of the Buddha. Finally, after recalling the canonical statements of Buddha on his status, I conclude that the characterization of early Buddhism as a religion is also questionable.

Keywords

PL

early Buddhism; Dharma; Abhidharma; philosophy; religion

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. KEN w Krakowie, Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii
• Journal: ARGUMENT: Biannual Philosophical Journal
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 9-16

Dates

published

2017-06-01

Contributors

author

Krzysztof Kosior

Identifiers

DOI

10.24917/20841043.7.1.1