國立虎尾科技大學 |

Steps Toward a Tibetan Understanding of Purity : = A Semantic and Textual Analysis.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Steps Toward a Tibetan Understanding of Purity :/
Reminder of title:	A Semantic and Textual Analysis.
Author:	Morrison, James E.
Description:	1 online resource (385 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International84-11A.
Subject:	Religion. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798379504595

Steps Toward a Tibetan Understanding of Purity : = A Semantic and Textual Analysis.
Morrison, James E.

Steps Toward a Tibetan Understanding of Purity :A Semantic and Textual Analysis. - 1 online resource (385 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-11, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia International University, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

Studies of pollution and purity have typically been conducted through a social anthropological framework, demarcating the ritually impure and unclean from the clean and pure, and examining the impact of this on social interactions. This study has sought to answer the question of how Tibetan Buddhists conceptualize notions of purity and purification, not delineated as a social phenomenon, but through the religious framework of Tibetan Buddhism. To that end, this research has explored notions of purity from within the religious domain and soteriological discourse of Tibetan Buddhism. While some studies have examined Tibetan purity demarcations from an anthropological and sociological perspective, there has been a paucity of studies examining purity as it appears in the religious realm of Tibetan Buddhism. Furthermore, no studies exist that have sought a Tibetan understanding of purity with the express purpose of exploring potential missiological considerations and applications. In this research, the primary method for answering the question of Tibetan notions of purity has been to seek an emic voice through examining a comprehensive range of indigenous Tibetan texts, which explicitly deal with notions of purity, across a broad spectrum of genres, incorporating both the monastics and laity. This approach was considered efficacious in gaining an objective and in-depth understanding from an emic, "insider" perspective. This study, then, has undertaken a semantic and textual analysis of Tibetan Buddhist notions of purity, drawing from the large Tibetan corpus of salient texts. Though other factors which emerged from the data set were the pursuit of spiritual power and merit accumulation as essential elements to Tibetan Buddhist praxis, the predominant finding of this study suggests that purity and purification are of significant concern to Tibetans, both monks and laity, and foundational to their worldview. Notions of purity and purification have considerable bearing on how Tibetans view themselves, the world around them, how they respond to those perceptions, and how they conduct their daily lives. The ontological and soteriological findings of this study suggest that presenting a contextualized gospel within a purification framework may find more resonance with a Tibetan Buddhist audience. These findings also suggest that an awareness of purity and purification concerns may be beneficial to those who are ministering to Tibetan Buddhists. An understanding of the purity schema of Tibetans, coupled with a Biblical perspective of purification, may also be informative in the fostering of indigenous ecclesial praxis.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798379504595Subjects--Topical Terms:

555020
Religion.
Subjects--Index Terms:

ContextualizationIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

Steps Toward a Tibetan Understanding of Purity : = A Semantic and Textual Analysis.
LDR:04037ntm a22003977 4500 001 1152411
005 20241203090545.5
006 m o d
007 cr mn ---uuuuu
008 250605s2023 xx obm 000 0 eng d
020 $a 9798379504595
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI30423860
035 $a AAI30423860
040 $a MiAaPQ $b eng $c MiAaPQ $d NTU
100 1 $a Morrison, James E. $3 1479395
245 1 0 $a Steps Toward a Tibetan Understanding of Purity : $b A Semantic and Textual Analysis.
264 0 $c 2023
300 $a 1 online resource (385 pages)
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
500 $a Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-11, Section: A.
500 $a Advisor: Cashin, David.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia International University, 2023.
504 $a Includes bibliographical references
520 $a Studies of pollution and purity have typically been conducted through a social anthropological framework, demarcating the ritually impure and unclean from the clean and pure, and examining the impact of this on social interactions. This study has sought to answer the question of how Tibetan Buddhists conceptualize notions of purity and purification, not delineated as a social phenomenon, but through the religious framework of Tibetan Buddhism. To that end, this research has explored notions of purity from within the religious domain and soteriological discourse of Tibetan Buddhism. While some studies have examined Tibetan purity demarcations from an anthropological and sociological perspective, there has been a paucity of studies examining purity as it appears in the religious realm of Tibetan Buddhism. Furthermore, no studies exist that have sought a Tibetan understanding of purity with the express purpose of exploring potential missiological considerations and applications. In this research, the primary method for answering the question of Tibetan notions of purity has been to seek an emic voice through examining a comprehensive range of indigenous Tibetan texts, which explicitly deal with notions of purity, across a broad spectrum of genres, incorporating both the monastics and laity. This approach was considered efficacious in gaining an objective and in-depth understanding from an emic, "insider" perspective. This study, then, has undertaken a semantic and textual analysis of Tibetan Buddhist notions of purity, drawing from the large Tibetan corpus of salient texts. Though other factors which emerged from the data set were the pursuit of spiritual power and merit accumulation as essential elements to Tibetan Buddhist praxis, the predominant finding of this study suggests that purity and purification are of significant concern to Tibetans, both monks and laity, and foundational to their worldview. Notions of purity and purification have considerable bearing on how Tibetans view themselves, the world around them, how they respond to those perceptions, and how they conduct their daily lives. The ontological and soteriological findings of this study suggest that presenting a contextualized gospel within a purification framework may find more resonance with a Tibetan Buddhist audience. These findings also suggest that an awareness of purity and purification concerns may be beneficial to those who are ministering to Tibetan Buddhists. An understanding of the purity schema of Tibetans, coupled with a Biblical perspective of purification, may also be informative in the fostering of indigenous ecclesial praxis.
533 $a Electronic reproduction. $b Ann Arbor, Mich. : $c ProQuest, $d 2024
538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web
650 4 $a Religion. $3 555020
650 4 $a Comparative religion. $2 bicssc $3 1008938
650 4 $a Cultural anthropology. $3 1179959
653 $a Contextualization
653 $a Missiology
653 $a Pollution
653 $a Purification
653 $a Anthropological framework
655 7 $a Electronic books. $2 local $3 554714
690 $a 0318
690 $a 0618
690 $a 0326
710 2 $a ProQuest Information and Learning Co. $3 1178819
710 2 $a Columbia International University. $b College of Intercultural Studies. $3 1479220
773 0 $t Dissertations Abstracts International $g 84-11A.
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=30423860 $z click for full text (PQDT)