THE METAPSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS IN MEDIEVAL BUDDHISM
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Buddhism, Emotions, Impermanence, MedievalAbstract
This article approaches the metapsychology of emotions in Medieval Buddhism. The main goal is to sustain the hypothesis that the place and the role of the emotions suffer a displacement in the medieval reception of Buddhist teachings. If at first—in its origins—Buddhism understands that emotions are something to be controlled, manipulated, or even avoided, throughout the Middle Ages they become rather a tool for the cultivation of attention to one of the most important marks of existence, namely, the impermanence. To reach this goal, the following steps are taken: (i) in the first place, identifying, within the originary Buddhist vocabular, which terms come closer to the general concept of emotion; (ii) then, presenting the place of emotions in the origin of Indian Buddhism (iii) by the end, exploring the role of the emotions in Medieval Buddhism, based on the dialogue with Chinese philosophy and Japanese literature, emphasizing the Mahayana tradition.
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