| Titre | Le divertissement dans le bouddhisme chinois, entre ascèse et « moyens appropriés » | |
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| Auteur | Paul Magnin | |
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Revue | Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident |
| Numéro | no 20, 1998 Du divertissement dans la Chine et le Japon anciens. « Homo Ludens Extreme-Orientalis » | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | I. Les critiques du divertissement |
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| Page | 31-62 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Entertainment in Chinese Buddhism, between asceticism and « expedient means »
There seems to be a contradiction in Chinese Buddhist texts concerning entertainment. Some stress the prohibition for any Buddhist to indulge in entertainment. Others seemingly extol any kind of leisure. In fact, the moral value placed in entertainment is intimately linked to the usefulness which a sentient being attaches to it. This value is best appreciated according to rules belonging to either « common morality » or the « morality of commitment ». Furthermore, for the Bodhisattva, entertainment becomes an « expedient means » to attract beings towards the Good and Enlightenment. The instance of the « game of the hidden hook » allows for a better understanding of the spirit and function of entertainment in general. However, a higher form of entertainment is discussed, through which mastery of the self and the faculty of acting freely are reached. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/oroc_0754-5010_1998_num_20_20_1054 |
