20 (2/2024)

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series

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Czasopismo dofinansowane przez Uniwersytet Jagielloński ze środków Inicjatywy Doskonałości na Wydziale Filozoficznym oraz Katedry Porównawczych Studiów Cywilizacji

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Joanna Grela, Przemysław Skrzyński

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

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Kilka refleksji przy lekturze Suttanipāty

Marta Kudelska

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

The main subject of the essay on Ireneusz Kania is to recall his great contribution to the study of Buddhism in Poland. First of all, late śruti texts, mainly the Upanishads, are compared with the oldest texts of early Buddhism, the suttas. Reading texts from these collections together gives a fuller, more multidimensional picture of the era than by analysing only Brahminical or Buddhist sources. The analysis of both groups of texts indicates evidence of mutual contacts. Ancient India 3rd – 2nd century BC they were neither exclusively Brahminical nor exclusively Buddhist, but were an arena for mutual discussions, polemics, the exchange of thoughts, and the flow of ideas.

Hermeneutyka buddyjska Ireneusza Kani

Beata Łazarz

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

The article focuses on Ireneusz Kania's translation work in relation to canonical texts of early Buddhism. Central to his work was the pursuit of truth about the world and humanity, the path to which, in his view, the teachings of Buddha pointed. The article outlines the basic assumptions underlying his approach to translation. These include, alongside drawing from the Western hermeneutics, convictions rooted in Buddhist teachings regarding the conventionality of language, translation as a path to unfolding wisdom, the inevitable transience of translations, and translations as a kind of Indra's net, where successive versions are interconnected. In his opinion, translations, enabling exploration texts from different cultural and historical realities, can both inspire the quest for answers to fundamental questions and enable the recognition of one's own intuitions and insights pertaining to the nature of reality.

Podniebne pochówki. O wpływie buddyjskiej tradycji tantrycznej na tybetańskie zwyczaje funeralne

Olga Kadłuczka

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

The presented article indicates the possible influence of Buddhism, specifically its Tantric tradition on Tibetan funeral rituals, focusing notably on the unique practice of Sky Burials. Buddhist teachings on embracing death as an integral part of existence, along with concept of active compassion towards all sentient beings and the understanding of emptiness (śūnyatā) of all phenomena, shaped Tibetan perspectives on death. Since recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in society's openness to discussing the topic of death. Therefore, the aim of this analysis is to provide a deeper understanding of the philosophical and spiritual aspects influencing this ancient yet still relatively unknown ritual. By exploring religious and cultural practices, my interest lies in elucidating the interconnectedness of religious philosophy, rituals, and their influence on societal perceptions, particularly concerning the universal human experience of death. Moreover, my aim is to provide a detailed explanation of the underlying ideas behind the ritual, which, due to lack of understanding, is often misconceived as a barbaric custom among the peoples inhabiting Central Asia. I intend to demonstrate how the influence of Buddhist thought has transformed funeral ceremonies rooted in the ancient native traditions of the Tibetan Plateau, thus mitigating one of the most deeply ingrained cultural taboos – the widely understood taboo of death.

Buddhist Hells. Two Interpretations

Stefan Sencerz

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

In this essay, I explore how teachings about hell functions within Buddhist cosmology and how they were developed within various Buddhist monastic traditions. I discuss, in particular, two different possible interpretations of these teachings; a literal one and a metaphorical one.

Medytacje tanatologiczne

Cezary Woźniak

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

In 1927, Martin Heidegger published the treatise Being and Time, the significance of which went far beyond the realm of philosophy. This book was of fundamental importance for the constitution and development of contemporary philosophical thanatology. This article is devoted to the thanatological issues raised by Heidegger's views, including the discussion with them undertaken by Jacques Derrida and Ray Brassier. The article discusses issues such as the aporia of death, the subject of death, forms of death, the essence and meaning of death, thanatological difference. It also raises the question: is "my death" possible?

Imaginatio Mundi

Motyw żałoby w wybranych komentarzach do Dhammapady (Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā)

Joanna Gruszewska

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

Filozofia madhjamaki w Hymnie o Niepojętym (Acintya-stava) Nagardżuny

Krzysztof Jakubczak

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

The text is divided into two parts. The first part is a reconstruction of the main issues of Madhyamaka philosophy present in Nāgārjuna’s Hymn to the Unthinkable One (Acintyastava). Particular emphasis is placed on issues that were not explicit in Nāgārjuna’s treatises. The most important one is the thetic moment of our experience, which is expressed by the term “obsession with reification” (bhāva-graha-grahāveśa). This is a natural tendency to attribute real existence to objects of consciousness, i.e. the tendency to hypostasize them (samāropa). The second part of the text is a translation of the Hymn of the Unthinkable One.

Historia utworzenia wspólnoty mniszek. Osiem twardych reguł – fragmenty Ćullawagii Reguły dyscypliny zakonnej Kanonu Palijskiego

Joanna Gruszewska

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

Translation of The Sūtra on Three States of Mind (Toh 253)

Artur Przybysławski

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

The Translation of The Single Stanza (Toh 323)

Artur Przybysławski

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

The Translation of The Four Stanzas (Toh 324)

Artur Przybysławski

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

Traktat medyczny (Apteczka tybetańska) ze zbiorów Muzeum Etnograficznego w Krakowie

Medycyna tybetańska w zbiorach Muzeum Etnograficznego w Krakowie. Wprowadzenie

Eleonora Tenerowicz

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

Dialogues and Diagnoses

Gość z innej planety

Jerzy Illg

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

Ireneusz Kania i “Eranos”

Tomasz Wiśniewski

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 20 (2/2024), First View

Słowa kluczowe: Pali canon, upanishad, sutta, early Buddhism, Buddhism, Theravada, Dhammapada, hermeneutics, manas, Tibet, Buddhism, Sky Burials, Buddhist tantra, funeral traditions, Buddhism, suffering, the path to liberation, six realms of existence, dukkha, Dhammapada, Dhammapada commentary, Buddhism, Buddhist literature, Pali language, grief, Nāgārjuna, Madhyamaka, Catuḥstava, Acintyastava, philosophy, existence, equivalence of dependent arising and emptiness, thetic moment of experience, hypostasizing (samāropa)

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Czasopismo dofinansowane przez Uniwersytet Jagielloński ze środków Inicjatywy Doskonałości na Wydziale Filozoficznym oraz Katedry Porównawczych Studiów Cywilizacji