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【Special issue: Confucian ethos: Etiguette & Vernacular life】Liang Shu-Ming’s “Awareness” and Its Comparison with the Buddhist “Bodhicitta”
Author: Yuan-Ling Hu(Department of East Asian Studies, National Taiwan Normal University)
Vol.&No.:Vol. 58, No. 2
Date:September 2013
Pages:47-74
DOI:10.6210/JNTNULL.2013.58(2).03
Abstract:
Confucian moral cultivation aims to develop the entity of the mind, which Mencius and Wang Yangming termed as “Liang Zhi.” Liang Shu-Ming, the first-generation scholar of Contemporary Neo-Confucianism, called this entity of the mind “awareness,” emphasizing the knowledge of its cultivation. However, previous studies of Liang have not addressed “awareness;” therefore, the current study elaborates on this gap in the literature.
Throughout his life, Liang was influenced by both Confucianism and Buddhism; thus, it is appropriate to compare the Buddhist concept of “Bodhicitta” with Liang’s “awareness.” This comparison should enhance the clarity of “awareness.”
Keywords:awareness, Liang Zhi, Liang Shu-Ming, bodhicitta, Contemporary Neo-Confucianism
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