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A Critical Investigation on Pragmatism in Buddhist Perspective

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dc.contributor.author Rev. Embilipitiye Suseela
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-25T19:31:12Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-25T19:31:12Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Rev. Embilipitiye Suseela (2018). A Critical Investigation on Pragmatism in Buddhist Perspective, Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Pāli and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, P.68 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/21460
dc.description.abstract Pragmatism is a philosophical as well as a psychological concept which originated and developed in the western philosophy. It is also a philosophical school generally considered to have originated in the late nineteenth century. Pragmatism was developed against traditional philosophical thought. Charles Pierce (1839-1914) who introduced this new trend, saw that it was an efficient path to solve many social problems than through traditional solutions. William James (1842-1910) is the famous philosopher of pragmatism and he is the person who made pragmatism famous. Buddhism is a teaching of practice. Buddhism is pragmatic as it is concerned only about what is useful for the attainment of the goal it describes. Buddhist views of pragmatism are described in the Dhammacakkapavattana sutta, Sigālovada sutta, kālāma sutta, Dhammapada etc. The Eightfold path is considered to have identified pragmatism in Buddhism. In the first discourse, Four Noble Truths are introduced for the first time and it is stated that those truths have three circles (tiparivatta) and twelve models (dvādasākāra). From this abstract I expect to investigate whether Buddhism accepts views of pragmatism as it was introduced in western thought and how far it is comparable with Budhdhist thought. This abstract is based on primary (pāli canon) and secondary data (books, articles, journal). en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of Pāli and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Pragmatism, Eightfold path, Three circles, Twelve models en_US
dc.title A Critical Investigation on Pragmatism in Buddhist Perspective en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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