Apology of happiness in Buddhist ethical culture of early medieval India
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- Островская Елена Петровна
- Buddhism is one of traditional religions of peoples of Russia, therefore the history of Buddhist moral culture is the object of special interest for Russian scholars. Most studies pay primary attention to the problem of suf ering as basic category of Buddhist ethics elaborated by Medieval Indian thinkers. The problem of reality of happiness was discussed by them in details but remains the less studied topic in cultural studies. The present article treats the basic aspects of this discussion explicated in the fundamental exegetical treatise «The Encyclopedia of Abhidharma» (Abhidharmakośa) ascribed to eminent Buddhist thinker Vasubandhu (4th – 5th centuries). The article presents dif erences between the philosophical positions of competitors and substantial aspects of argumentation. The exegetical discourse concerning the demonstration of the reality of happiness was aimed at the explication of ethical value of this concept through its association with the conception of religious virtue
