源氏物語における仏教的要素 : 源氏物語はこの世をどう考えているか(覚書)
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I have examined the view of this world or of gense in terms of Buddhism as revealed in Genji Monogatari through a detailed analysis of the work. In Genji Monogatari, this life is considered in connection with the previous life (zense) and the future life (raise). Those who are born to this world think of their destinies, whether they be good or bad, as being in consequence of their lives in the previous world. The idea is that as soon as they realize the limitations of their own life, they should enter the priesthood in preparation for the future life but that they should first make certain that they have no lingering desires for this world. The main characters of the tale, for example, Genji, Fujitsubo, and Murasaki, while trying to lead a good life, become aware that this world is full of imperfections and begin to think of an appropriate time for entering the priesthood. The manner in which the characters meditate upon their destinies and their sins on the basis of the Buddhistic doctrine of the continuum of life from the previous world through the present world and the future world constitutes the most important substance of the tale and is the main factor which raises the work to the level of literature. However, the continual looking backward of the characters to the previous life in making their decisions seems to me to be the cause of the lack of a positive attitude towards life in the tale. This attitude is a reflection of the Buddhistic view of life as intimated above and whether or not the author herself held this view is open to question. This problem will be the subject of my next paper.
- 東京女子大学の論文
- 1965-09-01