「輪廻転生」考(三) : 一つの論点をめぐる補足

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t is often said that Gotama Buddha has denied sa?s?ra. This can, however, be interpreted in two ways: he has insisted (A) that nobody will ever be reborn after death because there in no such a thing as sa?s?ra; and (B) that everybody should not remain in the course of rebirth after death because reo birth brings nothing but suffering. I once argued that (A) and (B) were contradictory and incompatible and that Gotama Buddha had not insisted (A) but (B). After that, however, I noticed three objections are possible to my argument.This paper examins them. The first and the second objections turn out not to be persuasive. Only the third is worth notice because it can in a sense surely make (A) and (B) compatible. But it will be concluded that this kind of compatibility cannot have any effect upon my point: Buddha has told us not to remain in the course of sa?s?ra.
2010-10-01