Buddha u prvom i trećem pripovjednom licu

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Title (english): Buddha in the first- and third-person narration
• Author: Višnja Grabovac
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Indology and Far East studies)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Indology

Abstract (croatian)

Pripovijesti o Buddhinim prijašnjim egzistencijama nazivaju se đātakama i u njima se prati put Bodhisatte, odnosno budućega Buddhe koji, neprestano se rađajući i umirući, prelazi iz jedne egzistencije u drugu. Svrha je rada pokazati na koji način strukturom đātake utvrđena izmjena pripovjednih lica istovremeno omogućuje i poistovjećivanje i razlikovanje pripovjedača Buddhe i protagonista đātake Bodhisatte. Radom se nastoji i ukazati na osobitosti te buddhističke književne vrste te približiti sadržaj đātaka domaćim čitateljima.

Abstract (english)

The Jātakas tales about previous existences of Gotama Buddha are a voluminous and extremely popular part of Buddhist literature. Told, according to the Buddhist belief, by Gotama himself, the jātakas describe the path of the future Buddha (Bodhisatta) who, being reborn numerous times as human, animal or deity, gradually moves towards his last existence and Enlightenment. The paper aims to show a manner in which the shift between narrative voices simultaneously allows identification and distinction between Buddha and Bodhisatta (based on the research by Naomi Appleton and Sarah Shaw, and accompanied by additional explanations and illustrations). The Jātakas are presented in the light of the Buddhist doctrines of no-self and Buddhist interpretation of the rebirth-process. Also, it is suggested that the lasting popularity and the lure of the jātakas can be seen as rooted in their potency to serve as a kind of model for resolving various life-issues to which even a modern-day reader can relate to. The paper also aims to introduce Croatian readers to extremely diverse and numerous motifs and themes presented in the Pāli Jātaka collection.

• Keywords (croatian): pripovjedno lice; đātaka; Bodhisatta; Buddha; buddhistička književnost; buddhistički nauk
• Keywords (english): narrative voice; Jātaka tales; Bodhisatta; Buddha; Buddhist literature; Buddhist doctrine
• Language: croatian
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Umjetnost riječi : Časopis za znanost o književnosti
• Numbering: vol. 64, no. 1-2, pp. 115-134
• p-ISSN: 0503-1583
• e-ISSN: 1849-1693
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:164852
• Publication: 2020
• Document URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/247972
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2020-12-22 18:23:11