生死哲学与魂归祖地——摩经视域下的布依族思想信仰世界

The Philosophy of Life and Death and the Return of Souls to Their Hometown:The Religious Beliefs by the Buyi People in the View of Mo Sutra

摩经是布依族在举行宗教祭仪、亡灵超度等活动过程中形成的文本典籍,是最具宗教思想和信仰意义的经典。布依族的生死哲学体现为正常死亡前有各种征兆预示,寿终正寝后由布摩超度亡灵,使灵魂一步步回归祖地。魂归祖地是布依族形上信仰世界的终极追求和至高境界,这一切在摩经里有详细的叙述和具体的呈现。

Mo Sutra is a special sutra with typical religious thoughts and beliefs of the Buyi people, which is formed in the process of religious rituals or releasing souls from suffering. The philosophy held by the Buyi people towards life and death embodies that there are symptoms or omens before the natural death happens. After the natural death, the soul will be released and led to the homeland step by step by the Pomo. The return of soul to the homeland is regarded as the ultimate pursuit and the Excellence in the philosophy by the Buyi people, which is narrated and embodied in details in Mo Sutra.