摘要
放生仪式作为一种宗教表达形式,实则是佛教徒生命超越诉求的一种外化。佛教徒认为,作为一种方便法门,放生者可以通过对自然生灵的放生而回向福报,从而转换为自身灵魂的净化和生命的提升。放生仪式中各种符号的运用都具有这种灵魂超越、生命提升的转换意义。其中,放生仪式的空间设置不仅表达了一种伦理化的空间秩序,而且也是一种佛教独特的想象空间。通过这种空间隐喻,人们将一些空间关系投射到非空间,放生仪式就成了延伸的空间,在这一空间中完成放生物的再生与人的生命超越和提升。
As a religious expression,the Buddhist ritual of releasing animal life is an externalization of the Buddhist pursuit of going beyond life.Buddhists believe that by releasing natural life people can get reward which turns into a purification of one’s own soul.The various symbols used in the ritual all show the meaning of this purification and change.The spatial organization in the ritual not only expresses an ethicalized spatial order,but also is a particular Buddhist imagined space.Through this spatial metaphor,people project the spatial relations to non-spatial spaces.The ritual of releasing animal life becomes the extended space where animals get their second life and people get their life beyond.
出处
《学术界》
CSSCI
北大核心
2013年第6期163-169,286,共7页
Academics
基金
上海市教委重点学科建设项目(J50406)研究成果
关键词
放生仪式
空间
隐喻
转换
生命提升
ritual of releasing animal life
space
metaphor
transition
life beyond
