Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale

Rivista | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Fascicolo | 58 | 2022
Articolo | La mente, l’energia e la leggerezza: una comparazione tra buddhismo indiano e tàijíquán 太極拳

La mente, l’energia e la leggerezza: una comparazione tra buddhismo indiano e tàijíquán 太極拳

Abstract

This paper presents a text-based comparison between some elements of Indian Buddhism that are extant in Pāli, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources with some Tàijíquán 太極拳 principles drawn from the Tàijíquán jīng 太極拳經 ‘Classics of Tàijíquán’ in addition to some similar textual materials from both Tàijíquán 太極拳 and Qìgōng 氣功 traditions. Buddhist accounts in which body and mind’s interactions generate a perception of lightness (Pāli: lahu; Sanskrit: laghu/raghu; Chinese: qīng 輕) will be compared with descriptive and prescriptive Tàijíquán 太極拳 accounts in which the movement of the energy ( 氣) in the body similarly produces a state of lightness (qīng 輕). The paper will also discuss some theoretical presuppositions to the act of comparison, starting with the reflections expressed by Jonathan Z. Smith.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 28 Febbraio 2022 | Accettato: 20 Giugno 2022 | Pubblicato 30 Giugno 2022 | Lingua: it

Keywords TàijíquánManomaya-kāyaQìgōngBuddhismJonathan SmithComparisonIddhiLightness


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