Knowing the Body: Seeing it Through “Their” Eyes

Authors

  • Sulagna Pal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12726/tjp.10.9

Abstract

This paper is based on my understanding and analysis of a number of ideas related with the body with the sole intention of over viewing the diverse understanding of the body and its functioning. Buddhaghosa’s (who is a Buddhist scholar) understanding of the body seems to be negative to many. I have viewed the body from the perspective of Buddhaghosa within his work The Path ofPurification. Buddhaghosa points out the reality of the body and its underlying foulness and the human tendency to camouflage its foulness under the veil of superficial make up, which are altogether temporary by nature. I will also be dealing with the concept of donation of the body, from the perspective of the Buddhist school of thought. Within the other part of this work I will be dealing with the understanding of the body viewed from the perspective of the feminists. Within this part of the paper, I will make an effort to re-reflect upon Buddhaghosa’s understanding of the body, which seems to have an essence of the “gendered” notion within itself.Keywords: Body, Understanding of body, Donation, Buddhism, Feminist

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Published

2015-07-30

How to Cite

Pal, S. (2015). Knowing the Body: Seeing it Through “Their” Eyes. Tattva Journal of Philosophy, 5(2), 131-143. https://doi.org/10.12726/tjp.10.9

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2013): Tatva Journal of Philosophy

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