Coleções budistas chinesas: entre a tradição e a modernidade
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2025-10-07
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Universidade Metodista de São Paulo
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A presente pesquisa investiga a classificação tradicional da coleção sino-tibetana Qiánlóng Dàzàng Jīng (século XVIII), e a classificação moderna-contemporânea da coleção sino-japonesa Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō (século XX, digitalizada pela CBETA no século XXI). O foco principal desta pesquisa é a análise das diferenças na classificação e seleção de textos em ambas as coleções. Devido à ausência de uma autoridade central no budismo, diferentes escolas budistas, em contextos históricos distintos, produziram coleções escriturais variadas, refletindo diferentes critérios de seleção e organização dos textos. Por isso, esta pesquisa, no âmbito da rede das Ciências da Religião, permite o diálogo entre as escolas budistas mencionadas, indicando seus critérios de escolha, deslocamentos interpretativos e influências históricas e geográficas, na formação das coleções, as quais moldam e preservam os ensinamentos nelas contidos. A adoção da teoria de rede inter-relacional como metodologia, possibilita o diálogo sobre as diferenças na organização das escrituras budistas pesquisadas, ao longo do tempo e identifica conexões entre diferentes elementos dentro de suas redes históricas e culturais. Nos contextos orientais tibetano e chinês, as instituições monásticas e o poder secular, são responsáveis pela preservação e sistematização da coleção. No Japão do século XXI, a digitalização da coleção é influenciada pelo pensamento ocidental, por meio da utilização de metodologias acadêmicas dos Estudos Budistas da Europa e dos Estados Unidos, modelos tecnológicos de arquivamento digital e influenciado pela política econômica na disseminação do conhecimento. Assim, a teoria de rede inter-relacional usada como método de pesquisa, possibilita observar que, embora existam diferenças na organização das coleções, há elementos que evidenciam a interconectividade das escrituras budistas dentro destes diferentes contextos culturais. Esta pesquisa pode contribuir para fomentar, no campo das Ciências da Religião, abordagens voltadas às coleções budistas, promovendo assim aprofundamentos sobre o tema e possíveis diálogos inter-religiosos. Essa pesquisa é desenvolvida em três seções. A primeira parte do trabalho dedica-se ao exame do desenvolvimento inicial das escrituras budistas, abordando como se organizaram em diferentes categorias textuais e de que modo processos inter-relacionais, históricos, doutrinais e socioculturais, contribuíram para sua formação, circulação e organização. Em seguida, a segunda seção concentra-se na constituição das referidas coleções, posteriormente compiladas na China e no Japão, analisando os critérios adotados na indexação de seus sumários principais com a organização dos textos, os elementos envolvidos e as redes que moldam as hermenêuticas específicas de cada coleção. Por fim, a terceira seção volta-se às relações entre essas formas de indexação classificatória por meio do princípio da interfusão, analisando a organização relacional entre as classificações textuais em diálogo com a moderna mediação técnica e reorganização contemporânea do Dharma, e indicando as implicações desses movimentos para a pesquisa em Ciências da Religião.
This study examines the traditional classificatory system of the Sino-Tibetan Qiánlóng Dàzàng Jīng (18th century) and the modern–contemporary classification of the Sino-Japanese Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō (20th century, digitized by CBETA in the 21st century). The central focus of the research is the analysis of differences in the classification and selection of texts in both collections. Owing to the absence of a centralized authority in Buddhism, different Buddhist schools, situated in distinct historical contexts, produced diverse scriptural collections that reflect varying criteria of selection and organization. Accordingly, within the networked field of Religious Studies, this research enables a comparative dialogue between the traditions associated with these collections, identifying their criteria of textual selection, interpretive shifts, and historical and geographical influences that shaped the formation of their canons and preserved the teachings they contain. Methodologically, the study adopts inter-relational network theory, which makes it possible to examine differences in the organization of the Buddhist scriptures over time and to identify connections among the various elements embedded in their historical and cultural networks. In the Tibetan and Chinese contexts, monastic institutions and secular authorities played a central role in the preservation and systematization of the canon. In 21st-century Japan, the digital transformation of the collection has been influenced by Western academic approaches developed in European and North American Buddhist Studies, by technological models of digital archiving, and by economic policies shaping the dissemination of knowledge. Thus, inter-relational network theory allows us to observe that, despite divergences in the organization of the collections, there exist elements that attest to the interconnectedness of the Buddhist scriptures across these different cultural contexts. This research may contribute to fostering, within the field of Religious Studies, approaches that engage with Buddhist canonical collections, thereby promoting deeper investigations of the topic and encouraging potential interreligious dialogues. The study is organized into three parts. The first examines the early development of Buddhist scriptures, considering how they came to be arranged into different textual categories and how inter-relational historical, doctrinal, and sociocultural processes shaped their formation, circulation, and organization. The second focuses on the constitution of the collections compiled in China and Japan, analysing the criteria employed in the correlation between their principal indexes and their textual organization, the elements involved, and the networks that inform the specific hermeneutical orientations of each canon. Finally, the third part investigates the relationships among these classificatory systems through the lens of the principle of interfusion, analysing the relational organization of textual categories in dialogue with contemporary forms of technical mediation and the modern reconfiguration of the Dharma, and highlighting the implications of these dynamics for research in Religious Studies.
This study examines the traditional classificatory system of the Sino-Tibetan Qiánlóng Dàzàng Jīng (18th century) and the modern–contemporary classification of the Sino-Japanese Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō (20th century, digitized by CBETA in the 21st century). The central focus of the research is the analysis of differences in the classification and selection of texts in both collections. Owing to the absence of a centralized authority in Buddhism, different Buddhist schools, situated in distinct historical contexts, produced diverse scriptural collections that reflect varying criteria of selection and organization. Accordingly, within the networked field of Religious Studies, this research enables a comparative dialogue between the traditions associated with these collections, identifying their criteria of textual selection, interpretive shifts, and historical and geographical influences that shaped the formation of their canons and preserved the teachings they contain. Methodologically, the study adopts inter-relational network theory, which makes it possible to examine differences in the organization of the Buddhist scriptures over time and to identify connections among the various elements embedded in their historical and cultural networks. In the Tibetan and Chinese contexts, monastic institutions and secular authorities played a central role in the preservation and systematization of the canon. In 21st-century Japan, the digital transformation of the collection has been influenced by Western academic approaches developed in European and North American Buddhist Studies, by technological models of digital archiving, and by economic policies shaping the dissemination of knowledge. Thus, inter-relational network theory allows us to observe that, despite divergences in the organization of the collections, there exist elements that attest to the interconnectedness of the Buddhist scriptures across these different cultural contexts. This research may contribute to fostering, within the field of Religious Studies, approaches that engage with Buddhist canonical collections, thereby promoting deeper investigations of the topic and encouraging potential interreligious dialogues. The study is organized into three parts. The first examines the early development of Buddhist scriptures, considering how they came to be arranged into different textual categories and how inter-relational historical, doctrinal, and sociocultural processes shaped their formation, circulation, and organization. The second focuses on the constitution of the collections compiled in China and Japan, analysing the criteria employed in the correlation between their principal indexes and their textual organization, the elements involved, and the networks that inform the specific hermeneutical orientations of each canon. Finally, the third part investigates the relationships among these classificatory systems through the lens of the principle of interfusion, analysing the relational organization of textual categories in dialogue with contemporary forms of technical mediation and the modern reconfiguration of the Dharma, and highlighting the implications of these dynamics for research in Religious Studies.
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Budismo, Ciências da Religião, Escrituras budistas, Cânones budistas, Rede inter-relacional, Buddhism, Religious Studies, Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist canons, Inter-relational network
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MORETTO, Geovana Aparecida. Coleções budistas chinesas: entre a tradição e a modernidade. 2025. 183 fls. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências da Religião) --Diretoria de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Religião da Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, São Bernardo do Campo, 2025.
