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RESEARCH.PDF | Buddhist Hermeneutics

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Eastern Traditional Wisdom

"Hermeneutics" as a philosophical discipline of rational interpretation of a traditional canon of Sacred Scriptures authoritative for a religious community has usually been considered peculiar to the West. This notion is anchored only in the misconception that "Eastern" thought is somehow "non-rational," or "mystical," hence excused from the burden of reconciling the tensions between some forms of authority and philosophical reason...

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