Consciousness as Liberation. Soteriological Patterns of Phenomenology and Buddhism (a Comparative Sketch)
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Consciousness as Liberation. Soteriological Patterns of Phenomenology and Buddhism (a Comparative Sketch)
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Arkady Nedel 
Occupation: Guest professor; guest lecturer
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The University of Peradeniya (Kandy, Sri Lanka)
The University of Ca Foscari (Venice, Italy)
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The present paper offers a comparative analysis of some basic doctrinal notions of classi-cal Buddhism, such as dharma, svabhāva, jñāna, and some fundamental concepts of Husserlʼs phenomenology: pure essence (reine Wesen), essential insight (Wesenserschauung), epoché primarily developed in his Ideen I (1913). Special emphasis was laid on a comparison of Husserlʼs and Vasubandhuʼs epistemological strategies and goals. Our analysis of the latter shows with certainty that, like the Indian thinker, Husserl formulates his own version of soteriology based on the phenomenological theory as a whole. Besides, the paper proposes a ternary definition of dharma allowing to look at this concept anew.

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Buddha, Vasubandhu, Dharmakīrti, Husserl, dharma, consciousness, essence, soteriology
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