Pudgalavada traditions
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Pudgalavada traditions were early Buddhist schools distinguished by their unique doctrine of the “person” (pudgala) as a conventional reality that underlies karmic continuity and rebirth.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist philosophical tradition
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early Buddhist schools ⓘ |
| aimOfDoctrine |
to explain continuity across lives without positing an eternal self
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to safeguard moral responsibility ⓘ |
| associatedSchool |
Bhadrayaniya
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Dhammuttariya NERFINISHED ⓘ Sammitiya NERFINISHED ⓘ Sannagarika NERFINISHED ⓘ Vatsiputriya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
karmic fruits are appropriated by a person
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liberation involves transformation of the person ⓘ pudgala is a conventional reality ⓘ pudgala is neither identical with nor completely different from the five aggregates ⓘ pudgala serves as the basis for karmic responsibility ⓘ pudgala serves as the basis for rebirth continuity ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Madhyamaka philosophers
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Sarvastivada Abhidharma authors ⓘ Theravada Abhidhamma authors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
allegedly reifying a self-like entity
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departing from strict anatta doctrine ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
affirmation of a pudgala underlying karmic continuity and rebirth
ⓘ
doctrine of the person as a conventional reality ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Madhyamaka
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Sarvastivada NERFINISHED ⓘ Theravada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrineCentralConcept |
person
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pudgala ⓘ |
| emergedIn | early centuries of Buddhism ⓘ |
| emergedInRegion | Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| flourishedIn |
early centuries BCE
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first millennium CE ⓘ |
| influenced |
classical Indian Buddhist polemical literature
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later Buddhist debates on personal identity ⓘ |
| languageOfDoctrine |
Pali (in secondary sources)
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Prakrit ⓘ Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTraditionOf | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceType |
known mainly through opponents’ texts
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partially preserved in Chinese translations ⓘ |
| status | now extinct as distinct monastic lineages ⓘ |
| viewOnAggregates |
five aggregates are dependently arisen
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five aggregates are impermanent ⓘ |
| viewOnKarma |
karmic actions are owned by a person
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moral responsibility presupposes a person ⓘ |
| viewOnNirvana | nirvana is the final state of the person ⓘ |
| viewOnRebirth | rebirth involves continuity of a person ⓘ |
| viewOnSelf |
affirm a conventional person distinct from the aggregates
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reject a permanent substantial self (atman) ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.