[INDOLOGY] 'conscience'

[Westin Harris]

Dear Ram-Prasad,

To piggy-back on Matthew Kapstein's reference to *hrī* and *apatrāpya* in
the abhidharma/abhidhamma, there are two texts bearing the title in *Hiri
Sutta* in the Pali canon: SN 1.18 and 2.3. Their usefulness to your
colleague might be limited as they are both quite short, but they are still
worth mentioning as part of the broader Buddhist discourse on hrī/hiri.

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn01/sn01.018.than.html
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.2.03.than.html

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 12:40 AM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Relevant too would be the complementary notions, in Buddhist Abhidharma,
> of hrI and apatrApya, roughly conscience and a sense of shame. They're of
> interest in particular because of the explicit distinction between
> self-regarding and other-regarding moral attitudes made in this context.
> I'm not sure that there are dedicated studies on just this topic, but any
> good work on the abhidhamma/abhidharma will deal with this at some point.
>
> best,
> Matthew
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études, émérite
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
>
> https://brill.com/view/title/60949
>
> https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein
>
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> *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
> Donald R Davis via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 17, 2022 1:35 PM
> *To:* Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi <c.ram-prasad at lancaster.ac.uk>
> *Cc:* Indology <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] 'conscience'
>
> Dear Ram-Prasad,
>
> I wrote the attached piece entitled “Conscience is Tradition: Classical
> Hindu Law and the Ethics of Conservatism” for a recent edited volume on
> rules and ethics. My JAOS article “On Atmatusti as a Source of Dharma” also
> addresses the idea of conscience. Hope these are useful.
>
> Best, Don
>
> Don Davis
> Dept. of Asian Studies
> University of Texas at Austin
>
>
>
> On Jul 17, 2022, at 6:16 AM, Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi <
> c.ram-prasad at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> 
>
> A colleague who is not on this list asks whether there is any literature
> on ‘the concept of conscience or its analogues in pre-modern Indian
> literature’.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ram
>
>
>
> Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
>
> Fellow of the British Academy
>
> Distinguished Professor of Comparative Philosophy and Religion
>
> Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion
>
> Lancaster University
>
> U.K.
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-- 
*Sincerely,*

*Westin Harris*
Ph.D. Candidate
Study of Religion
University of California, Davis
https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris

2021 Dissertation Fellow,
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies

Sarva Mangalam.
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