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In the "Chapter on the Benefits to the Performer of the Dharma" (dharmabhāṇakānuśaṃsāparivartaḥ) in the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka (Lotus Sūtra), the Buddha proclaims the many remarkable transformations that will take place in the six sense faculties of the performer of the dharma (dharmabhāṇaka). An analysis of this chapter clarifies both the su ̄tra's normative vision for the performance of the dharmabhāṇaka who announces his sensory enhancements and the nature of the bodily transformations that the su ̄tra promises to enact upon him as a consequence of his performance. This paper demonstrates that the performed su ̄tra enacts the interdependent rituals of abhiṣeka and darśan through verbal practices of impersonation, self-praise, and ontological transformation. In the process, it sheds new light on the self-referentiality of some Maha ̄ya ̄na su ̄tras as a form of performed and performative utterance that aims to transform both speakers and listeners. As in other traditions of sensory-somatic transformation through verbal impersonation in ancient South Asia, the ritual-dramatic utterance of the su ̄tra engenders a manifestation of presence that takes shape in the complex embodied
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- Author
- Natalie Gummer
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)