第66回白眉セミナー ： 『The Nature of Mind according to the Philosophy of Dzogchen: Research on Buddhist Sources from the Himalayas』 話題提供者： デロッシュ マルク・ヘンリ （京都大学白眉センター）
- デロッシュ マルク・ヘンリ （京都大学白眉センター）
- 2013/10/15 4:00pm
- 白眉センター（iCeMS西館2階 会議室）
- 英語
要旨
We can now observe our universe from astronomical distances and look deep into the microscopic structures of matter and life. Yet, our own mind largely remains a mystery. Consciousness has actually an epistemological primacy: scientific observation does presuppose an observer. So who knows the knower? This question is at the heart of humanities, following Socrates’ famous injunction: “Know Thyself.” From a rather phenomenological point of view, I will argue that Buddhist philosophy offers a valuable legacy for the study of the structures of subjective experience and its transformations. In this aim, I will focus on the highest philosophical view known in the Himalayas as “the Great Perfection” or Dzogchen in Tibetan. I will introduce its history within Tibetan Buddhism at the crossroads of the great civilizations of India, Persia and China, and discuss its specific philosophy of mind. Finally, we shall see how its insights on self-knowledge, empathy, freedom or happiness may contribute to the dialogue between Eastern and Western philosophies, Buddhism and cognitive sciences, and what are the challenges awaiting us.