Wikipedia, Blogs, and Other Digital Information on Prince Shotoku’s Sangyo-gisho
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This article examines the distinctly modern practice of Googling information on an electronic device: smart phone, computer, or tablet. It has become possible to access sacred texts not only through Google and other search engines but also through digital interfaces, such as online databases, dictionaries, and computer applications, which would have been unimaginable just ten or fifteen years ago. The development of these digital tools creates new pathways, many of them indirect, to sacred texts. The article examines the “Sangyo--gisho”(Commentaries on the Three Su-tras), a composite title for three Buddhist commentaries written in classical Chinese that have traditionally been attributed to Japan’s Prince Sho-toku (574-622). It considers how information gleaned from Google searches of these three texts compares to traditional forms of Buddhist exegesis. By focusing on such digital and“ non-exegetical ”forms of information about these texts, I hope we can develop a more comprehensive understanding of the Sangyo--gisho as we question how these different modes of textual engagement not only reproduce the meaning and value of the texts, but how also they relate to and influence each other.
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This article examines the distinctly modern practice of Googling information on an electronic device: smart phone, computer, or tablet. It has become possible to access sacred texts not only through Google and other search engines but also through digital interfaces, such as online databases, dictionaries, and computer applications, which would have been unimaginable just ten or fifteen years ago. The development of these digital tools creates new pathways, many of them indirect, to sacred texts. The article examines the “Sangyo--gisho”(Commentaries on the Three Su-tras), a composite title for three Buddhist commentaries written in classical Chinese that have traditionally been attributed to Japan’s Prince Sho-toku (574-622). It considers how information gleaned from Google searches of these three texts compares to traditional forms of Buddhist exegesis. By focusing on such digital and“ non-exegetical ”forms of information about these texts, I hope we can develop a more comprehensive understanding of the Sangyo--gisho as we question how these different modes of textual engagement not only reproduce the meaning and value of the texts, but how also they relate to and influence each other.
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