From Nostalgia to Nirvana: A Buddhist Epistemological Approach to Diasporic Literary Forms

• Main Author: Reyes, Carlos V.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Buddhism and literary forms; diasporic writing; Jose Garcia Villa
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss12/9; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1057/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n12_2009_5D_204.3_NewScholarsForum_Reyes.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Like the diasporian, the Buddhist knows the displacement from home to homelessness. Practicing, the Buddhist makes homelessness her home. Writing, the diasporic writer (re)constructs a movable home in words. Using the Buddhist five thesis on form, this paper attempts to apply these principles to the...