Controversies on the Pecular Acts of Verbal Communications in Tantric Buddhism

Abstract

Some modern scholars have been trying to identify the specifity of verbal communication acts which are called sandhyâ-bhâša, sandhâ-bhâša, sandhyâ-bhâšita etc. in Tantric Buddhism scriptures. The acts have been usually considered to be characteristic of Vajrayâna and treated uniformly as instances of distinctive language or of special use of language. Yet the fundamentally different interpretations have been offered. The most important of them are discussed in the paper. They are considered regarding Michael M. Broido’s research results. Broido’s findings are juxtaposed with Christian Wedemeyer’s arguments to avoid precipitate conclusions.