SŪTRA OF RECOMPENSING THE PARENTS' GOODNESS: GRATITUDE FOR THE FOREFATHER

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" SŪTRA OF RECOMPENSING THE PARENTS' GOODNESS: GRATITUDE FOR THE FOREFATHER "
Alice Sárközi

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	811473
Doc. No	:	LA99147
Main Entry	:	Alice Sárközi
Title & Author	:	SŪTRA OF RECOMPENSING THE PARENTS' GOODNESS: GRATITUDE FOR THE FOREFATHER [Article]\ Alice Sárközi
Title of Periodical	:	Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
Date	:	2002
Volume/ Issue Number	:	55-1/3
Page No	:	207--235
Abstract	:	The idea of filial piety has been very widespread in all spheres of Mongolian cultural life. It was present in folk songs as well as in high level literary works of the 13th—14th centuries. The present paper is devoted to a unique manuscript originating from the 17th century: Dalai blam-a-yin ečige eke-degen ači qariyulqui neretü sudur from the Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The sūtra seems to be a manual used at funerals, or during the rituals of the mourning period, and is a very nice piece of Mongolian literature remembering and praising the mother's love towards her child.