A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories

A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0295983086
ISBN-13 : 9780295983080
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories by : Timothy Lenz

This volume continues the detailed examination of the British Library Kharosthi scrolls--extremely fragile and brittle fragments of manuscript on birch-bark rolls. Although their provenance is uncertain, there are strong indications that they came from Hadda in eastern Afghanistan and were most likely written in the early first century A.D. during the reign of the Saka rulers, making them the oldest known Buddhist manuscripts. Fragments 16 and 25 are two long, relatively narrow fragments that obviously belong to the same scroll. Two texts were written on the scroll, each by a different scribe. The first text, referred to as the Gandhari London Dharmapada, represents an anthology of verses well known in the Buddhist tradition. The second text is a series of stories concerning previous births of the Buddha and of some of his disciples. For more information go to the Early Buddhist Manuscript Project web site at http://www.ebmp.org/

Narrating Karma and Rebirth

Narrating Karma and Rebirth
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9781107033931
ISBN-13 : 1107033934
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Narrating Karma and Rebirth by : Naomi Appleton

This book explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within early South Asia.

The Organization of Distance

The Organization of Distance
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9789004375376
ISBN-13 : 9004375376
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis The Organization of Distance by : Lucas Klein

What makes a Chinese poem “Chinese”? Some call modern Chinese poetry insufficiently Chinese, saying it is so influenced by foreign texts that it has lost the essence of Chinese culture as known in premodern poetry. Yet that argument overlooks how premodern regulated verse was itself created in imitation of foreign poetics. Looking at Bian Zhilin and Yang Lian in the twentieth century alongside medieval Chinese poets such as Wang Wei, Du Fu, and Li Shangyin, The Organization of Distance applies the notions of foreignization and nativization to Chinese poetry to argue that the impression of poetic Chineseness has long been a product of translation, from forces both abroad and in the past.

Sects & Sectarianism

Sects & Sectarianism
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Publisher : Bhikkhu Sujato
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9781921842061
ISBN-13 : 1921842067
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Sects & Sectarianism by : Bhikkhu Sujato

Why are there so many schools of Buddhism? Are the differences just cultural, or do they have fundamentally different visions of Dhamma? This work assesses the claims of the traditions, and takes into account to findings of modern scholarship. It pays special attention to the origins of the monastic orders. If we are to understand the differences, and sometimes tensions, between the schools of Buddhism today, we must examine more closely the forces that spurred their formation.

The Spread of Buddhism

The Spread of Buddhism
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 485
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ISBN-10 : 9789004158306
ISBN-13 : 9004158308
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis The Spread of Buddhism by : Ann Heirman

This book unravels some of the complex factors that allowed or hampered the presence of (certain aspects of) Buddhism in the regions to the north and the east of India, such as Central Asia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, or Korea.

Buddhism Across Asia

Buddhism Across Asia
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Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Total Pages : 517
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ISBN-10 : 9789814519328
ISBN-13 : 9814519324
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Synopsis Buddhism Across Asia by : Tansen Sen

"Buddhism across Asia is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and spread of Buddhism in Asia. It comprises a rich collection of articles written by leading experts in their fields. Together, the contributions provide an in-depth analysis of Buddhist history and transmission in Asia over a period of more than 2000 years. Aspects examined include material culture, politics, economy, languages and texts, religious institutions, practices and rituals, conceptualisations, and philosophy, while the geographic scope of the studies extends from India to Southeast Asia and East Asia. Readers' knowledge of Buddhism is constantly challenged by the studies presented, incorporating new materials and interpretations. Rejecting the concept of a reified monolithic and timeless 'Buddhism', this publication reflects the entangled 'dynamic and multi-dimensional' history of Buddhism in Asia over extended periods of 'integration,' 'development of multiple centres,' and 'European expansion,' which shaped the religion's regional and trans-regional identities." -- Max Deeg, Cardiff University "Buddhism Across Asia presents new research on Buddhism in comprehensive spatial and temporal terms. From studies on transmission networks to exegesis on doctrinal matters, linguistics, rituals and practices, institutions, Buddhist libraries, and the religion's interactions with political and cultural spheres as well as the society at large, the volume presents an assemblage of essays of breathtaking breadth and depth. The goal is to demonstrate how the transmission of Buddhist ideas serves as a cultural force, a lynchpin that had connected the societies of Asia from past to present. The volume manifests the vitality and maturity of the field of Buddhist studies, and for that we thank the editor and the erudite authors. " -- Dorothy C. Wong, University of Virginia

Buddhist Studies Review

Buddhist Studies Review
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 756
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105123042892
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

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The Gāndhārī Dharmapada

The Gāndhārī Dharmapada
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Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 8120817400
ISBN-13 : 9788120817401
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gāndhārī Dharmapada by : John Brough

The famous brich-bark manuscript in the Kharosthi script, which contains a recension of the Dharmapada in a Prakrit dialect, has long been familiar to students of early Buddhist literature under the name of `Ms. Dutreuil de Rhins`. The manuscript, written in the first or second century A.D., is generally considered to be the oldest surviving manuscript of an Indian text. It was discovered near Khotan in Central Asia in 1892, and reached Europe in two parts, one of which went to Russia and the other to France. In 1897 S. Oldenburg published one leaf of the Russian portion; and in 1898 E. Senart edited the French material in the Journal Asiatiqque, together with facsimiles of the larger leaves, but not of the fragments. Now, almost seventy years after the discovery of the manuscript, it is possible for the first time to place before scholars an edition of the whole of the extant material, together with complete facsimiles.