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by Leo Rivers
Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:28 pm
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: Is there a chinese tripitaka in english?
Replies: 19
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Re: Is there a chinese tripitaka in english?

Thanks for posting.
:)
by Leo Rivers
Sun May 14, 2023 8:00 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: the Satipaṭṭhāna sutta, the Śravakabhūmi and the Venerable Revata sutra
Replies: 0
Views: 1249

the Satipaṭṭhāna sutta, the Śravakabhūmi and the Venerable Revata sutra

On the Satipaṭṭhāna sutta, the Śravakabhūmi and the Venerable Revata sutra :thumbsup: https://www.academia.edu/43310587/AN_EXAMINATION_OF_THE_MEANING_OF_M%C4%80TRA_IN_RELATION_TO_BUDDHIST_MEDITATION_IN_THE_YOG%C4%80C%C4%80RA_SCHOOL?auto=download 《禪與人類文明研究》第 7 期(2020) International Journal for the S...
by Leo Rivers
Mon Apr 03, 2023 3:18 am
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: Is there a searchable English Avataṃsaka
Replies: 1
Views: 929

Is there a searchable English Avataṃsaka

Several bodhisattvas found in the Saṃdhinirmocana Sutra are reported by Powers to be also found in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra

Such as the Great Bodjisattva "Gambhīrārthasamdhinirmocana" :coffee:
by Leo Rivers
Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:27 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Four Wholesome Roots(kuśalamūla) in the Dhyāna-sūtras
Replies: 2
Views: 648

Four Wholesome Roots(kuśalamūla) in the Dhyāna-sūtras

Korea Journal of Buddhist Studies 2003 Vol.6 Four Wholesome Roots(kuśalamūla) in the Dhyāna-sūtras -with special reference to their relation to the Śrāvakabhūmi 〈禪經〉에 나타난 유가행 유식파의 단초 안성두 Ahn, Sung-Doo 30 June 2003. pp. 249~280 PDF: I believe this essay is in Korean https://journal.kabs.re.kr/article...
by Leo Rivers
Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:53 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka
Replies: 49
Views: 4426

Re: the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka

I just got Compassion and Emptiness and it seems a clear and informed discussion. I appreciate the comments here a lot.

:cheers:
by Leo Rivers
Sun Feb 12, 2023 4:35 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka
Replies: 49
Views: 4426

Re: the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka

No, it’s the lack of evidence behind his theory and his rather strange reasoning (“show me the Sanskrit original or it must be a forgery!”)
This sounds like fair criticism. In science it is finding a fact that doesn't fit the frame that gives one the go ahead to try a new frame.
by Leo Rivers
Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:25 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Amazing resource for Buddhist Texts and tools
Replies: 2
Views: 776

Amazing resource for Buddhist Texts and tools

Resources for East Asian Language and Thought A. Charles Muller Department of Education, Musashino University https://www.musashino-u.ac.jp/ Translations Six Chinese Classics The Collected Works of Korean Buddhism (13 Volumes) Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoist Texts (including the Diamond Sutra, Sutra...
by Leo Rivers
Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka
Replies: 49
Views: 4426

Re: the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka

This is why we need to rely on commentaries. Otherwise we end up taking a few characters (以无所得故) and speculating into existence entire approaches to meditation for which we have minimal evidence. Jayarava would have us throw out centuries of writing because he has a different theory about the meani...
by Leo Rivers
Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka
Replies: 49
Views: 4426

Re: the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka

The question is whether "non-apprehension" is a meditative state. This is what Jayarava has been claiming but I don't think that's supported by the texts. I also am not sure Orsborn suggests that. In the article above he refers to it as a meditative state. But perhaps his other work is mo...
by Leo Rivers
Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:24 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: An Investigation into Emptiness Parts One & Two [Venerable Yinshun, English translation by Shi Huifeng]
Replies: 0
Views: 681

An Investigation into Emptiness Parts One & Two [Venerable Yinshun, English translation by Shi Huifeng]

An Investigation into Emptiness Parts One & Two [Venerable Yinshun, English translation by Shi Huifeng] Kōng zhī Tànjìu 空之探究) (1985), An excellent study unfortunately almost unknown outside of the sphere of Buddhist studies in Chinese language.1 It covers the doctrine of emptiness as it develope...
by Leo Rivers
Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:04 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Chan, Meditation & an Academic Kaballah
Replies: 3
Views: 445

Re: Extensive H-Net review of Greene's 2 books on Chan

https://networks.h-net.org/node/8757999 :reading: Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=56376 2 excerpts Eric M. Greene’s simultaneous publication of two groundbreaking companion books in the Kuroda Institute’s Studies and Classics in East Asian Buddhism series is nothing ...
by Leo Rivers
Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:45 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Chan, Meditation & an Academic Kaballah
Replies: 3
Views: 445

Re: Chan, Meditation & an Academic Kaballah

Thanks. I'll get right to it. :cheers:
by Leo Rivers
Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Chan, Meditation & an Academic Kaballah
Replies: 3
Views: 445

Chan, Meditation & an Academic Kaballah

CHAN, MEDITATION & AN ACADEMIC KABALLAH CHAN BEFORE CHAN and its sequil THE SECRETS OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION BY Eric M. Green are two books that together do two things: # 1, dive deep into the Buddhist Meditation of the years between the 4th and 7th Century and #2, show how the concept of somethin...
by Leo Rivers
Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:13 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: A valid voice crying in the wilderness
Replies: 39
Views: 2960

Kuiji and Wonch'uk's Commentaries on the Heart Sutra PDF Downloads

It’s really not about his arguments…but even so, there are problems with his approach, for example, his willfully ignoring Wongchuk’s reference to an earlier translation and so on. Kuiji and Wonch'uk's Commentaries on the Heart Sutra PDF Downloads An English Translation of the Banya paramilda simgy...
by Leo Rivers
Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:58 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: A Review or List of Proto-mahayana Sutras?
Replies: 11
Views: 828

another "Bridge" text. ... that hints at tantra?

―An English Translation of the Dharmatrāta-Dhyāna-Sūtra (達摩多羅禪經 T15, no.618) ------ With Annotation and a Critical Introduction‖ Submitted by Chan Yiu Wing I also compare the methods of meditation expounded in this sūtra [the Dharmatrāta-Dhyāna-Sūtra ] with those of the AKB, arriving at the conclusi...
by Leo Rivers
Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:16 pm
Forum: Book Reviews
Topic: Sutra on the Concentration of Sitting Meditation
Replies: 10
Views: 5687

2 traditions of Sravaka meditation: Kumarajiva and Buddhaghosa

2 traditions of Sravaka meditation: Kumarajiva and Buddhaghosa This paper attempts to do a comparative study between Kumarajiva's Zuo chan san mei jing (坐禪三昧經, Sitting Meditation Samadhi Sutra) and Buddhaghosa's. [urlhttps://www.google.com/url?q=http://ignca.nic.in/kumarjiva/kumarjiva_abstracts_cvs/...
by Leo Rivers
Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka
Replies: 49
Views: 4426

the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka

I think with a discussion of the Heart Sutra it would help refresh me and maybe some others too to rehearse the difference between Prajñāparāmita and Madhyamaka as to view, practice, key terms and the 2 truths... and as Buddhist Movements as well. I believe that Nagarjuna's use of reductum critique ...
by Leo Rivers
Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: A valid voice crying in the wilderness
Replies: 39
Views: 2960

Re: A valid voice crying in the wilderness

I have a translation of his Heart Sutra commentary and will check it out.

Thanks


PS: by way of full disclosure... I believe a non-Indian origin for 'authentic' Buddhist speach is acceptable.
by Leo Rivers
Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: A valid voice crying in the wilderness
Replies: 39
Views: 2960

Re: A valid voice crying in the wilderness

It’s really not about his arguments…but even so, there are problems with his approach, for example, his willfully ignoring Wongchuk’s reference to an earlier translation and so on. Could you expand upon this please? Wongchuk's reference and the credibility of his reference as to confidence in it wo...
by Leo Rivers
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:08 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: A Review or List of Proto-mahayana Sutras?
Replies: 11
Views: 828

Re: A Review or List of Proto-mahayana Sutras?

It has been apparant for some decades that what we call Mahayana was an era in which new sutras emerged which featured a range of new ideas... each a different 'take' on what Buddhism could be. So there were multiple Mahayanas so to speak. Then decades passed in which new sutras emerged which embrac...

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