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The Suttanipāta: An Ancient Collection of the Buddha’s Discourses Together with Its Commentaries
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The Suttanipāta: An Ancient Collection of the Buddha’s Discourses Together with Its Commentaries

WorldCat™ This fine, Copyrighted work cannot be shared directly, however WorldCat™ can help you find a copy at a nearby library or wherever you get books. 1600 pages A complete and beautiful translation of the Suttanipāta and its traditional, Pāḷi commentaries which add interesting context to the poems and explain their sometimes opaque metaphors. Source link
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Lasting Inspiration
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Lasting Inspiration

For most of the women who became foremost leading disciples, or etadagga sāvikā, of the Buddha Gotama, it was not only their meeting with a past buddha, but also their seeing the Buddha together with an awakened woman, a leading bhikkhunī disciple of the Buddha, that truly stimulated their inspiration and galvanized their aspiration. This article explores the mental and emotional states of awakened women disciples of the Buddha, as recorded in the Therī Apadāna. It examines words expressing their aspiration to awakening, the resolve supporting it, and the intention’s character, drawing parallels with the Pali Canon’s equivalent of bodhicitta development. Source link
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Four Apadānas
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Four Apadānas

The Buddhāpadāna further develops the concept of Buddha-field, in that it speaks of innumerable Buddha-fields in all ten directions in the multiverse. Thus the Apadānas clearly show the line of development from the concept of merit-field in the early Suttas to the Pure Land systems of later Mahāyāna. This essay features translations by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu of four Apadānas: the Buddhāpadāna, Therāpadāna 502, Therāpadāna 80, and Therāpadāna 21. He provides a concise yet insightful introduction to Apadānas in general and explains the rationale behind his selection of these particular narratives. Source link
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Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination
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Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination

early Buddhist literature depicts the animal rebirth as a most “unfortunate destiny” (durgati), won through negative karma and characterized by violence, fear, suffering, and a lack of wisdom, moral agency, or spiritual potential. … major animal characters within the life-story of the Buddha [however] can be seen as “doubles” of the Buddha… For an interview with the author about this book, see The New Books Network Episode. Source link
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Language, Conscious Experience and the Self in Early Buddhism A Cross-cultural Interdisciplinary Study
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Language, Conscious Experience and the Self in Early Buddhism A Cross-cultural Interdisciplinary Study

@article{polak-grzegorz2018-language-conscious-experience-and-self, title={{L}anguage, {C}onscious {E}xperience and the {S}elf in {E}arly {B}uddhism {A} {C}ross-cultural {I}nterdisciplinary {S}tudy}, author={Grzegorz Polak}, publisher={The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies}, year=2018, month=may, journal={The Journal of the Oxford Center for Buddhist Studies}, volume=14, pages={37--76}, keywords={intellect,language}, openalex_id={W2803876787}, ranking={rank4}, url={http://jocbs.org/index.php/jocbs/article/view/181/216} } Source link
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Avadāna: The Traditions about the Bodhisattva
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Avadāna: The Traditions about the Bodhisattva

@book{anandajoti2019-traditions-about-the-bodhisattva, title={{A}vadāna: {T}he {T}raditions about the {B}odhisattva}, author={Bhikkhu Ānandajoti}, editor={Handaka Vijjānanda}, publisher={Ehipassiko Foundation}, year=2019, pagecount=288, keywords={avadana,borobudur,mahayana-roots}, olid={OL57081797M}, ranking={rank3}, url={https://photodharma.net/Books/Avadana.pdf} } Source link
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Of Theras and Therīs: Visions of liberation in the Early Buddhist Tradition
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Of Theras and Therīs: Visions of liberation in the Early Buddhist Tradition

@article{roy-kumkum1998-of-theras-and-theris, title={{O}f {T}heras and {T}herīs: {V}isions of liberation in the {E}arly {B}uddhist {T}radition}, author={KumKum Roy}, year=1998, journal={Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences}, volume=5, number=2, pages={5--23}, keywords={tg,characters}, ranking={rank3}, url={http://14.139.58.200/ojs/index.php/shss/article/view/591/560} } Source link
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Prince Sudhana And The Kinnarī: An Indian Love-story in Ajanta
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Prince Sudhana And The Kinnarī: An Indian Love-story in Ajanta

Visiting the caves of Ajanta in October 1969, I had the pleasure to identify another artistic representation of the Sudhana story. Once upon a time the country of Pāñcāla was divided into two kingdoms. The king of North Pāñcāla was righteous, while the king of South Pāñcāla was wicked. … Source link
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Fields of Life and Death: Cholangiocarcinoma, Food Consumption, and Masculinity in Buddhist Rural Thailand
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Fields of Life and Death: Cholangiocarcinoma, Food Consumption, and Masculinity in Buddhist Rural Thailand

The Mekong region presents a record incidence of cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). Scientists identify correlations between the development of this aggressive disease and the consumption of raw fish in local dishes. While made aware of these correlations by comprehensive health campaigns, some villagers in Thailand’s notoriously neglected Northeast refuse to cook the fish before consumption Based on ethnographic data, this paper suggests that practices surrounding the consumption of raw food in the area have become taboo. Rather than disappearing, they now play a key role in bonding rituals where rural masculinities are expressed via spectacles of risk taking that transgress normative ideals of manhood as epitomised by urban men and Buddhist monks. Source link
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The Fourth Decade of the Avadānaśataka
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The Fourth Decade of the Avadānaśataka

I here present a translation of the fourth decade (stories 31-40) of the Avadānaśataka, using Speyer’s 1906-1909 edition as my base text. While the jātakas of the second decade focus upon karmic backstories for positive events in the Buddha’s final life, in the fourth decade we find a stronger focus on the character of the Buddha-to-be as he practices the many virtues required for the attainment of Buddhahood. In that sense the stories are much closer to the jātakas of the Pāli tradition, and indeed several of the stories are also found in the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā as well as other early Buddhist narrative collections. Source link
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Nirvāṇa in Early Buddhist Inscriptions
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Nirvāṇa in Early Buddhist Inscriptions

Surveying pre-Gupta inscriptions, it becomes clear that the aspiration for nirvana has one recurring feature attached to it; the aspiration of the donor for the attainment of nirvana occurs when the donation is connected in some way or another to the relics or figural or non-figural representations of the historical Buddha. The same ideas can be seen emerging in the later canonical Pali Apadana, and connect to developments in the emergence of Mahayana. Source link
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The Second Decade of the Avadānaśataka
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The Second Decade of the Avadānaśataka

Despite its richness as a source for one of the lost schools of Indian Buddhism (the Sarvāstivāda), and its potential contributions to our understanding of the development of narrative and ideology in early Buddhism more generally, the Avadānaśataka has never been fully translated into English. Source link
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Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults
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Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults

The more people used Facebook at one time point, the worse they felt the next time we text-messaged them; the more they used Facebook over two-weeks, the more their life satisfaction levels declined over time. On the surface, Facebook provides an invaluable resource for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection. Rather than enhancing well-being, however, these findings suggest that Facebook may undermine it. Source link
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Latina/o Conversion and Miracle-Seeking at a Buddhist Temple
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Latina/o Conversion and Miracle-Seeking at a Buddhist Temple

like the Soka Gakkai cases, our respondents appear to be searching for miracles and spiritual fulfillment that they were not receiving by engaging solely in Christian practices. Although they might be considered “free riders” through a rational choice lens, Master Chu actually encourages this behavior How a Vietnamese monk in Houston, Texas successfully attracted a Latino following. Source link
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Buddhism on the Brain
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Buddhism on the Brain

@article{knight-jonathan2004-buddhism-on-brain, title={{B}uddhism on the {B}rain}, author={Jonathan Knight}, publisher={Nature Portfolio}, year=2004, month=dec, journal={Nature}, volume=432, number=7018, pages={670--670}, keywords={roots,modern}, doi={10.1038/432670a}, openalex_id={W2074927951}, ranking={rank3}, url={https://www.nature.com/articles/432670a.pdf} } Source link
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Masahiro Mori’s Buddhist Philosophy of Robot
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Masahiro Mori’s Buddhist Philosophy of Robot

@article{kimura-takeshi2018-masahiro-moris-buddhist-philosophy-of, title={{M}asahiro {M}ori’s {B}uddhist {P}hilosophy of {R}obot}, author={Takeshi Kimura}, publisher={De Gruyter Open}, year=2018, month=apr, journal={Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics}, volume=9, number=1, pages={72--81}, keywords={robotics,dialogue}, openalex_id={W2806158330}, ranking={rank2}, url={https://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2018-0004} } Source link
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Russian Blues Reveal Effects of Language on Color Discrimination
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Russian Blues Reveal Effects of Language on Color Discrimination

We found that Russian speakers were faster to discriminate two colors when they fell into different linguistic categories in Russian than when they were from the same linguistic category. Moreover, this category advantage was eliminated by a verbal, but not a spatial, dual task. These results demonstrate that (i) categories in language affect performance on simple perceptual color tasks and (ii) the effect of language is online (and can be disrupted by verbal interference). Source link
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Cetasikas
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Cetasikas

@book{van-gorkom-nina1999-cetasikas, title={{C}etasikas}, author={Nina van Gorkom}, publisher={Zolag}, address={London}, year=1999, pagecount=296, keywords={abhidhamma,feeling}, ranking={rank3}, url={https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/cetasikas_van-gorkom-nina} } Source link
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One’s Own Good And Another’s
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One’s Own Good And Another’s

@article{maurice-david1961-ones-own-good, title={{O}ne’s {O}wn {G}ood {A}nd {A}nother’s}, author={David Maurice}, publisher={The Buddhist Publication Society}, address={Kandy}, year=1961, journal={Bodhi Leaves}, number=7, pagecount=13, keywords={dialogue,engaged,philosophy}, ranking={rank2}, url={https://www.bps.lk/olib/bl/bl007_Maurice_Ones-Own-Good--And-An%E2%94%AC%D0%BDothers.html} } Source link
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Buddhist Tales From Sanskrit
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Buddhist Tales From Sanskrit

Once upon a time, the Bodhisattva was born in a distinguished brahmin family… A retelling of: the Rsipañcaka Jātaka the Sārthavāha Jātaka the Sarvamdada Jātaka the Matsaranand Āvadāna and the Bhavalubdhak Āvadāna from the Avadānasārasamuccaya and the Jātakmālāvadāna-sūtra. Source link
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Culture and Point of View
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Culture and Point of View

@article{nisbett-richard-e-et-al2003-culture-and-point-of-view, title={{C}ulture and {P}oint of {V}iew}, author={Richard E. Nisbett and Takahiko Masuda}, publisher={National Academies Press}, address={Washington D.C.}, year=2003, month=sep, journal={The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, volume=100, number=19, pages={11163--11170}, keywords={places,culture,intercultural,perception}, doi={10.1073/pnas.1934527100}, openalex_id={W2132107536}, ranking={rank4}, url={https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/91926/1/culture_point_view.pdf} } Source link
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Sacred Heights in the Topography of Flatlands: Ovaa Kurgans in the Kalmyk Buddhist Landscape
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Sacred Heights in the Topography of Flatlands: Ovaa Kurgans in the Kalmyk Buddhist Landscape

Continuously enfolding the lives, activities, values and times of all its previous inhabitants, the landscape is simultaneously unfolding to its current inhabitant or observer as a corpus of heterogeneous narratives – myths, legends, historical accounts or individual life-histories attached to it. […] ‘Landscape is time materializing.’ Source link
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The Function of Silence in Āgama Literature
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The Function of Silence in Āgama Literature

@article{analayo2023-function-of-silence-in-agama, title={{T}he {F}unction of {S}ilence in \textit{Āgama} {L}iterature}, author={Bhikkhu Anālayo}, publisher={Soka Gokkai International}, address={Tokyo}, year=2023, month=mar, journal={The Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology}, volume=26, pages={67--76}, keywords={hermeneutics,silence,koan}, ranking={rank3}, url={https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/functionsilence.pdf} } Source link
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Affective Entanglements: Human-Nonhuman Relations in Buddhist Ecologies of Feeling
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Affective Entanglements: Human-Nonhuman Relations in Buddhist Ecologies of Feeling

… this article explores how the early Buddhist teaching can challenge and enrich how we think of persons and bodies in relation to other beings and environments. Through a discussion of the powerful emotion of fear and the importance of vulnerability, the article develops thoughts on how Buddhist emotional practices as practices of care can inspire new approaches in today’s times of escalating ecological crisis and acute vulnerability in coexisting and intersecting human and nonhuman pluriworlds. Source link
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