Narrative Buddhology: Explorations of Indian Buddhist Literature
2022年3 月19日
作者為maryann
Indian Buddhist texts contain a complex fabric of narratives interweaving the Buddha’s past lives, his final life, his encounters with others and their past-life encounters with other buddhas.
On Creating the Early Discourses (Suttas) of the Buddha
2022年2 月10日
作者為maryann
In this talk we will inquire into some of the motivations and methods behind the shaping of the early discourses, in order to obtain an improved understanding of the nature of the early Buddhist tradition.
There is no agreement on the definition or range of the term ‘Buddhist canon’ or ‘Buddhist canons’—to the point that we may speak of a "loose canonicity."