This is the fourth volume of proceedings of the Āgama seminars convened by the Āgama Research Group at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (formerly Dharma Drum Buddhist College). It comprises nineteen studies, contributed by eighteen different scholars, on various themes related to the Connected Collections of discourses (suttas, sūtras) — Saṃyutta-nikāya in Pali, Saṃyukta-āgama in Sanskrit — transmitted by different early Buddhist lineages of reciters, preserved in their Indic originals in Gandhari, Pali and Sanskrit as well as in Chinese and Tibetan translations. This research draws attention to fundamental methodological points posed by the study of these scriptural collections as windows into the formation of early Buddhist texts and the organisation of their transmission.
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About the editor:Bhikkhunī DhammadinnāDharma Drum Institute of Liberal ArtsAbout the contributors:Oskar von HinüberAlbert-Ludwigs-Universität FreiburgBhikkhu AnālayoUniversität HamburgRupert GethinUniversity of BristolRichard SalomonUniversity of WashingtonMark AllonUniversity of SidneyJoseph MarinoUniversity of WashingtonJin-il Chung (鄭鎮一)Akademie der Wissenschaften zu GöttingenPeter Skilling (Bhadra Rujirathat)École française d’Extrême-OrientJens-Uwe HartmannLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenYao Fumi (八尾 史)Waseda Institute for Advanced StudiesBhikkhunī DhammadinnāDharma Drum Institute of Liberal ArtsBhikkhu PāsādikaAcadémie bouddhique Linh-SonBhikṣu Huimin (釋惠敏)Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal ArtsTaipei National University of the ArtsKarashima Seishi (辛嶋 靜志)The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka UniversityMarcus BingenheimerTemple UniversityKen Su [Su Jinkun (蘇錦坤) ]Āgama Research GroupChoong Mun-keat (鍾秉潔) [Wei-keat (煒傑)]University of New EnglandStefania TravagninRijksuniversiteit Groningen
這是兩個生命交會的故事在平凡的日常事件中體會阿姜查洞悉人性的智慧和幽默
一九七○年,憂悶的美國沙彌法拉般若已受了兩年戒,在曼谷的寺院裡仍鬱鬱寡歡。與阿姜查的會面改變了一切。法拉般若看見阿姜查像隻快樂的大青蛙坐在荷葉上,他心想,如果在森林裡靜坐個三十年,可以像阿姜查一樣,也是件值得做的事。他開始看到了希望。可是遇見一位師父並不代表問題都可解決,相反地,在森林中修習需要極大的勇氣:師父可能是世界上最慈悲的虐待狂,他用諷刺、玩笑、甚至修辱來去除弟子的習性,磨練弟子的信心;還有,對於一個習慣都市生活的人,森林中的氣候、物質條件也時時刻刻挑戰著忍耐程度……這是兩個生命交會的故事:師父和弟子之間的信任與衝突、東方和西方的交疊與矛盾。讀者可以進入難得一見的上座部僧侶生活,在看似平凡的日常事件中體會阿姜查洞悉人性的智慧和幽默。這本珍貴的求法紀錄和所收錄的照片,讓我們更貼近佛陀的生命,在出版前早已是阿姜查弟子私下流傳的經典。
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保羅.布里特Paul Breiter於一九四八年出生於美國紐約市布魯克林區,於一九七○年旅行至泰國時,出家成為比丘。不久之後,他遇見阿姜查並成為他的弟子。布里特通曉泰語與依桑方言(Isan,近似寮語),負責擔任阿姜查指導西方學生的翻譯。他保有阿姜查開示法語的記錄,其中有些被集結成冊,納入與傑克.康菲爾德共同出版的《靜止的森林水塘》(A Still Forest Pool,Quest Books, 1985)中。他還翻譯了一本《戒律入門》(Vinayamukha(P.); Entrance to the Vinaya, Vol. III; Mahamakuta Royal Academy, 1983)。阿姜查於一九七九年訪問美國,布里特陪同他旅行並擔任翻譯。之後他記錄了跟隨阿姜查學習的一些故事,即本書《師父──與阿姜查共處的歲月》(Venerable Father: A Life with Ajahn Chah)。在一九七七年脫下僧袍還俗後,布里特回到美國跟隨日本曹洞宗的光文千也禪師 ( Roshi Kobun Chino Otogawa ),之後又隨西藏佛教寧瑪派的貢波?贊單 ( Gonpo Tsedan )修學佛法。他目前住在美國佛羅里達州。
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釋見諦一九五七年生,國立高雄師範大學英語系畢業,一九八一年禮心志法師及悟因法師於香光寺出家,後就讀於香光尼眾佛學院。一九八七年赴西雅圖就讀於華盛頓大學,先後取得教育碩士與博士學位。現服務於美青佛教會祇園寺。出版的譯作有Choosing Simplicity: A Commentary on the Bhikkshuni Pratimoksha(中譯英)、《師父:與阿姜查共處的歲月》與《親近釋迦牟尼佛》(英譯中)。 牟志京生於北京,八十年代到美國留學。先後在耶魯大學獲得電腦科學碩士、哲學碩士,及電腦科學博士學位。曾在大學、研究所及電腦公司從事教學、科研和軟體開發工作。從青年時代起即受到佛教思想的影響,近年正式皈依,並開始翻譯佛教經典書籍,譯作中包括《佛陀傳》。
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo containing translations of Dīrgha-āgama discourses and comparative studies of their Pāli parallels (as well as relevant Sanskrit fragments), together with three appendices. Several chapters and the appendices are devoted to examining aspects of the early Buddhist oral transmission. In addition, topics taken up in the course of this book are the analysis of views in the Brahmajāla, healing in early Buddhism, the Buddha's last meditation, his display of fire miracles, levitation, debating strategies, and the future Buddha Maitreya.
作者簡介
Bhikkhu Anālayowas born in Germany in 1962 and ordained in Sri Lanka in 1995. He completed a Ph.D. thesis at the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in 2000 and a habilitation thesis at the University of Marburg (Germany) in 2007. At present he is a professor at the University of Hamburg, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies (Germany).
This is the third volume of proceedings of the Āgama seminars convened by the Āgama Research Group at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (formerly Dharma Drum Buddhist College). It collects academic contributions on various aspects related to the Middle-length Collec¬tions of discourses (sūtras, suttas) transmitted by different early Buddhist lineages of reciters, preserved in their Indic originals in Gandhari, Pali and Sanskrit as well as in Chinese and Tibetan translations.
作者簡介
About the editor:Bhikkhunī DhammadinnāDharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
About the contributors:
Mark Allon & Blair SilverlockUniversity of Sydney
Bhikkhu AnālayoUniversity of Hamburg
Roderick S. BucknellUniversity of Queensland
Jin-il Chung(鄭鎮一)Göttingen Academy of Sciences
Takamichi Fukita(吹田隆道)Bukkyō University
Jen-jou Hung(洪振洲)Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Seishi Karashima(辛嶋靜志)The International Research Institute forAdvanced Buddhology at Soka University
Michael RadichVictoria University of Wellington
Richard SalomonUniversity of Washington
Peter SkillingÉcole française d’Extrême-Orient
Ingo StrauchUniversity of Lausanne
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo with translations of Ekottarika-āgama discourses and comparative studies of their Pāli parallels, together with three appendices on the terms Mahāyāna, Hīnayāna, and Theravāda. Several papers study aspects of the Ekottarika-āgama as a collection distinct from other Nikāya and Āgama collections. In addition, topics taken up in the course of this book are seclusion, the lion's roar, the wheel-turning king, Paccekabuddhas, and the four noble truths, as well as depictions of accomplished nuns and their significance.
作者簡介
Bhikkhu Anālayo was born in Germany in 1962 and ordained in Sri Lanka in 1995. He completed a Ph.D. thesis at the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in 2000 and a habilitation thesis at the University of Marburg (Germany) in 2007. At present he is a professor at the University of Hamburg, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies (Germany).
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo with translations of Saṃyukta-āgama discourses and comparative studies of their Pāli parallels, together with two appendices on the relationship between commentary and discourse as well as on the Udāna collection. Topics taken up in the course of the studies are the four noble truths as a diagnostic scheme, concern for the welfare of others, the transfer of merit, humour, Aṅgulimāla, teachings to laity, attitudes towards nuns, arahants and suicide, teaching and awakening, the gender-inclusiveness of the address 'monk', the acrobat simile, mindfulness of breathing, the Buddha's first discourse, self-cremation, and the Buddha's visit to his mother in the Heaven of the Thirty-three.
作者簡介
Bhikkhu Anālayowas born in Germany in 1962 and ordained in Sri Lanka in 1995. He completed a Ph.D. thesis at the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in 2000 and a habilitation thesis at the University of Marburg (Germany) in 2007. At present he is a professor at the University of Hamburg, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies (Germany), and a researcher at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (Taiwan).
This is the second volume of proceedings of the Āgama seminars convened by the Āgama Research Group at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (formerly Dharma Drum Buddhist College). On this occasion, the Āgama Research Group met to discuss the early collections of long discourses transmitted by the different Buddhist schools. Thanks to the discovery and ongoing publication of the incomplete Sanskrit Dīrgha-āgama manu¬script from Gilgit, three different versions of the Collec¬tion of Long Discourses are now avail¬able for comparative study: the Pali Dīgha-nikāya transmitted within the Theravāda tradition, the just-mentioned Dīrgha-āgama in Sanskrit, identified as Sar¬vās¬ti-vāda or Mūlasarvāstivāda, and the Chinese translation of an Indic Dīrgha-āgama (長阿含經), generally considered to be affiliated with the Dhar¬ma¬¬guptakas. The six papers collected here focus on research on these various incarnations of the collections of long discourses in comparative perspective.
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About the editor:Sāmaṇerī DhammadinnāDharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
About the contributors:Bhikkhu AnālayoNumata Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg &Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Roderick S. BucknellUniversity of Queensland
Toshiichi Endo (遠藤敏一)Centre of Buddhist Studies,The University of Hong KongJens-Uwe HartmannLudwig-Maximilians-Universität of Munich
Jen-jou Hung (洪振洲)Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Seishi Karashima (辛嶋靜志)The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhologyat Soka University