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A Study of the Daśabhūmika-sūtra: Its Relation to Previous Buddhist Traditions and the Development of Bodhisattva Practice | Chun, Jang-Kil. "A Study of the Daśabhūmika-sūtra: Its Relation to Previous Buddhist Traditions and the Development of Bodhisattva Practice." PhD diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993. | The value of a Buddhist sutra can be measured based on how it sees the nature of human existence and how it explains the experience of human beings. In most cases, the issue of human dignity has always been revived
and emphasized whenever Buddhism has encountered the challenge of nihilism and absolutism. The arising of the Mahāyāna also should be seen in this context, and particularly, how the image of the bodhisattva has been
put forth as a symbol of human dignity throughout the history of Mahāyāna Buddhism. The purpose of this paper is to examine: (1) how the Daśabhūmika-sūtra relates to Buddhist traditions in the past based on various religious experiences (particularly, the experience of the Buddha's power); and (2) how these experiences had formulated the ideas and practices of bodhisattvas in the system of ten stages (particularly, the mental transformation in the state of the effortlessness). For the first, three issues (experiencing the Buddha, problem of renunciation, and text worship) are discussed. (Chun, introduction, 1) | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 29 April 2022 20:47:22 | |
The Sutra of Sor-mo'i Phreng-ba (from the Lhasa, Peking, and Derge Editions of the bKa-'Gyur) | Cutler, Nathan S. "The Sutra of Sor-mo'i Phreng-ba (from the Lhasa, Peking, and Derge Editions of the bKa-'Gyur)." MA thesis, Indiana University, 1981. | An English translation of chapter 1 of the Aṅgulimālīyasūtra drawing on the Lhasa, Peking, and Derge editions of the Kangyur. | Indiana University | 26 April 2022 00:41:38 | |
The Samadhiraja Sutra: A Study Incorporating a Critical Edition and Translation of Chapter 17 | Skilton, Andrew. "The Samadhiraja Sutra: A Study Incorporating a Critical Edition and Translation of Chapter 17." PhD diss., University of Oxford, 1997. | University of Oxford | 13 April 2022 16:55:39 | ||
Das Jñānavatī-Jātaka aus der Jātakamālā des Gopadatta: nach der manuscript heruasgegeben, Kommantiert, mit dem Samādhirājasuṭra des Gilgits Manuscripts verglichen und ins Deutsche ubersetzt | Ehlers, Gerhard. "Das Jñānavatī-Jātaka aus der Jātakamālā des Gopadatta: nach der manuscript heruasgegeben, Kommantiert, mit dem Samādhirājasuṭra des Gilgits Manuscripts verglichen und ins Deutsche ubersetzt." PhD diss., University of Marburg, 1980. | The Jñānavatī-Jātaka from the Jātakamālā of the Gopadatta, edited from three manuscripts, annotated, compared with the Samādhirājasūtra of the Gilgit Manuscript and translated into German. | University of Marburg | 12 April 2022 21:27:44 | |
Samādhi and Patient Acceptance: Four Chapters of the Samādhirāja-sūtra Translated from the Sanskrit and Tibetan | Rockwell, John, Jr. "Samādhi and Patient Acceptance: Four Chapters of the Samādhirāja-sūtra Translated from the Sanskrit and Tibetan." M.A. thesis, The Naropa Institute, 1980. | This MA thesis by John Rockwell Jr. contains four chapters (the fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth) of the Samādhirājasūtra, translated into English from the Sanskrit and Tibetan. | Naropa University | 12 April 2022 20:52:23 | |
"Revelation" in Mādhyamika Buddhism: Chapter Eleven of the Samādhirāja Sūtra | Tatz, Mark. "'Revelation' in Mādhyamika Buddhism: Chapter Eleven of the Samādhirāja Sūtra ('On Mastering the Sūtra'); Translated from the Tibetan with Commentary." MA thesis, University of Washington, 1972. https://u1lib.org/book/2064265/12d311. | The translation of one chapter of the Samadhiraja-sutra sets out on the path begun jointly by Regamey and Schayer in the 30's. We have the benefit not only of their pioneering labors, but of road-building tools unavailable to them. Since their time some excellent editorial work has been done by Nalinaksa Dutt on the Sanskrit text, and its philosophic groundwork has been thoroughly explored by western and Indian scholars. Furthermore its place in the Tibetan context has been discovered. Any failings, therefore, will not reflect on their magnificent example. The chapter presented here is the eleventh, "On Mastering the Sūtra" (mdo sde 'dzin pa'i le'u). It is of interest for its discussion of the Bodhisattva's function in the world. The full title of the sutra, as it appears in the Bka'-' gyur, is the Arya-sarvadharma-svabhāva-samatā-vipañcita-samādhirāja-mahāyāna-sūtra, "the noble sūtra of the greater vehicle, known as the King of Samādhis, which explains in detail the similarity of all dharmas in their own-being." It is also known as the Candrapradīpa after its principal interlocutor, the Bodhisattva Candraprabha. It is an expansive (vaipulya) sūtra, surviving in its entirety in Sanskrit and Tibetan, which elaborates in great detail the doctrines and practices of the early Mādhyamika. It is a source-work for the philosophy of the leaders of the Mahāyāna in India, from Candrakīrti to Atīśa. Its translation and that of the major commentary were done during the two "great spreads" of the Doctrine in Tibet, and in that country tooit has been a fundamental text. (Tatz, introduction, 1–2) | University of Washington | 12 April 2022 19:27:56 | |
Samādhirāja Sūtra: An English Translation of Chapters I-XX of the Sanskrit Text with Critical Notes | Dokic, Aleksa. "Samādhirāja Sūtra: An English Translation of Chapters I-XX of the Sanskrit Text with Critical Notes." PhD diss., University of Delhi, 2001. | This PhD thesis is an English translation of chapters 1-20 of the Sanskrit text of the Samādhirājasūtra with critical notes by Aleksa Dokic. | University of Delhi | 12 April 2022 18:40:01 | |
A Less Traveled Path: Meditation and Textual Practice in the Saddharmasmrtyupasthana(sutra) | Stuart, Daniel Malinowski. "A Less Traveled Path: Meditation and Textual Practice in the Saddharmasmrtyupasthana(sutra)." PhD diss., UC Berkeley, 2012. https://escholarship.org/content/qt9nk367zn/qt9nk367zn.pdf?t=odydrr. | Abstract This dissertation is a study of a third/fourth-century Buddhist Sanskrit text, the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna(sūtra), which reveals a unique literary culture at an important transitional moment in the religious and philosophical life of early Northwest Indian Buddhists. I argue that meditative practice, rhetoric, and philosophy were intimately tied to one another when the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna(sūtra) was redacted, and that the text serves as an important yet unnoticed historical touchstone for an understanding of the development of a Buddhist mind-centered metaphysics. The study suggests that such philosophical developments grew organically out of specific meditation practices rooted in the early canonical Buddhist tradition, and that the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna(sūtra) offers perhaps the clearest evidence available attesting to this process. Further, the text evidences an emergent historical ideology of cosmic power, one that ties ethical conduct, contemplative knowledge, and literary practice to a spiritual goal of selfless cosmographical sovereignty. This development is historically significant because it marks a major shift in Indian Buddhist religious practice, which conditioned the emergence of fully developed Mahāyāna path schemes and power-oriented tantric ritual traditions in the centuries that followed the text's compilation. As part of this study, I critically edit and translate the second chapter of the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna(sūtra) based on a recently discovered codex unicus. | UC Berkeley | 7 April 2022 21:43:53 | |
Nibbāna as Self or Not Self: Some Contemporary Thai Discussions | Cholvijarn, Potprecha. "Nibbāna as Self or Not Self: Some Contemporary Thai Discussions." MA thesis, University of Bristol (2007), 2009. | Abstract The thesis concerns the recent debate in Thailand over the nature of nibbāna (nirvāṇa), the unconditioned, whether it is attā (self) or anattā (not-self). | University of Bristol | 4 April 2022 17:14:13 | |
The Origins and Development of Sammā Arahaṃ Meditation: From Phra Mongkhon Thepmuni (Sot Candasaro) to Phra Thep Yan Mongkhon (Sermchai Jayamaṅgalo) | Cholvijarn, Potprecha. "The Origins and Development of Sammā Arahaṃ Meditation: From Phra Mongkhon Thepmuni (Sot Candasaro) to Phra Thep Yan Mongkhon (Sermchai Jayamaṅgalo)." PhD diss., University of Bristol, 2019. | Abstract This dissertation examines Sammā Arahaṃ meditation from its origin in the figure of Phra Mongkhon Thepmuni (Sot Candasaro), the late abbot of Wat Paknam, Thonburi, as well as its transmission to Phra Thep Yan Mongkhon (Sermchai Jayamaṅgalo), the late abbot of Wat Luang Pho Sot Thammakayaram, Ratchaburi, in the context of the history of Theravāda Buddhist meditation practices. The second chapter of this dissertation analyses Luang Pho Sot Candasaro's autobiography, his sermons, the teachings of two of his meditation teachers, namely Luang Pho Niam Dhammajoti (Wat Noi, Suphanburi) and Luang Pho Nong Indasuvaṇṇo (Wat Amphawan, Suphanburi), and the meditation traditions of Saṅgharāja Suk Kai Thuean (Wat Ratchasittharam, Thonburi) and Wat Pradusongtham (Ayutthaya). It confirms that Luang Pho Sot has taken and adapted aspects of these teachers' and traditions' meditation practices and incorporated them into Sammā Arahaṃ meditation. The second chapter also seeks to clarify further the relationships of Luang Pho Sot's Sammā Arahaṃ meditation to the so-called borān kammaṭṭhāna tradition such as the meditation manual of King Taksin of Thonburi and other manuals preserved in the anthology, Phuttharangsi Thritsadiyan book of samatha and vipassanā meditation of the four reigns. The third chapter accounts for the development of various lineages, networks and centres of Sammā Arahaṃ tradition after the death of Luang Pho Sot, with an emphasis on Achan Sermchai and Wat Luang Pho Sot Thammakayaram. The chapter also considers two meditation masters whose teachings and practices were influenced by Luang Pho Sot and Sammā Arahaṃ meditation, namely Luang Pho Ruesi Lingdam, the founder of the Manomayiddhi meditation tradition, and Bhikṣuṇī Voramai Kabilsingh, who and taught Sammā Arahaṃ along with four other meditation systems. The fourth chapter examines and analyses Achan Sermchai Jayamaṅgalo's works. The dissertation argues that Achan Sermchai's works provide a defence of the thought and practice of his tradition, which consists of demonstrating that they conform to Theravāda canonical and commentarial tradition. In his elaboration of Luang Pho Sot's teachings, Achan Sermchai's works can also be characterized as an attempt to reinterpret and systematize Sammā Arahaṃ meditation. Moreover, in the fourth chapter, I gather opinions and discussions from different lineages of Sammā Arahaṃ tradition regarding two particular issues: 1) the existence of a prior five-body system in Luang Pho Sot's teaching; and 2) the practice of offering food to the Buddha in (āyatana) nibbāna. This is to demonstrate that among the various lineages of Sammā Arahaṃ tradition, there are differing interpretations regarding aspects of Sammā Arahaṃ practices. This section also includes my interview with mae chi Wanchai Chukon, founder of the Suan Kaeo Meditation Centre, Ratchaburi, and one of the few living direct pupils of Luang Pho Sot. I declare that the work in this dissertation was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the University's Regulations and Code of Practice for Research Degree Programmes and that it has not been submitted for any other academic award. Except where indicated by specific reference in the text, the work is the candidate's own work. Work done in collaboration with, or with the assistance of, others, is indicated as such. Any views expressed in the dissertation are those of the author. | University of Bristol | 30 March 2022 20:51:21 | |
The Sky as a Mahāyāna Symbol of Emptiness and Generous Fullness: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: Volume 2: Edition and Translation | Han, Jaehee. "The Sky as a Mahāyāna Symbol of Emptiness and Generous Fullness: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: Volume 2, Edition and Translation." PhD diss, University of Oslo, 2020. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15PllCXdnRPpXWLzF6UxsOHldmcdzqBKG/view. | Abstract The Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā is the eighth chapter of one of the great canonical collections of Mahāyāna Buddhism, the Mahāsaṃnipāta, but it also acts as an individual text, or sūtra. As such, it is a dharmaparyāya, which dates back to the first or second century CE. The original Sanskrit has been lost, but there are three full-length translations in Tibetan and Chinese. | University of Oslo | 21 March 2022 16:06:27 | |
The Sky as a Mahāyāna Symbol of Emptiness and Generous Fullness: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: Volume 1: Introduction | Han, Jaehee. "The Sky as a Mahāyāna Symbol of Emptiness and Generous Fullness: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: Volume 1, Introduction." PhD diss, University of Oslo, 2020. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eV_h79rKZEAI9b9TCfS5FqychvR01-Ir/view. | Abstract The Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā is the eighth chapter of one of the great canonical collections of Mahāyāna Buddhism, the Mahāsaṃnipāta, but it also acts as an individual text, or sūtra. As such, it is a dharmaparyāya, which dates back to the first or second century CE. The original Sanskrit has been lost, but there are three full-length translations in Tibetan and Chinese. | University of Oslo | 19 March 2022 00:07:54 | |
Das Gilgit-Fragment Or. 11878A im Britischen Museum zu London | Näther, Volkbert. Das Gilgit-Fragment Or. 11878A im Britischen Museum zu London. Herausgegeben, mit dem Tibetischen verglichen und übersetzt. PhD diss., Philipps-Universität Marburg/Lahn, 1975. https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.ub.uni-marburg.de%2Feb%2F2010%2F0264%2Fmets-3066.xml. | This is a Sanskrit critical edition and German translation of the Saṅgharakṣitāvadāna and Nāgakumārāvadāna made by Volkbert Näther in 1975. These texts belong to the Pravrajyāvastu section of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinayavastu. | Universität Marburg/Lahn | 25 February 2022 16:17:56 | |
Origine Indiana delle Divinità Terrifiche Minori del Bar-do Thos-grol | Ricca, Franco. Origine indiana delle divinità terrifiche minori del Bar-do Thos-grol. M. A. thesis, Università degli Studi di Torino, 1985. | Università degli Studi di Torino | 9 February 2022 19:26:54 | ||
Storia dell'Interesse Italiano per l'Arte Himalayana dal Dopoguerra a Oggi | Rovatti, Ilaria. Storia dell’interesse italiano per l’arte himalayana dal dopoguerra a oggi. M. A. thesis, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 2008. | Università degli Studi di Bologna | 9 February 2022 19:05:45 | ||
Committenza e Arte nella Vita di un Lama della Diaspora Tibetana: Il Caso di Gancén Rinpocé | Fumolo, Anna. Committenza e arte nella vita di un lama della diaspora tibetana: il caso di Gancén Rinpocé. B. A. thesis, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 2009. | Università degli Studi di Bologna | 9 February 2022 18:48:43 | ||
La Pittura Religiosa Newar del XX Secolo: Tradizione ed Innovazione - Analisi della Pittura Tradizionale Contemporanea nella Valle del Nepal | Soranzo, Anna. La pittura religiosa newar del XX secolo: Tradizione ed innovazione - Analisi della pittura tradizionale contemporanea nella Valle del Nepal. M. A. thesis, Università di Bologna, 2002. | Università di Bologna | 9 February 2022 18:21:36 | ||
Agiografia di Padmasambhava nei Dipinti Parietali dell'utse di Samye | Rossi, Giada. Agiografia di Padmasambhava nei dipinti parietali dell’utse di Samye. M. A. thesis, Università di Bologna, 2014. | Università di Bologna | 9 February 2022 17:59:58 | ||
La Statuaria in Metallo nella Valle di Kathmandu: Evoluzione e Sviluppi nel XXI Secolo | Graldi, Aurora. La Statuaria in Metallo nella Valle di Kathmandu: Evoluzione e Sviluppi nel XXI Secolo. M. A. thesis, Università di Bologna, 2010. | Università di Bologna | 7 February 2022 23:15:28 | ||
Il Kumbum di Gyantse e l'architettura tibetana | Ricca, Simone. Il Kumbum di Gyantse e l’architettura tibetana. MA Thesis, Politecnico di Torino – Facoltà di Architettura, 1991. | Politecnico di Torino | 7 February 2022 23:03:27 | ||
L'Architettura del Ladakh | Celi, Roberta. L'Architettura del Ladakh: Tesi di Laurea in Storia dell'Arte dell'India e dell'Asia Centrale. MA Thesis, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 2002. | Università degli Studi di Bologna | 7 February 2022 22:46:42 | ||
A Holistic Theory of Non-Dual Union: The Eighth Karmapa's Mahamudra Vision as Reaction, Re-Appropriation, and Resolution | Faria, Joseph. A Holistic Theory of Non-Dual Union: The Eighth Karmapa's Mahāmudrā Vision as Reaction, Re-Appropriation, and Resolution. MA Thesis, Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Centre for Buddhist Studies, Kathmandu University, 2015. | Abstract: This research investigates the Mahāmudrā interpretation of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorjé (1507-1554), particularly regarding his text Recognizing the Blessings of Mahāmudrā (Phyag rgya chen po'i byin rlabs kyi ngos 'dzin). Drawing upon contemporary research, historical developments, and textual evidence, this work argues that the Eighth Karmapa’s Mahāmudrā thought can be understood as reaction, re-appropriation, and resolution. Though Mikyö Dorjé reacted to Sakya and Gelug critiques of Kagyü Mahāmudrā, and accepted that one could re-appropriate Mahāmudrā by incorporating aspects of sūtra and tantra onto the path of Mahāmudrā, he ultimately sought to adhere to the subitist tendencies of early Kagyü masters by resolving all conventional tensions of the ground, path, and fruition via a holistically non-dual union (Skt. Yuganaddha; Tib. zung 'jug). This demonstrates that both doctrinal eclecticism and upholding the transcendence of Mahāmudrā were pillars of Mikyö Dorjé’s thought, and that his theory of union provided rhetorical and philosophical consistency and justification for these views. | Rangjung Yeshe Institute | 28 January 2022 16:26:52 | |
Die Bhadracari, eine probe buddhistisch-religiöser lyrik | Watanabe, Kaikioku, ed. "Die Bhadracari, eine probe buddhistisch-religiöser lyrik." PhD diss., Kaiser Wilhelms-Universität. Leipzig: Druck von G. Kreysing, 1912. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101061610976&view=1up&seq=1&skin=2021. | A study and critical Sanskrit edition of the Bhadracaryāpraṇidhānarāja. | Kaiser Wilhelms-Universität | 14 September 2021 17:12:26 | |
Sacred Literature into Liturgy: Jingyuan (1011–1088) and the Development of the Avataṁsaka Liturgy in Song China | Sure, Heng. "Sacred Literature into Liturgy: Jingyuan (1011–1088) and the Development of the Avataṁsaka Liturgy in Song China." PhD diss., Graduate Theological Union, 2003. | Abstract This dissertation critically examines and demonstrates how Jingyuan (1011-1088), a Song Dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk, transformed the Avataṁsaka Sūtra into a liturgy that conveyed the Sūtra's vision of the Mahāyāna Bodhisattva ideal. In keeping with the earlier interpreters, Chengguan (738-839) and Zongmi (780-841), Jingyuan understood the Avataṁsaka Sūtra, long considered the pinnacle of Buddhist philosophy and cosmology, as a handbook of Bodhisattva practices. For them the Bhadracarīpranidhāna Chapter, the source of the Avataṁsaka Liturgy, held the key to cultivating the Bodhisattva Path articulated by the Sūtra. Jingyuan distilled the essential elements of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's Practices and Vows that comprise the Bhadracarīpranidhāna into existing liturgical formats. The result was three recensions, collectively referred to as the Avataṁsaka Liturgy - - the Expanded, the Condensed, and the Popular Versions - - in varying degrees of complexity, suited to the different needs of his Buddhist community. To transform Mahāyāna ideals into liturgy, Jingyuan drew upon visualizations from the Bhadracarīpranidhāna, which when performed with ritual prostrations, constituted the heart of the liturgical practice. He further integrated two distinctly Avataṁsaka visualizations: the Infinite Contemplation of Indra's Net and the Unobstructed Contemplation of the Dharma Realm, into the sitting meditation section of his Expanded Liturgy. Thus, Jingyuan combined the movement of bowing with the stillness of meditation to produce a single method for cultivating the samādhi states articulated by the Avataṁsaka Sūtra. Jingyuan's efforts revitalized the Avataṁsaka tradition in twelfth century Hangzhou and earned him recognition as an Avataṁsaka patriarch. The dissertation concludes with reflections on the continuity of the Avataṁsaka Liturgy among contemporary Buddhists and suggests that contemplative-devotional liturgies can be a useful, even necessary aspect of Buddhist practice as it emerges in the West. The appendices include translations of the three recensions of the Avataṁsaka Liturgy, the Bhadracarī Chapter of the Avataṁsaka Sūtra, and the Sūtra on the Contemplation of the Practice Dharmas of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. | Graduate Theological Union | 13 September 2021 21:35:20 | |
A Structuralist Examination of the Origins of the Māra Mytheme and Its Function in the Narrative of the Dàoxíng Bōrě Jīng, the Earliest Complete Recension of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñā-pāramitā-sūtra | Giddings, William James. "A Structuralist Examination of the Origins of the Māra Mytheme and Its Function in the Narrative of the Dàoxíng Bōrě Jīng, the Earliest Complete Recension of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñā-pāramitā-sūtra." PhD diss., King's College London. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/44453723/2014_Giddings_William_0838811_ethesis.pdf. | Abstract By comparing the instances of the Māra mytheme in the narratives of the prajñā-pāramitā-sūtras with those found in non-Mahayana texts, this thesis explores how this vitally important persona, one central to the narrative account of the bodhisattva quest for awakening, developed from earlier mythic prototypes. Pali sources identify a number of alternative identities for Māra the most significant of which being Namuci, an asura who took control over the mind of Indra. Using linguistic ideas originally developed by Saussure, the storylines of the Māra and Namuci myths can be reduced to a simple, common narrative statement or syntagm. Adopting this approach demonstrates how apparently new narratives can be derived through the application of paradigmatic changes within that syntagm. Furthermore, drawing upon the findings of historical linguistics, it was possible to interpolate potential Proto-Indian-European origins for the Māra mytheme. Rather than supporting the traditionally accepted view of Māra as an allegory for death, this enabled the signification of the actual name Māra to be seen as pointing towards a 'grinding-away' or oppression of the mind. This was achieved by relating the Māra of Buddhist mythology with the mare-hag common to a number of IndoEuropean folklores. Support for this argument is also found in Pali narratives which depict Māra entering the thoughts of others engaged in meditation during the night in order to induce feelings of fear and uncertainty. Finally, based upon these findings, it was possible to scrutinize the narrative and nested tales of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñā-pāramitā-sūtra in its earliest recension, the Dàoxíng Bōrě Jīng, and identify how the original Māra myth underwent structured, paradigmatic modifications that reflect a bodhisattva's progress towards final awakening. | King's College London | 13 September 2021 16:55:41 | |
An Analysis of the Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra from the Chinese Translations | Lancaster, Lewis Rosser. "An Analysis of the Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra from the Chinese Translations." PhD diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1968. | An examination of T. 224 in comparison with the Pāla Dynasty Sanskrit text indicates that there was a significant growth of the Aṣṭa from the text of the second century translation by Lokakṣema up to its final redaction. Because of the immense popularity of the Praiñāpāramitā literature in China, the Aṣṭa was translated seven times, 'providing a record of growth and changes over a period of eight centuries (i.e., 179-985 A.D.). By comparing each of these translations with the Sanskrit and the other Chinese texts, some ideas can be formulated regarding the layers and dates of the textual expansion. (Lancaster, introduction, 1) | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13 September 2021 16:32:05 | |
The Bodhisattvapiṭaka: Its Doctrines, Practices and their Position in Mahāyāna Literature (Pagel 1992) | Pagel, Ulrich. "The Bodhisattvapiṭaka: Its Doctrines, Practices and their Position in Mahāyāna Literature." PhD diss., School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London), 1992. https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29691/1/10752663.pdf. | Abstract This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive study of the Bodhisattvapiṭaka with specific emphasis on the bodhisattva ideal. The content of the Bodhisattvapiṭaka indicates that its exposition belongs to the earliest treatises on the bodhisattva. The practices and doctrines that are expounded are invariably rudimentary and show little of the complexities that characterise their discussions in later bodhisattva literature. The Bodhisattvapiṭaka's inclusion into the Mahāratnakūṭa rested probably on its pioneering account of the bodhisattvacaryā. Being by far the longest work on the bodhisattva in the whole collection, it expounds important practices and constitutes the hub for the remaining bodhisattva writings in the Mahāratnakūṭa. | University of London | 10 September 2021 22:41:33 | |
Daśabhūmikasūtra (Rahder, J.) | Rahder, Johannes, ed. "Daśabhūmikasūtra." (PhD diss., University of Utrecht.) Leuven, Belgium: J. B. Istas, 1926. https://objects.library.uu.nl/reader/index.php?obj=1874-286038&lan=en#page//39/03/15/39031524648488413764695835551980116855.jpg/mode/1up. | This work, Dr. Rahder's thesis for his degree of D.Litt. at the University of Utrecht, is a polyglot compilation, in Dutch, French, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and English, comprising, beside an opening essay, the Sanskrit text (of the titular work), a special recension of the Seventh of the Ten Bhūmis, or Stages in the worldway of a Bodhisattva or Buddha, with a translation of it into English, and an Appendix giving the Sanskrit text of the treatise Bodhisattvabhūmi from a unique Cambridge manuscript. (Rhys Davids, C. A. F. Review of "Daśabhūmikasūtra" by Johannes Rahder. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, no. 1 (Jan., 1927): 160–61. | University of Utrecht | 30 August 2021 17:32:32 | |
The Dhyāna Chapter of the Bodhisattvapiṭaka-Sūtra | Pedersen, Kusumita Priscilla. "The Dhyāna Chapter of the Bodhisattvapiṭaka-Sūtra." PhD diss., Columbia University, 1976. | Abstract The Bodhisattvapiṭaka-sūtra is a work included in the large sutra collection, the Mahāratnakuṭa, compiled by Bodhiruci in the beginning of the eighth century. The history of the Ratnakuṭa collection is obscure, but a review of available evidence seems to indicate that the collection was compiled no earlier than the fourth century and no later than the sixth century. The translation of the Bodhisattvapiṭaka-sūtra into Chinese was done by Hsüan-tsang in 645 from a Sanskrit manuscript brought with him from India. A second version was done by the later Dharmarakṣa between 1004 and 1053. The Hsüan-tsang version is considerably longer than the Dharmarakṣa version, to which it is superior. The difference in length, however, is accounted for by a wordier style and the use of introductory, recapitulative and concluding phrases in the longer version which do not significantly alter the contents of the sutra, if we base our judgement on comparison of the dhyāna chapters of the two versions. | Columbia University | 23 August 2021 21:04:15 | |
The Bhaiṣajyaguru-Sūtra and the Buddhism of Gilgit | Schopen, Gregory. "The Bhaiṣajyaguru-Sūtra and the Buddhism of Gilgit." PhD diss., Australian National University, 1978. https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/109328. | Abstract This work is made up of three unequal parts. The first part contains an edition of the Sanskrit text of what I have called 'Redaction A' of the Bhaiṣajyaguru-Sūtra. This edition is based on a single manuscript found at Gilgit; with variants from four other manuscripts, also found at Gilgit, given in the critical apparatus. Stylistically 'Redaction A' seems to represent an 'unrevised" version of the text, perhaps a first attempt at Gilgit to commit an oral tradition to writing. The second part consists of a critical edition of the Tibetan translation of a Sanskrit text of the Bhaiṣajyaguru-Sūtra. This edition is based on the Derge, Narthan, Peking and Lhasa versions of the 'phags pa bcom ldan 'das sman gyi bla bai ạu rya'i 'od kyi snon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa and the 'phags pa de bźin gśegs pa bdun gyi snon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa. The Derge versions form the basis of the edition. The first and second parts are preliminary studies to the third and main part, since the whole was not intended as a study of the Bhaiṣajyaguru-Sūtra per se. This third part is devoted to an English translation of the Sanskrit text, with notes; the latter making up the bulk of the work. In these notes I have attempted to show how a literate member of the Gilgit community, assuming he was familiar with the texts known to have been available to him, would have, or could have, understood the Bhaiṣajyaguru-Sūtra, I have also attempted to show what was and what was not unique to the Bhaiṣajyaguru-Sūtra vis-a-vis the Gilgit collection as a whole, and to make the first tentative steps towards reconstructing the 'Buddhism' current at Gilgit in the 5th-6th century. | Australian National University | 10 August 2021 15:56:26 | |
The Ugraparipṛcchā, the Mahāratnakūṭasūtra and Early Mahāyāna Buddhism | Schuster, Nancy J. "The Ugraparipṛcchā, the Mahāratnakūṭasūtra and Early Mahāyāna Buddhism." 2 vols. PhD diss., University of Toronto, 1976. | This dissertation is a study of the Ugraparipṛcchāsūtra. It contains preliminary translations of the three extant Chinese versions of the text. According to Jan Nattier, it was never published and is unavailable through University Microfilms. | University of Toronto | 6 July 2021 18:51:05 | |
A Study of the Ṡikṣasamuccaya of Āchārya Shāntideva | Johnston, P. G. "A Study of the Ṡikṣasamuccaya of Āchārya Shāntideva." BA Honors thesis. College Year in India Program Fieldwork Projects. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975. | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 24 May 2021 18:35:26 | ||
The Buddhist Roots of Secular Compassion Training: A Comparative Study of Compassion Cultivation in Indian and Tibetan Mahāyāna Sources with the Contemporary Secular Program of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) | Stenzel, Julia Caroline. "The Buddhist Roots of Secular Compassion Training: A Comparative Study of Compassion Cultivation in Indian and Tibetan Mahāyāna Sources with the Contemporary Secular Program of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT)." PhD diss., McGill University, 2018. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/downloads/wm117r14g?locale=en. | Abstract This dissertation is a comparative analysis of compassion cultivation in Indo-Tibetan Mahāyāna Buddhist contexts and the recent phenomenon of secular, Buddhism-derived compassion training in North America, exemplified by one of the most prominent programs to date, the Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) developed at Stanford University. | McGill University | 4 May 2021 00:01:10 | |
A Dialogue between Thomas Merton on Agape and Shantideva on Karuna: Some Moral Dimensions of a Catholic and Mahayana Exchange | Lam, Raymond Sze Hon H. "A Dialogue between Thomas Merton on Agape and Shantideva on Karuna: Some Moral Dimensions of a Catholic and Mahayana Exchange." BA Honors thesis, University of Queensland, 2009. | Abstract This thesis contends that Thomas Merton's agape (1915 –1968) and Shantideva's karuna (8th century C.E.) have a strong affinity through the moral dimensions of what are referred to as unconditional kindness, positive ethics, and deep empathy. It is seeking to contribute a new perspective to the study of religious ethics by comparing the moral thought of two influential personages in a hermeneutic exercise. It aims to demonstrate that Shantideva's philosophy on Buddhist karuna enters a realm of common moral rapport with Merton's treatment of Christian agape. | University of Queensland | 30 April 2021 19:56:41 | |
Candragomin and the Bodhisattva Vow | Tatz, Mark Joseph. "Candragomin and the Bodhisattva Vow." PhD diss., University of British Columbia, 1978. https://archive.org/details/candragominbodhisattvavowmarkjosephtatzthesis_965_Y/mode/2up. | Abstract This dissertation presents, in two parts, a study of the life and works of the Indian Buddhist philosopher, teacher and litterateur Candragomin, and the study and translation of his own and associated treatises on the bodhisattva vow. | University of British Columbia | 28 April 2021 15:43:31 | |
'Ju Mi Pham On Pure Land Doctrine And Practice | Cook, Lowell. "'Ju Mi Pham On Pure Land Doctrine And Practice". MA Thesis, Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Center for Buddhis Studies, Kathmandu University, 2016. | The present study looks at self-power and other-power in a Tibetan Buddhist context. The tension between self-power and other-power concerns the mechanism behind rebirth in the pure land Sukhāvati; that is, whether rebirth is achieved through one’s own volition (self-power) or, conversely, through an external force such as the supernatural powers of Amitābha (other-power). Self-power and other-power are discussed at length in Japanese Buddhist Studies where they are called jiriki and tariki, respectively, and even has some distant parallels in Christian theology (namely, works and grace). Nevertheless, these two terms have gone unmentioned in Tibetan Buddhist literature. The only Tibetan author to my knowledge to explicitly discuss self-power and other-power is the ecumenical scholar-practitioner ’Ju mi pham (1846-1912) in his work, Sun-like Instructions of a Sage: A Clarification of Faith which Purifies the Pure Land, the Land of Bliss (Bde ba can gyi zhing sbyong ba’i dad pa gsal bar byed pa drang srong lung gi nyi ma). This fourteen-folio treatise affirms that faith and aspiration (dad ’dun) are the primary cause(s) for rebirth in Sukhāvati and defends this position in a series of polemics against detractors of other-power. I engaged with the text Sun-like Instructions of a Sage in three different modes: textual interpretation, philology, and translation. Part one, the textual analysis, required that I first place the text within its historical and literary contexts. To do this, I first delineated the historical developments of Pure Land Buddhism via the rise of Mahāyāna in India and the unique pure land innovations that took place in Tibet. Next, the genres of scripture that deal with pure land themes were discussed. After this, an in-depth analysis of Mi pham’s treatise ensued. In part two, philology, I defend the use of critical editions and prepare a critical edition of Sun-like Instructions of a Sage based on four editions (Appendix B). Finally, in part three, translation, I offer an annotated English translation of Sun-like Instructions of a Sage based on the newly edited critical edition. (ABSTRACT) | Rangjung Yeshe Institute | 26 April 2021 22:19:48 | |
Experience and Morality: Buddhist Ethics as Moral Phenomenology | Aitken, Daniel Timothy. "Experience and Morality: Buddhist Ethics as Moral Phenomenology." PhD diss., University of Tasmania, 2016. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/23404/1/Aitken_whole_thesis.pdf. | No abstract given. The following are the first relevant paragraphs: The Buddhist canon contains a substantial amount of material that treats the subject matter of ethics. Topics addressed in these texts include how we should live our lives, how we should treat others, classifications of right and wrong actions, and the articulation of virtues to be cultivated and vices to be avoided. The abundance of Buddhist material treating ethical issues even led O.H. de A. Wijesekera (1971) to make the grandiose claim, "It is universally recognized that Buddhism can claim to be the most ethical of all religio-philosophical systems of the world" (p. 49). Charles Goodman (2009) describes Buddhist ethics with its emphasis on non-violence and compassion as one of most appealing parts of the teachings of Buddhism. He writes, "Many people have drawn inspiration from Buddhism's emphasis on compassion, non-violence, and tolerance, its concern for animals, and its models of virtue and self-cultivation" (p. 1). Damien Keown (1992) even argues that Buddhism itself is foremost an ethical project: "Buddhism is a response to what is fundamentally an ethical problem—the perennial problem of the best kind of life for a man (sic) to lead" (p. 1). | University of Tasmania | 9 April 2021 21:13:27 | |
The Bodhisattva and the Ideal of Moral Wisdom in Śāntideva's Śikṣāsamuccaya | Bastien, Leigh Ann. "The Bodhisattva and the Ideal of Moral Wisdom in Śāntideva's Śikṣāsamuccaya." MA thesis, McMaster University, 1982. https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/bitstream/11375/10591/1/fulltext.pdf. | Abstract In the Śikṣāsamuccaya Śāntideva, a Mādhyamika philosopher of the early eighth century A.D., builds upon the philosophy of śūnyatā (emptiness) to demonstrate its practical implications in religious life. In his portrayal of the Bodhisattva Śāntideva focuses on this religious hero's ascent from imperfection toward the realisation of prajñāpāramitā, the perfection of wisdom. Wisdom, philosophically the end of all false ideas about reality, in the sphere of behaviour is an ethical ideal characterised by compassion and altruism. The Bodhisattva is one who has mastered wisdom and whose conduct is permeated with this ethical ideal. Śāntideva's presentation of the Bodhisattva is not limited to the ideal, but also explores the many levels of achievement through which an aspiring novice-Bodhisattva must progress toward fulfilment of the ideal. Though Śāntideva refers to certain levels in a Bodhisattva's development and to certain turning points in his career these factors as presented in the Śikṣā do not explain how Śāntideva understands the novice-Bodhisattva in terms of the ideal. The concept of bodhicitta, the thought of enlightenment which all Bodhisattvas possess, parallels in its development with the Bodhisattva's development, and as a possible equivalent to wisdom itself serves to link the imperfect to the ideal. Śāntideva's use of comparison between the imperfect and the ideal suggests that his presentation of the Bodhisattva is designed to encourage novice-Bodhisattvas to strive for perfection. The themes of teaching, example, and purpose indicate that Śāntideva's understanding of the Bodhisattva and wisdom involves the idea of the Bodhisattva's function, as the link through which the ideal of moral perfection and wisdom has effect in the imperfect world. | McMaster University | 9 April 2021 18:14:45 | |
A Critical Study of Ācārya Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra (diss) | Parashar, Narain Chand. "A Critical Study of Ācārya Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra." PhD diss., University of Delhi, 1999. | University of Delhi | 7 April 2021 20:01:45 | ||
A Selfless Response to an Illusory World: A Comparative Study of Śāntideva and Śaṅkara | Todd, Warren Lee. "A Selfless Response to an Illusory World: A Comparative Study of Śāntideva and Śaṅkara." PhD diss., Lancaster University, 2012. https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/61623/1/Warren_Todd.pdf. | Abstract This thesis compares the ethical theories of two 8th century Indian philosophers, Śāntideva and Śaṅkara. In order to construct their ethics from philosophical premises, a metaphysical approach has been taken. A comparison of these two philosophers has never been made, nor has there been any major comparative study of the ethics of their two traditions, Indian Madhyamaka Buddhism and Advaita Vedānta. In opening the way for further comparisons between these two schools, I wish to question the manner in which scholars have consistently divided them along self/non-self (ātman/anātman) lines. The key to the comparison is thus the notion of individuated self (jīva) rather than the less personal ātman. | Lancaster University | 5 April 2021 15:48:04 | |
Tantric Buddhist Apologetics or Antinomianism as a Norm | Onians, Isabelle. “Tantric Buddhist Apologetics or Antinomianism as a Norm.” PhD diss., Oxford University, 2002. | University of Oxford | 31 March 2021 16:22:07 | ||
The Circle of Compassion: An Interpretive Study of Karuṇā in Indian Buddhist Literature | Jenkins, Stephen Lynn. "The Circle of Compassion: An Interpretive Study of Karuṇā in Indian Buddhist Literature." PhD diss., Harvard University, 1999. | Abstract This is a study of compassion in the non-tantric literature of Indian Buddhism focused on whether it is correctly characterized as self-abnegating altruism. Because the meanings of concepts like karuṇā, anukampā, and maitrī overlap and dominant terms tend to subsume the meanings of others, this study works with a broad sense of compassion as empathetic sensitivity. It brings to light the strong presence of themes of interpretation that emphasize the circular complementarity of benefiting oneself and benefiting others. This pattern holds even in apparent examples of extreme self-sacrifice and places doubt on assessments of Indian Buddhist ethics as self-abnegating. | Harvard University | 29 March 2021 23:08:24 | |
A Summons to Buddhahood: The Bodhicaryavatara as Santideva's Call to Embrace the Bodhicitta | Jack, Anthony Abraham. "A Summons to Buddhahood: The Bodhicaryavatara as Santideva's Call to Embrace the Bodhicitta." BA Honors thesis, Amherst College, 2007. | Amherst College | 22 March 2021 21:43:11 | ||
Buddhist Mereological Analysis in the Milindapañhā, Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses, and Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra | Falls, Edward Ray. "Buddhist Mereological Analysis in the Milindapañhā, Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses, and Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra." MA thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005. | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 15 March 2021 22:50:18 | ||
The Relationship between Morality and the Body in Monastic Training according to the Śikṣāsamuccaya | Mrozik, Susanne Petra. "The Relationship between Morality and the Body in Monastic Training according to the Śikṣāsamuccaya." PhD diss., Harvard University, 1998. | Abstract Where do we locate the effects of monastic training? Are these located primarily in the interior of a person's psyche or on the exterior of the body? This thesis argues that according to the Śikṣāsamuccaya, a Sanskrit Buddhist compendium of monastic discipline, virtue is as much a feature of the body as it is an inner quality—a perception which has wide resonance in the Buddhist literature of many schools. Morality is persistently associated with the body in this text. Beings are adorned or perfumed with virtue; likewise they are disfigured by sin or reek with the stench of their immoral conduct. | Harvard University | 11 March 2021 02:10:27 | |
MindFulness in Santideva's Siksasamuccaya | Jamieson, Robert Craig. "MindFulness in Santideva's Siksasamuccaya." MA thesis, University of London (King's College), 1979. | University of London | 10 March 2021 23:58:40 | ||
Bodhicitta and Bodhisattva: A Study of the Bodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva | Matics, Marion L. "Bodhicitta and Bodhisattva: A Study of the Bodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva." PhD diss., Columbia University, 1960. | Columbia University | 10 March 2021 18:41:52 | ||
Selfhood and the Metaphysics of Altruism | Maroufkhani, Kevin Perry. "Selfhood and the Metaphysics of Altruism." PhD diss., University of Hawai'i, Manoa, 2017. | Abstract Altruistic and greater-good considerations are not only fundamental aspects of ethical maturity, but also a basic means for coming to know each other. Rational egoism (the view that practical rationality requires some form of personal pay-off for the goal-driven agent) is not so easily snubbed, nor has it fallen terribly out of fashion in the social sciences and economics. I argue that it is not a truism that altruism is less natural than egocentrism for an ordinary self. It is false. I aim to reconceive the problem that altruistic considerations seem less rational than justified, egocentric considerations. I conclude that the self can identify with subjectivity as such, and thereby advance the interests of a "we-self." While epistemically distant, the "we-self" is ontologically prior to the ego. | University of Hawai'i, Manoa | 23 February 2021 16:36:05 | |
Le commentaire de Mi-pham au chapitre IX du Bodhicaryāvatāra de Śāntideva: Échos modernes d'une controverse du XVème siècle | Arguillère, Stéphane. "Le commentaire de Mi-pham au chapitre IX du Bodhicaryāvatāra de Śāntideva: Échos modernes d'une controverse du XVème siècle." PhD diss., Université Paris-Sorbonne, 1994. | Le preśent travail comporte une version française couvrant les deux premier tiers du commentaire de 'Jam-mgon 'Ju Mi-pham rNam-rgyal rGya-mtsbo (1846-1912) au neuvième chapitre du Bodhicaryāvatāra de Śāntideva, commentaire intitulé Shes-rab kyi le'u'i tshig don go sla-bar rnam-par bshad-pa Nor-bu Ketaka. L'auteur est l'un des philosophes tibétains les plus illustres de l'époque récente, bien que son œuvre ait rencontré beaucoup d'adversité et soit encore dédaignée par certain. Mais cette célébrité serait à elle seule un motif bien futile pour nous faire consentir l'effort de le lire. Il faut donc, dans un premier temps, exposer les raison du choix de ce texte comme objet de cette recherche. (Arguillère, introduction, 1) | Université Paris-Sorbonne | 18 February 2021 00:35:34 | |
Gleichheit und Mitgefühl: Prajñākaramatis Kommentar zu Bodhicaryāvatāra VIII. 89-108 | Gruber, Hans Michael. "Gleichheit und Mitgefühl: Prajñākaramatis Kommentar zu Bodhicaryāvatāra VIII. 89-108." MA thesis, University of Hamburg, 1988. | This is Hans Michael Gruber's MA thesis from the University of Hamburg (1988) titled "Equality and Compassion: Prajñākaramati's Commentary on Bodhicaryāvatāra VIII. 89–108" (Gleichheit und Mitgefühl: Prajñākaramatis Kommentar zu Bodhicaryāvatāra VIII. 89-108). | Universität Hamburg | 12 February 2021 18:32:26 |