Pali and Buddhism errata list October 2023

Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, 2022

Review article on Levman, Bryan G., Pāli and Buddhism: Language and Lineage. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021

Hamburg Buddhist Studies Series 17. Bochum/Freiburg: Projekt Verlag, 2021

https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/en/publikationen/hamburg-buddhist-studies.html

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 o f long discourses transmitted by the different Buddhist schools. Thanks to the discovery and ongoing publication of the incomple te Sanskrit Dīrgha-āgama manuscript from Gilgit, three different versions of the Collection of Long Discourses are now available for comparative study: the Pali Dīgha-nikāya transmitted within the Theravāda tradition, the just-mentioned Dīrgha-āgama in Sanskrit, identified as Sarvāstivāda or Mūlasarvāstivāda, and the Chinese translation of an Indic Dīrgha-āgama (長阿含經), generally considered to be affiliated with the Dharmaguptakas. The six papers collected here focus on research on these various incarnations of the collection of long discourses in comparative perspective.

The Bhikkhunīvibhaṅga of the Vinaya of the Theravādins contains only the rules unique to nuns (bhikkhunīs), and, in addition, a statement regarding the total number of rules valid for them. It does not include the rules from the Bhikkhuvibhaṅga which are common (sādharaṇa) to both, monks (bhikkhus) and nuns (bhikkhunīs). From the Vinaya itself it is neither clear which of the bhikkhus’ rules are shared and which unshared (asādharaṇa), nor in which sequence the rules unique to bhikkhunīs and those common to bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs are to be grouped together in a complete Bhikkhunīpatimokkha. The Bhikkhunīvibhaṅga sections of the commentaries on Vinaya and Pātimokkha, that is the Samantapāsādikā and Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī, comment solely on the rules unique to bhikkhunīs. But both contain information as to which rules from the Bhikkhuvibhaṅga are common to bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs, and both include guidelines for grouping the rules. Thereby these two commentaries differ with respect to the complete set of Nissaggiya-Pācittiya rules for bhikkhunīs. The sequence proposed in the Samantapāsādikā – the better one from the point of view of content – also is more consistent with the sequence of rules parallel to the Nissaggiya-Pācittiya section in other Buddhist schools’ Bhikṣuṇīprātimokṣas. The sequence in the Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī, on the other hand, goes along with the arrangements of the Saṅghādisesa and Pācittiya rules in the (received) Theravāda tradition and is the one found in all complete Bhikkhunīpātimokkha editions.

Rivista di Studi Orientali, 2020

The present contribution is a step in a wider research project shared by the three authors on the notion of gift and merit in Brahmanical and Buddhist culture. A crucial term in this respect is the Ved. noun dákṣiṇā, Pā. dakkhiṇā, on which a vast amount of secondary literature already exists. Nonetheless, the time has come to evaluate these consolidated findings against the background of the numerous additional linguistic and cultural data that are currently available. In particular, a comparative analysis of the two traditions might help to illuminate both, as already contemplated by Oguibénine (1982: 402), when he suggested to look into the Buddhist concept of transference of merit to better understand the Vedic dákṣiṇā. It is fruitful to assume, and put to the test, an original continuity in the cultural history of the dákṣiṇā/dakkhiṇā, understood not as a gift or offering to the officiant, but as a positive auspicious condition enabling the one who attains it to achieve and possibly distribute or transfer blessings and merits. In this article, the three authors concentrate on an interesting derivative from this etymon, namely Pā. dakkhiṇeyya and Ved. dakṣiṇya in an attempt to prove that the translation commonly adopted for the Vedic term that is strictly limited to a ritual context, i.e., ‘worthy of priestly gifts’, does not completely match the Pāli testimony and that at the same time it is not even consistent w ithin the Vedic occurrences themselves. Keywords · Ved. dákṣiṇā/Pā. dakkhiṇā, Ved. dakṣiṇya/Pā. dakkhiṇeyya, Gift, Merit, Transference of merit, (Booty) distribution.

Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 2022

This article explores the relationship between the Śākya and Gautama designations associated with the historical Buddha in relation to the re-imagination of his lineage in the textual environment of the (Mūla-)Sarvāstivādins and their wider religio-historical context. In particular, it explores the amalgamation of these two names within an otherwise unknown aetiological story embedded in the Saṅghabhedavastu of the Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya, in a unique narrative sequence designed to re-tell the origin of the Śākya clan. Through a close reading of the text, I provide evidence of the story's many Buddhist and non-Buddhist sources and propose a relatively late date for the story's appearance. In this light, I further suggest a reading of this story as an apologetic narrative with a polemic agenda vis-à-vis the imagined critique of allodox practitioners adhering to Brahmanical religious, social and aesthetic-literary values, and as a self-representation instrument for this monastic community.

Śāntamatiḥ: Manuscripts for Life, Essays in Memory of Seishi Karashima, 2023

This study examines the formulaic definition of right view stated as the antithesis of wrong view occurring in a textual module stemming from discourses (as well as Vinaya texts) transmitted by different lineages of recitation of the early Buddhist oral corpus. The definition distinguishes between ‘there is not’ (wrong view) and ‘there is’ (right view) what is given, etc. After a brief introduction (I), the study begins by providing the text and translation of an occurrence of the module in a discourse quotation from the exposition on the ‘Great Forty’ in Śamathadeva’s Abhidharmakośopāyikā-ṭīkā (Up 6080), first presenting the formulation for wrong view (II) and variations found in parallel versions of the module (II.1), and then taking up the corresponding module for right view (III). After that it draws out the essential doctrinal and soteriological import of the assertion statement (III), whose endorsement is not seen as exclusively Buddhist (III.1). This is followed by a closer look at the unexpected reference to sacrifice and oblation in several versions of the textual unit in question (IV), examined in the light of the early Buddhist renegotiation of giving and sacrifice (IV.1–2). The study concludes with reflections on the significance of the affirmation of the efficacy of sacrifice and its relationship to giving in the Buddhist formulation of right view (V).

Academia Materials Science, 2024

Hydrogels are networks of three-dimensional cross-linked polymers which possess the capacity to absorb and retain water. Hydrogels have proven to be adaptable and versatile, making them useful in various biomedical applications such as tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Among the various types of hydrogels, Peptide-based hydrogels are most suited for biological applications due to their special features which include biodegradability, mechanical stability, biocompatibility, capacity to retain more water, injectability, and elasticity like that of tissues. In this review, we will present the recent advancements that have occurred in the field of peptide-based hydrogels concerning its biomedical applications especially delivery of Targeted delivery, Wound healing, Tissue engineering, Stem cell Therapy, etc.

Cartografia e Sensoriamento Remoto – Fundamentos e Uso – Volume 1, 2019

Modo de acesso: World Wide Web Inclui bibliografia 1. Cartografia 2. Sensoriamento Remoto 3. Geografia I. Título CDD-621.3678 O conteúdo dos artigos e seus dados em sua forma correção e confiabilidade são de responsabilidade exclusiva dos seus respectivos autores.