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McKeown (2018), Śāriputra and the End of Late Indian Buddhism

Arthur McKeown. 2018/6/30. Guardian of a Dying Flame: Śāriputra (c. 1335–1426) and the End of Late Indian Buddhism. Harvard Oriental Series 89. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 450 pp. ISBN 9780674984356. USD 50.00. [official site]

From the Abstract: This study describes later Indian Buddhism through a detailed examination of the life of Śāriputra (c. 1335–1426), the last known abbot of the Bodhgayā Mahāvihāra, whose very presence extends Indian Buddhism by two centuries. This work also provides a view into the legacy of Indian Buddhism in fifteenth-century Nepal, Tibet, and China. Continue reading “McKeown (2018), Śāriputra and the End of Late Indian Buddhism”

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AABS seminar series 1 (2018), Sydney

Australian Association of Buddhist Studies seminar series, Semester 1, 2018. Meditation, Mind, and Healing: From India to Tibet and Beyond. Lecture Theatre S325, John Woolley Building, University of Sydney.

1. Trauma and Time: Tibetan Medical Responses to Nepal’s 2015 Earthquakes
Sienna R. Craig
Dartmouth College, USA
Wednesday 7 March, 6:00-7:30pm

2. Meditation in Tibetan Buddhism: Mind, Mahāmudrā and the Rhetoric of Immediacy
Jim Rheingans
University of Sydney
Thursday 15 March, 6:00-7:30pm

3. Facts or Fakes? Reconsidering Śāntideva’s Names, Life, and Works
Akira Saito
International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies, Tokyo
Thursday 22 March, 6:00-7:30pm

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Gilgit MSS II.4 (2017), Further Mahāyānasūtras

Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India, Facsimile Edition. Volume II.4: Further MahāyānasūtrasAdelheid Mette, Noriyuki Kudo, Ruriko Sakuma, Chanwit Tudkeao and Jiro Hirabayashi, eds. 2017. Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India, Facsimile Edition. Volume II.4: Further Mahāyānasūtras. New Delhi: The National Archives of India and Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University 創価大学 国際仏教学高等研究所. xliv pp + 151 pp of plates. ISBN 978-4-904234-15-0.

Series official site: http://iriab.soka.ac.jp/publication/

Gilgit MSS II.4 Ratnaketuparivarta, Kāraṇḍavyūha
Gilgit MSS vol. II.4, pp.74-75: folios from the Ratnaketuparivarta and Kāraṇḍavyūha

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Ham (2016), Buddhist Critiques of the Veda

Ham, Hyoung Seok. 2016. “Buddhist Critiques of the Veda and Vedic Sacrifice: A Study of Bhāviveka’s Mīmāṃsā Chapter of the Madhyamakahṛdayakārikā and Tarkajvālā“. University of Michigan: PhD diss. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/120797 [PDF]

From the Abstract: The dissertation includes an overview of Bhāviveka’s long chapter on Mīmāṃsā in his Madhyamakahṛdayakārikā and reviews previous scholarly opinion on the identity of opponent of the chapter. It next examines how Bhāviveka employed each of the traditional critiques against the new opponent, demonstrating that he drew heavily on the Abhidharma and Sāṃkhya literature to counter the Mīmāṃsaka defense of the Veda and Vedic sacrifice, while adding new levels of specificity and sophistication.

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Acri ed. (2016), Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia

Acri, Andrea (ed). 2016. Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia: Networks of Masters, Texts, Icons. Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series 27. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. xii+468 pp. ISBN: 978-981-4695-09-1 (whole book, digital), ISBN 978-981-4695-08-4 (print). [PDF: Introduction, Bibliography, Index]

Official site: ISEAS. OCLC: 958714872. TOC: Andrea Acri at academia.edu. Review: newbooks.asia

Acri 2016, Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia

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