The papers in the present volume are offered in honour of Professor David Seyfort Ruegg for his nomumental contribution to scholarship in the fields of Indology and Buddhist adn Tibetan Studies. They cover a broad range of topics and represent some of the most recent research by leading scholars in Indial and Tibetan studies from the UK, Europe, and USA and Japan.
Buddhist Forum, Volume III, 1991-1993, Edited by: Tadeusz Skorupski, Ulrich Pagel, Heritage Publishers, Hardcover, 1995, 445 Pages, $35.00
Dr. Tadeusz Skorupski is a lecturer in Buddhist Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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Preface |
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| Abbreviations |
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| Works of David Seyfort Ruegg |
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Helmut Eimer & Pema Tsering, Bonn
Legs Skar/Skar bzang / Sunaksatra |
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Rupet Gethin, University of Bristol
Bhavanga and Rebirth According to the Abhidhamma |
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Minoru Hara, University of Tokyo
Deva-garbha and Tathagata-garbha |
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Stephen Hodge, London
Considerations on the Dating and Geographical Origins of the Mahavairocanabhisambodhi-sutra |
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David Jackson, Universtiy of Hamburg
The Status of Pramana Doctrine According to Sa skya Pandita and Other Tibetan Masters: Theoretical Discipline or Doctrine of Liberation? |
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Per Kvaerne, University of Oslo
The Bon Religion of Tibet: A Survey of Research |
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Karen Lang, University of Virginia
Meditation as a Tool for Deconstruction the Phenomenal World |
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Donald S. Lopez, Jr., University of Michigan
dGe'dun Chos 'phel's Position on Vigrahavyavartini 29 |
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Stewart McFarlane, University of Lancaster
Fighting Bodhisattvas and Inner Warriors: Buddhism and the Martial Traditions of China and Japan |
185 |
Kenneth R. Norman, University of Cambridge
Mistaken Ideas about Nibbana |
211 |
Kenneth R. Noman, University of Cambridge
A Note on silavigadabhica in Asoka's Rummindei Inscription |
227 |
Alexander Piatigorsky, SOAS
Some Observations on the Notion of Tathagatagarbha |
239 |
Cristina A Scherrer-Schaub, University of Lausanne
Tendance de la Pensee de Candrakirti, Buddhajnana et Jinakriya |
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Gregory Schopen, University at Austin, Texas
Stupa and Tirha: Tibetan Mortuary Practices and an Unrecognized Form of Burial Ad Sanctos at Buddhist Sites in India |
273 |
Tom J.F. Tillemans, University of Lausanne
Pre-Dharmakirti Commentators on Dignaga's Definition of a Thesis (paksalaksana) |
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Paul Williams, University of Bristol
On Altruism and Rebirth: Philosophical Comments on Bodhicaryavatara 8: 97-8 |
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Ulrich Pagel, The British Library
The Bodhisattvapitaka and the Aksayamatinirdesa: Continuity and Change in Buddhist Sutras |
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Tadeusz Skorupski, SOAS
A Prayer for Rebirth in the Sukhavati |
375 |
Bibliography |
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