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The "Path" to attain liberation ("marga"), a central notion of Buddhist praxis and thought, designates specific patterns of behaviour and methods of practice connected with transformative powers and soteriological goals. This volume shows the plurality and complexity of Buddhist views on the Path found in Buddhist doctrinal, narrative and philosophical literature, epigraphic sources and iconographic programmes from South Asia. Through new analyses-rather than general pictures--of different kinds of sources, this volume examines how the Path was interpreted, discussed and represented in Buddhist traditions of South Asia. It traces the contours of ideologies of the Path that have variously influenced the formation and development of Buddhist identities in the religious and intellectual landscape of premodern South Asia and contributes to revisiting modern descriptions of the Buddhist Path. Contributors are: Naomi Appleton, Malcolm David Eckel, Vincent Eltschinger, Anna Filigenzi, Rupert Gethin, Jowita Kramer, Daniel M. Stuart, Peter-Daniel Szanto, Vincent Tournier and Nobuyoshi Yamabe.
Marga: Paths to Liberation in South Asian Buddhist Traditions, Cristina Pecchia and Vincent Eltschinger (eds.), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Paperback, 426 pp, $104.00
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CONTENTS: Marga: Paths to Liberation in South Asian Buddhist Traditions
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Foreword
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1
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Rupert GETHIN
Schemes of the Buddhist Path in the Nikayas and Agamas
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5
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Naomi APPLETON
The Story of the Path: Indian Jataka Literature and the Way to Buddhahood
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79
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Vincent ELTSCHINGER
The "dhyana-Master" Asvaghosa on the Path, Mindfulness, and Concentration
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99
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Vincent TOURNIER
Stairway to Heaven and the Path to Buddhahood: Donors and Their Aspirations in Fifth- and Sixth-Century Ajanta
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177
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Nobuyoshi YAMABE
Alayavijnana in Meditative Context
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249
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Daniel M. STUART
Map Becomes Territory: Knowledge and Modes of Existence in Middle Period Buddhist Meditation Practice
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277
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Malcolm David ECKEL
The Poetics of the Path: Bhaviveka's Tattvamrtavatara ("Introduction to the Ambrosioa of Reality")
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303
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Jowita KRAMER
Concepts of the Spiritual Path in the *Sutralamkaravrttibhasa (Part II): The Eighteen manaskaras and the adhimukticaryabhumi
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329
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Peter-Daniel SZANTO
The Road Not to Be Taken: An Introduction to Two Ninth-Century Works Against Buddhist Antinomian Practice
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363
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Anna FILIGENZI
Visual Embodiments of the Buddhist marga: Space, Place and Artistry in Ancient Swat/Uddiyana
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381
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Index
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415
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