Dharma Drum Buddhist College Website
for ongoing research
projects involving Bhikkhu Anālayo
(Attitudes
towards Nuns in Early Buddhist Texts)
(Researching its
Early Buddhist Roots)
(Translation
into English)
(Studies of
Practical Aspects)
(Annotated
English Translation of Sūtra Quotations
in his Abhidharmakośa Commentary)
(Translation
into English)
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The Early
Buddhist Order of Nuns
The purpose of this project is to study
the role of, as well as the attitude towards, nuns in early Buddhist texts. At
present, a monograph is under preparation that will provide annotated
translations of the extant eight canonical accounts of the foundation of the
order of nuns, so as to make them available to the general public. This will be
combined with a comparative study of these accounts, placing them within a
wider context of attitudes towards nuns in early Buddhist texts in general.
The accounts of the foundation of the
nuns' order to be translated and studied are:
1) Dharmaguptaka version, T 1428, 四分律, 922c;
2) 'Haimavata' (?)
version, T 1463, 毘尼母經, 803a;
3) Mahāsāṃghika
version, Sanskrit ed. by Roth 1970: Bhikṣuṇī-Vinaya,
Patna pp. 4-21;
4) Mahīśāsaka
version, T 1421, 彌沙塞部和醯五分律, 185b;
5) (Mūla-)sarvāstivāda version, T
1451, 根本說一切有部毘奈耶, 350b (to be
compared with the Tibetan counterpart in the ʼdul
ba, phran tshegs kyi gzhi
and the extant Sanskrit fragments);
6) Sarvāstivāda
version, Madhyama-āgama no 116, 瞿曇彌經, 605a;
7) Theravāda
version, Aṅguttara-nikāya, AN 8.51
at AN IV 274, and Vinaya, Vin II 256;
8) Version of unknown school provenance, T 60,
佛說瞿曇彌記果經, 856a.
Publications by ven. Anālayo relevant
to this theme:
- "Attitudes
Towards Nuns – A Case Study of the Nandakovāda
in the Light of its Parallels", (with an appendix by Giuliana
Martini) Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2010, vol. 17 pp. 332-400. download
- "The
Bahudhātuka-sutta and its Parallels on Women’s
Inabilities", Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2009, vol. 16 pp.
137-190. download
- "Chos sbyin gyi
mdo, Bhikṣuṇī
Dharmadinnā Proves Her Wisdom", Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, 2011, vol. 24 pp. 3-33 download.
- "Defying Māra
– Bhikkhunīs
in the Saṃyukta-āgama", (forthcoming).
- "Mahāpajāpatī’s
Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama", Journal of Buddhist Eth ics,
2011, vol. 18 pp. 268-317. download
- "Outstanding Bhikkhunīs in the Ekottarika-āgama", (forthcoming).
- "Theories
on the Foundation of the Nuns' Order – A Critical Evaluation", Journal
of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka, 2008, vol. 6 pp.
105-142. download
- "Women's
Renunciation in Early Buddhism - The Four Assemblies and the Foundation of the
Order of Nuns", in Dignity and Discipline, The Evolving Role of Women
in Buddhism, Jampa Tsedroen
and Thea Mohr (ed.), Boston: Wisdom 2010, pp. 65-97.
Time
frame:
The translations
have been completed, a first presentation took place
at the IABS conference in June 2011.
Publication in book form is scheduled for 2014.
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Roots of the
Bodhisattva Ideal
This project
aims at studying aspects of the bodhisattva ideal from an early Buddhist
perspective.
The first part
of this project has been completed, presenting evidence relevant to the
possible arising of three central aspects of the bodhisattva ideal:
1) the developed
bodhisattva concept,
2) the notion of
taking a vow under a past Buddha,
3) the idea of
receiving a prediction of future Buddha-hood.
The examination
of these aspects has been published as:
- The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal, (Hamburg
Buddhist Studies 1), Hamburg University Press, 2010. download
This publication
will in the more distant future be followed by a similar study of the triad Arhat, Pratyekabuddha, Buddha.
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Translation of
the Madhyama-āgama
The translation
of the Madhyama-āgama, to be published as
part of the Numata series, began in 2006 under the
chief editorship of Marcus Bingenheimer, with ven. Anālayo
and Rod Bucknell as co-editors. By now, the first
volume containing translations of chapters 1 to 6 has been completed and should
be coming out soon. In the meantime, due to his many other work commitments
Marcus Bingenheimer has requested ven. Anālayo to take
over the role of chief editor for the remaining two volumes to be translated.
The present plan is to complete volume 2 (chapters 7 to 12) by the end of 2012
and volume 3 (chapters 13 to 18) by the end of 2013.
In addition to
the above project, a publication of ven.
Anālayo's collected papers with comparative
studies of single Madhyama-āgama discourses
is at present under preparation and will appear in print towards the end of
2012.
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The practice of
meditation is one of the main areas of interest of ven. Anālayo.
Publications in this area began with his phd
thesis on satipaṭṭhāna,
completed in 2000 and published in 2003, which has by now become a bestseller,
with translations into several other languages being either completed or under
way.
- Satipaṭṭhāna, the Direct
Path to Realization,
Birmingham: Windhorse, 2003. reviews
This has been
followed by two monographs, published in 2009 and in 2010, which collect
selected entries, originally published in the Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, on
topics related to meditation practice.
- From Craving to Liberation – Excursions
into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses (1), New York:
Buddhist Association of the United States, 2009. download
- From Grasping to Emptiness – Excursions
into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses (2), New York:
Buddhist Association of the United States, 2010. download
In addition to
these monographs, several articles by ven.
Anālayo take up various aspects of meditation
practice:
- "The Ancient Roots of the U Ba Khin Vipassanā
Meditation", Journal of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka 2006,
vol. 4 pp. 259-269. download
- "The Āneñjasappāya-sutta
and its Parallels on Imperturbability and on the Contribution of Insight to the
Development of Tranquillity", Buddhist Studies Review, 2009, vol.
26 no. 2 pp. 177-195.
- "The Development of Insight – A
Study of the U Ba Khin Vipassanā Meditation Tradition as Taught by S.N. Goenka in Comparison with Insight Teachings in the Early
Discourses", Fuyan Buddhist Studies,
2011, vol. 6 pp 151-174. download
- "The Dynamics of Theravāda Insight Meditation]", in 佛教禪坐傳統國際學術研討 會論文集, Taiwan: Dharma
Drum Academic Publishing (forthcoming).
- "The First Absorption (Dhyāna) in Early Indian Buddhism – A Study of Source
Material from the Madhyama-āgama", in Cultural
Histories of Meditation, H. Eifring (ed.), University
of Oslo, (forthcoming).
- "Mindfulness in the Pāli Nikāyas", in Buddhist Thought and Applied
Psychological Research, K. Nauriyal (ed.),
London: Routledge Curzon, 2006, pp. 229-249.
-
"Mindfulness
of Breathing in the Saṃyukta-āgama", Buddhist
Studies Review, 2007, vol. 24 no. 2 pp. 137-150.
- "Sati & Samādhi",
in Preserving the Dhamma, Writings in Honor of the Eightieth Birthday of Bhante
Henepola Gunaratana Mahā Thera, Y. Rahula (ed.), West Virginia: Bhavana
Society, 2007, pp. 89-92.
At present, a
study of emptiness meditation is under preparation, which will focus on the
gradual entry into emptiness described in the Smaller Discourse on Emptiness
(MN 121) and its parallels, publication of which is scheduled for 2013.
In the more
distant future, another monograph will study the practice of loving kindness in
the context of the brahmavihāras.
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Sūtra-quotations in Śamathadeva's Abhidharmakośa
Commentary
Śamathadeva's Chos mngon paʼi mdzod kyi ʼgrel bshad nye bar mkho
ba zhes bya
ba ("The Essential Companion to the
Treasury of the Abhidharma", Derge no. 4094 /
Peking no. 5595), is a handbook for the study of the Abhidarmakośa
that quotes passages from the (Mūla-)sarvāstivāda canon.
Preserved only in Tibetan translation, Śamathadeva's
work contains a wealth of early Buddhist discourse material. The project aims
at making the discourses quoted in this text available in English
translation, accompanied by comparative notes that draw attention to
significant differences found in discourse parallels extant in Chinese, Pāli
and Sanskrit etc.
The project is
undertaken by Giuliana Martini, with the assistance
of ven. Anālayo.
Peter Skilling has kindly agreed to act as an academic supervisor for the
project.
Time frame:
The project
started in April 2010, when Giuliana Martini began to
work on a preliminary translation of the sūtra
quotations during a six months stay in Japan, sponsored by the Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai (Society for the Promotion of Buddhism) and is
at present being continued at DDBC.
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- An Annotated Translation
This project
aims at providing an English rendering of the Saṃyukta-āgama
(雜阿含經 / Taishō no. 99) that
has been preserved in a Chinese translation undertaken 435-436 by Băoyún (寶雲), based on what
appears to have been a Sanskrit original of (Mūla-)sarvāstivāda provenance read out by Guṇabhadra. The translation will be accompanied by
annotations that take into account significant differences found between Saṃyukta-āgama discourses and
their extant parallels in Chinese, Pāli, Sanskrit and Tibetan. The project
will begin after the translation of the Madhyama-āgama
(see above) has been completed.
The translation and comparative study
will be undertaken by ven. Anālayo. Rod Bucknell,
retired professor of Chinese and Buddhist Studies (Queensland), has kindly
consented to act as a translation consultant to the project. Ken Su, a private
scholar from Taiwan who has for many years been studying and teaching on the Saṃyukta-āgama collection, has
kindly agreed to cooperate by checking the translations.
Translations by ven. Anālayo
of single Saṃyukta-āgama discourses:
- (SĀ
110) "Saccaka's Challenge – A Study of the Saṃyukta-āgama Parallel to the Cūḷasaccaka-sutta", Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal, 2010, vol. 23 pp. 39-70. download
- (SĀ
200) "Teaching and Liberation – The Saṃyukta-āgama
Parallel to the Rāhulovāda-sutta",
in Felicitation Volume for Professor Samtani,
ed. L. Shravak, 2011 (forthcoming).
- (SĀ
276) "Attitudes Towards Nuns – A Case Study of
the Nandakovāda in the Light of its Parallels",
(with an appendix by Giuliana Martini) Journal of
Buddhist Ethics, 2010, vol. 17 pp. 332-400. download
- (SĀ
344 and SA 389) "Right View and the Scheme of the Four
Truths in Early Buddhism", (forthcoming).
- (SĀ
505) "Śakra and the Destruction of Craving
– A Case Study in the Role of Śakra in Early
Buddhism", Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2011,
vol. 12 pp. 157-176.
- (SĀ
505) "Teaching the Abhidharma in the Heaven of the Thirty-three, the
Buddha and his Mother", (forthcoming).
- (SĀ
810) "Mindfulness of Breathing in the Saṃyukta-āgama",
Buddhist Studies Review, 2007, vol. 24 no. 2 pp. 137-150.
- (SĀ
1032) "Teachings to Lay Disciples – The Saṃyukta-āgama
Parallel to the Anāthapiṇḍikovāda-sutta",
Buddhist Studies Review, 2010, vol. 27 no. 1 pp. 3-14.
- (SĀ
1077) "The Conversion of Aṅgulimāla
in the Saṃyukta-āgama",
Buddhist Studies Review, 2008, vol. 25 no. 2 pp. 135-148.
- (SĀ
1198 – SĀ 1207) "Defying Māra – Bhikkhunīs
in the Saṃyukta-āgama", (forthcoming).
- (SĀ
1042) "The Saṃyukta-āgama
Parallel to the Sāleyyaka-sutta", Journal
of Buddhist Ethics, 2006, vol. 13 pp. 1-22. download
- (SĀ
1249) "Exemplary Qualities of a Monastic – The Saṃyukta-āgama
Counterpart to the Mahāgopālaka-sutta and
the Need of Balancing Inner Development with Concern for Others", Sri
Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2010, vol. 1 pp.
1-22.
- (SĀ
1265) "Vakkali's Suicide in the
Chinese Āgamas", (forthcoming).
- (SĀ
1266) "Channa's Suicide in the Saṃyukta-āgama", Buddhist Studies Review,
2010, vol. 27 no. 2 pp. 125-137.
For translations of discourses from
other Āgamas see ven. Anālayo's list
of publications