Second of two papers in the 2023 JIABS, a response to Prof. Dr. von Hinüber's paper in the same i... more Second of two papers in the 2023 JIABS, a response to Prof. Dr. von Hinüber's paper in the same issue.
This essay examines how nikāya traditions and early Mahāyānists understood the bodhisattva path. ... more This essay examines how nikāya traditions and early Mahāyānists understood the bodhisattva path. It makes the point that these traditions shared the understanding that it is only possible to enter the path in the presence of a living Buddha and that it is thus impossible for any person now living to do so. It argues that while Buddhists following nikāya traditions found a few ways to work around this problem, the authors of early Mahāyāna sūtras established a coherent bodhisattva tradition by using a bold approach to attribute bodhisattva status to their followers.
Class slideshow with pictures I took on a recent trip to Sri Lanka, including of a kathina ceremo... more Class slideshow with pictures I took on a recent trip to Sri Lanka, including of a kathina ceremony.
Presented at the XVIIth IABS Congress, Vienna, 2014. See now the version of this paper published ... more Presented at the XVIIth IABS Congress, Vienna, 2014. See now the version of this paper published in JIABS 40, 2017.
Second of two papers in the 2023 JIABS, a response to Prof. Dr. von Hinüber's paper in the same i... more Second of two papers in the 2023 JIABS, a response to Prof. Dr. von Hinüber's paper in the same issue.
This essay examines how nikāya traditions and early Mahāyānists understood the bodhisattva path. ... more This essay examines how nikāya traditions and early Mahāyānists understood the bodhisattva path. It makes the point that these traditions shared the understanding that it is only possible to enter the path in the presence of a living Buddha and that it is thus impossible for any person now living to do so. It argues that while Buddhists following nikāya traditions found a few ways to work around this problem, the authors of early Mahāyāna sūtras established a coherent bodhisattva tradition by using a bold approach to attribute bodhisattva status to their followers.
Class slideshow with pictures I took on a recent trip to Sri Lanka, including of a kathina ceremo... more Class slideshow with pictures I took on a recent trip to Sri Lanka, including of a kathina ceremony.
Presented at the XVIIth IABS Congress, Vienna, 2014. See now the version of this paper published ... more Presented at the XVIIth IABS Congress, Vienna, 2014. See now the version of this paper published in JIABS 40, 2017.
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