A Less Traveled Path
Saddharmasmrtyupasthanansutra chapter 2: Critically edited with A Study on Its Structure and Significance for the Development of Buddhist Meditation. Volume I and Volume II
by Daniel M. Stuart, edited by Ernst Steinkellner
A Less Traveled Path brings to light unique textual evidence of an important transitional moment in Indian Buddhism. This book includes a critical edition and translation of the second chapter of a third- or fourth-century Buddhist Sanskrit text, the Saddharmasmrtyupasthanasutra, which sheds light on the so-called “Middle Period” of Indian Buddhism. In his introduction, Stuart argues that meditative practice, rhetoric, and philosophy were intimately tied to one another when the Saddharmasmrtyupasthanasutra was redacted, and that it serves as an important historical touchstone for understanding the development of Buddhist mind-centered metaphysics. This development is historically significant because it marks a major shift in Indian Buddhist religious practice, which conditioned the emergence of fully developed Mahayana path schemes and power-oriented tantric ritual traditions in the centuries that followed the text’s compilation.
- By (author) Daniel M Stuart
- Edited by Ernst Steinkellner
Other Titles in this Series
The Dharmadhatustava
A Critical Edition of the Sanksrit with the Tibetan and Chinese Translations, a Diplomatic Transliteration of the Manuscript and Notes
Volume 17
Candrakirti’s Madhyamakavatarabhasya
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Volume 22
Dharmakirti’s Sambandhapariksa and Devendrabuddhi’s Sambandhapariksavrtti
Critically edited by Ernst Steinkellner
Volume 23
Dharmottara’s Pramanaviniscayatika Chapter 3
Diplomatic Edition. In collaboration with Takashi Iwata and Toshiazu Watanabe
Volume 21
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