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Speaking for Buddhas: Scriptural Commentary in Indian Buddhism
Richard F. Nance
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Description for Speaking for Buddhas: Scriptural Commentary in Indian Buddhism
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRES. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560. Scriptural Commentary in Indian Buddhism. 312 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRES. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight: 560.
Buddhist intellectual discourse owes its development to a dynamic interplay between primary source materials and subsequent interpretation, yet scholarship on Indian Buddhism has long neglected to privilege one crucial series of texts. Commentaries on Buddhist scriptures, particularly the sutras, offer rich insights into the complex relationship between Buddhist intellectual practices and the norms that inform--and are informed by--them. Evaluating these commentaries in detail for the first time, Richard F. Nance revisits--and rewrites--the critical history of Buddhist thought, including its unique conception of doctrinal transmission. Attributed to such luminaries as Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Santideva, scriptural commentaries have long played ... Read more
Buddhist intellectual discourse owes its development to a dynamic interplay between primary source materials and subsequent interpretation, yet scholarship on Indian Buddhism has long neglected to privilege one crucial series of texts. Commentaries on Buddhist scriptures, particularly the sutras, offer rich insights into the complex relationship between Buddhist intellectual practices and the norms that inform--and are informed by--them. Evaluating these commentaries in detail for the first time, Richard F. Nance revisits--and rewrites--the critical history of Buddhist thought, including its unique conception of doctrinal transmission. Attributed to such luminaries as Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Santideva, scriptural commentaries have long played ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231152303
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V9780231152303
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About Richard F. Nance
Richard F. Nance is assistant professor of South Asian Buddhism in the Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Reviews for Speaking for Buddhas: Scriptural Commentary in Indian Buddhism
...particularly instructive for Buddhists who find themselves in these early stages of receiving and interpreting the dharma in the West. Buddhadharma Meticulously situating his sources within the institutional and cultural landscape of their creation, Nance explores these questions with clarity, intelligence, and even humor. This work will be an especially welcome resource for graduate students of Buddhism and other Indian ... Read more