Table of Contents
- Re: QUERY> Question about the Vinaya and
Gardeners
- ARTICLE> Tricycle piece on Richard Robinson: "The
Most Important Scholar of Buddhism You’ve Never Heard Of"
- Crowdfunding for Gandhari manuscripts
Re:
QUERY> Question about the Vinaya and Gardeners
by Victoria Sujata
Dear Colleagues,
Monks at a Dge lugs pa monastery I know well in A mdo are strictly prohibited from digging in the soil during certain parts of (?) or all six weeks of Dbyar gnas chen po.
Victoria Sujata, Harvard University alumni and associate
ARTICLE>
Tricycle piece on Richard Robinson: "The Most Important Scholar of
Buddhism You’ve Never Heard Of"
by A. Charles Muller
Dear Colleagues,This article was recommended to, something relevant to the collective memory of the field of Buddhist Studies:
https://tricycle.org/magazine/richard-robinson-buddhism/?utm_source=Tricycle&utm_campaign=...
Regards,
Chuck
Crowdfunding
for Gandhari manuscripts
by Mark Allon
Dear H-Buddhism list members,
We have just launched a crowdfunding campaign for the study and digital
publishing of two newly available 1st to 2nd century CE Gāndhārī scrolls. The
first contains a portion of the first chapter of a Gāndhārī version of the Samādhirāja-sūtra,
the Discourse on the King of Concentrations. The second contains a portion of a
Gāndhārī version of the ninth chapter of the Pratyutpanna-buddha-saṃmukhāvasthita-samādhi-sūtra,
the Discourse on the Concentration of Direct Encounter with the Buddhas of the
Present Time. Both are, by centuries, our earliest witnesses of these important
Mahāyāna texts and shed new light on the rise of the Mahāyāna and its literary
traditions.
For further information on these texts, our project and the donation
platform, see https://crowdfunding.sydney.edu.au/project/10335
If enough people donated even a modest amount, our crowdfunding initiative
will easily reach its goal. The University of Sydney handles all transactions
and receipts for your donation. For Australian donors, gifts before the 30th of
June are tax deductible for this financial year.
Kindest regards,
Dr. Mark Allon
Prof Paul Harrison
Prof Richard Salomon
Dr Andrew Skilton
Ian McCrabb
Stephanie Majcher
Dr Mark Allon
Chair, Dept. of Indian Subcontinental Studies
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Australia
