Bhante,

Thanks to your networking, I am now in touch with Ven Analayo. He has generously sent
me "back issues" of his Majjhima studies of those Suttas that I have completed
working on. Now that I have finished reading those I have requested him to send me
the rest. His work is very thorough and useful.

Both your papers and Analayo's studies are of great value to me, or should I say to
those I teach. The Suttas are much clearly now.

I am still reading your historic and revolutionary "History of Mindfulness". Many of
your ideas I can relate to as I have voiced them myself over 2 decades ago when the
"Vipassana" following in Malaysia was very strong. Sadly it was a voice in the
wilderness then.

I know it is not easy even for your voice to be heard and positively responded to by
the right people. But like all voices of truth and moderation, it will be heard in
due course when the truth will out.

Some of my students say I was 20 years ahead but the gap is closing now.

I am spending much time now reflecting on your "History" and revising/updating my own
Sutta translations. This is such delightful Dharma detective work! More exciting than
"Name of the Rose" for sure.

SATIPATTHANA MULA

One thing puzzles about your usage of "Satipatthana Mula" (which I must say, is the
Dharma gift of this century), with the adjective suffixed. Wouldn't it sound better
if it read: "Mula Satipatthana" instead like "Maha Satipatthana," etc.

SATIPATTHANA SUTTA FAMILY TREE

By the way, Bhante, have the Appendices 1 "Reconstructing the Angas" and 2 "The
Satipatthana Sutta Family Tree" been completed yet? I still have only the draft copy
of "History".

Namakkara.m

Piya
 
 

Bhante Sujato wrote:

> Hi Piya,
>
> It's available from PTS. The first two (large!) volumes are
> available, with the critical notes, text, etc. The translations are
> due to appear in the third, final, volume, hopefully this year.
> Skilling has worked on this for twenty years, and he remarks that he
> has watched it grow over the years like his waistline! Thanks to
> Stephen Hodge for originally putting me on to this. The
> reconstructed Skt titles of the Tibetan texts are:
>
> Mayajala
> Bimbisarapratyudgamana
> Sunyata (=MN 121)
> Mahasunyata (=MN 122)
> Dhvajagra 1
> Dhvajagra 2 (= SN1, XI.1.3)
> Pancatraya (=MN 102)
> Mahasamaja (=DN 20)
> Atanatiya (=DN 32)
> Aryavaisalipravesa
>
> Each of these has various other parallels in the Pali, Skt, etc., as
> well as the main ones listed. The group constitutes perhaps the
> major collection of early Agama-sutras available in Tibetan. As you
> can see, it contains a rather curious mix of doctrinally heavy and
> light-weight material. Evidentally the texts were used as parittas.
>
> in Dhamma
>
> Bhante Sujato
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Piya Tan <libris@...> wrote:
> > Bhante,
> >
> > It would be lovely to have Peter Skilling's work on "Maha Sutras"
> as I have been
> > looking for this work without success so far.
> >
>
>
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