Jon,

Actually Brahmanimantanika Sutta is M 49, where it is the Buddha who goes up
to the Brahma world, and Mara succeeds in blinding the brahmas there! It's
like
John Milton's Paradise Lost with Satan succeeding, but the Buddha knows what
is going on.

Brahma's invitation is early in the Buddha's ministry, reported mostly in
the Mahavagga
of the Vinaya (V 1:7).

Anyway if anyone else can help, I will be most grateful.

Thanks again Jon.

Piya

On Feb 8, 2008 9:21 PM, Jon Fernquest <bayinnaung@...> wrote:

> Ven. Piya Tan wrote: "Sorry for this abrupt change of topic, but does
>
> any know if any scholars have written on the origin or roots of the
> "Brahma's Invitation" story (V 1:7 etc). I remember some time back
> coming across a journal or book title on this."
>
> Sorry, can't really answer your question yet, but I know where to begin,
> "Google book search" and "Google scholar" show:
>
> http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=Brahmanimantanika+Sutta&spell=\
> 1<http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=Brahmanimantanika+Sutta&spell=1>
>
> http://books.google.com/books?q=Brahma-nimantanika+Sutta&btnG=Search+Boo\
> ks<http://books.google.com/books?q=Brahma-nimantanika+Sutta&btnG=Search+Books>
>
> (I actually tried to look in the indexes of paper books first!)
>
> Gombrich touched upon it and also Bhikkhu Nanamoli.
>
> Breadcrumbs like from scholars like this are a great way of learning.
>
> Over at the Chinese History website there used to be an entrance exam,
> that was open book, so it was effectively a great way of learning about
> Chinese history. All the answers were in Wikipedia subject to a close
> reading.
>
> Thanks for the bread crumbs.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jon Fernquest
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, "Piya Tan"
> <dharmafarer@...> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for this abrupt change of topic, but
> > does any know if any scholars have written on the origin or roots of
> the
> > "Brahma's
> > Invitation" story (V 1:7 etc). I remember some time back coming across
> a
> > journal
> > or book title on this.
> >
> > I have read interesting articles on the possible sources of Ambattha
> of the
> > Ambattha
> > Sutta, that is, Svetaketu of the Upanishads. It is interesting to see
> how
> > the Buddha
> > and the early Buddhists revamp such ideas for their audience. And also
> > reminds us
> > of the true context of suttas when translating them.
> >
> > With metta,
> >
> > Piya Tan
> >
> >
> > On Feb 7, 2008 8:00 PM, Jon Fernquest <bayinnaung@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear List;
> > >
> > > "King's of the Buddha's Time" (1983) by Bhikkhu Amritananda of Nepal
> > > (now deceased)
> > >
> > > This is a really fantastic book that I would recommend to anyone
> > > interested in Pali literature.
> > >
> > > It is full of useful background information and puts Jataka stories
> > > into context.
> > >
> > > Often you hear names when reading the Tipitaka that can sometimes
> not
> > > have meaning for the reader due to limitations in knowledge. This
> book
> > > weaves together disparate parts of the Tipitaka into biographies and
> > > narratives and provides this background info.
> > >
> > > It only cost 80 baht (2.5 US dollars) at the bookstore across from
> Wat
> > > Benjamapopit (sorry for spelling) which leads me to believe that the
> > > price was set more to cover the cost of paper than to make any
> profit,
> > > with an aim to disseminating this work as widely as possible.
> > >
> > > Which leads me to conclude that a lot of authors of works probably
> > > would be open to making their work available on the internet, if
> asked
> > > politely with objective of non-profit dissemination made clear.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Jon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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