From: Piya Tan
Message: 12132
Date: 2008-02-08
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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