The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Anālayo with translations of Ekottarika-āgama discourses and comparative studies of their Pāli parallels, together with three appendices on the terms Mahāyāna, Hīnayāna, and Theravāda. Several papers study aspects of the Ekottarika-āgama as a collection distinct from other Nikāya and Āgama collections. In addition, topics taken up in the course of this book are seclusion, the lion's roar, the wheel-turning king, Paccekabuddhas, and the four noble truths, as well as depictions of accomplished nuns and their significance.

 

---

 

作者簡介

Bhikkhu Anālayo

was born in Germany in 1962 and ordained in Sri Lanka in 1995. He completed a Ph.D. thesis at the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in 2000 and a habilitation thesis at the University of Marburg (Germany) in 2007. At present he is a professor at the University of Hamburg, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies (Germany).

Contents
List of Tables and Plates
DILA Series
Foreword
Introduction 1
Bhayabherava-sutta (MN 4)
Cūḷasīhanāda-sutta (MN 11)
Kakacūpama-sutta (MN 21)
Bhaddāli-sutta (MN 65)
Makhādeva-sutta (MN 83) Part 1
Makhādeva-sutta (MN 83) Part 2
Makhādeva-sutta (MN 83) Part 3
Isigili-sutta (MN 116)
Saccavibhaṅga-sutta (MN 141)
Jiṇṇa-sutta (SN 16.5)
Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta (SN 56.11)
Etadagga-vagga (AN 1.14.5)
Sela-sutta (Sn 3.7)
Subhā-therīgāthā (Thī 396)
Gotamī-apadāna (Ap 17)
Bhaddā-apadāna (Ap 27 & 28)
Padīpadāna-jātaka (Paññāsa-jā 4.5)
Appendix (1): Mahāyāna
Appendix (2): Hīnayāna
Appendix (3): Theravāda
Abbreviations
References
Index
Plates

List of Tables

Table 1: Translated Ekottarika-āgama Discourses
Table 2: The Three Turnings
Table 3: Bodhisattva and Yāna References in T 125
List of Plates

Plate 1: Lion Capital
Plate 2: The cakravartin Māndhātṛ
Plate 3: A Paccekabuddha
Plate 4: Turning the Wheel of Dharma (1)
Plate 5: Turning the Wheel of Dharma (2)