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The bodhisttva path: Based on the ugapariprccha, a mahayana sutra/ Jan Nattier

By: Nattier, Jan Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi: M.B, 2007Description: 383 pISBN: 978120820487DDC classification: 294.3

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Part One; Analysis 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE FORMATION OF THE INQUIRY OF UGRA The Ugra as a Literary Document Versions of the SOtra The Name "Ugradatta" The Epithet Grhapati Ugra as Literary Character: Precedents in Earlier Texts The Title of the Sutra The Ugra as a Ratnakuta Text _ • The Evolution of the Text over Time Structure and Genre Date and Provenance 3. THE UGRA AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS The Problem of Textual Stratification Types of Interpolations in the Ugra Multiplication of epithets Completion of a standard list Recall of a passage from elsewhere Filling in the blanks Reiteration with additional examples Addition of genuinely new material The Possibility of Omissions and Abbreviations Moving Pieces: Alterations in the Sequence of the Text Extracting Historical Data from a Normative Source The principle of embarrassment The principle of irrelevance The principle of counterargument The principle of corroborating evidence Ex Silentio: The Interpretation of Absence A Distant Mirror: Studying Indian Buddhism through Chinese and Tibetan Texts 4. THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING Defining Categories: Household vs. Renunciant Life Lay Bodhisattvas Monastic Bodhisattvas Bodhisattvas and ^ravakas in the Buddhist Sangha The Vihara and the Wilderness Hirakawa's theory of the lay origins of the Mahayana Ray's theory of the forest origins of the Mahay^a Gender Issues Conclusions: Bodhisattvas in Their Nikaya Contexts 5. BODHISATTVA PRACTICES: GUIDELINES FOR THE PATH THE LAY BODHISATTVA Taking Refuge The Eleven Precepts The Practice of Giving The Transformation of Merit Detachment from People and Things The Triskandhaka Ritual The Necessity of Becoming a Monk THE MONASTIC BODHISATTVA The Four Noble Traditions Wilderness-Dwelling Avoiding Contact with Others Maintaining Humility 6. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BODHISATTVA CAREER: IMPLICIT ASSUMPTIONS The Three Vehicles: Separate Paths to Separate Goals The Impossibility of Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime Motivations for the Bodhisattva Path Bodhisattva Vows Stages of the Path The Six Pdramitas Tactical Skill The Buddha and the Practitioner Paying homage Making offerings Service Meditative remembrance Conclusions: Imitative vs. Relational Cultivation 7. TELLING ABSENCES: WHAT IS NOT IN THE UGRA The Term "Hinayana" Bodhisattva Universalism The Supermundane Buddha The Rhetoric of Emptiness The Cull of the Stupa The Cull of the Book Devotion to Celestial Buddhas Devotion to CelesUal Bodhisattvas Conclusions: The Significance of Absence 8. THE MAHAY ANA IN THE MIRROR OF THE UGRA Part Two: Translation Translation Techniques and Conventions Which Text? Which Reading? Symbols and Conventions PRACTICES OF THE LAY BODHISATTVA 0. opening Salutation 1. The Setting 2. Ugra's Inquiry 3. Going for Refuge 4. The Refuges, Repeated 5. Good Deeds 6. The Bodhisattva's Perspective 7. The Eleven Precepts 8. The Bodhisattva in Society 9 The Faults of the Household Life 10. The Benefits of Giving 11 Thoughts When Encountering Beggars 12. Detachment from People and Things 13. Cultivating Aversion for One's Wife 14. Cultivating Detachment from One's Son 15. How to Interact with Beggars 16. The Triskandhaka Ritual ' 17. When Monks Violate the Precepts 18. When Visiting a Monastery 19. Contrasts between Household and Renunciant Life 20. When Visiting a Monastery, Cont'd. 21. The Ordination of Ugra and His Friends (version 1) PRACTICES OF THE MONASTIC BODHISATTVA 22. The Renunciant Bodhisattva's Practices 23. The Four Noble Traditions 24. The Noble Traditions and Other Ascetic Practices 25. The Virtues of Wilderness-Dwelling 26. Interacting wjth Other Monks and Teachers 27. The Pure Morality of the Renunciant Bodhisattva 28. The Pure Meditation of the Renunciant Bodhisattva 29. The Pure Insight of the Renunciant Bodhisattva 30. The Ordination of Ugra and His Friends (version 2) 31. How the Householder Can Live as a Renunciant 32. Dialogue with Ananda 33. The Title of the Text 34. The Final Reaction of the Audience 35. Title and Colophon

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Part One; Analysis
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE FORMATION OF THE INQUIRY OF UGRA
The Ugra as a Literary Document
Versions of the SOtra
The Name "Ugradatta"
The Epithet Grhapati
Ugra as Literary Character: Precedents in Earlier Texts
The Title of the Sutra
The Ugra as a Ratnakuta Text
_ • The Evolution of the Text over Time
Structure and Genre
Date and Provenance
3. THE UGRA AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE:
METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
The Problem of Textual Stratification
Types of Interpolations in the Ugra
Multiplication of epithets
Completion of a standard list
Recall of a passage from elsewhere
Filling in the blanks
Reiteration with additional examples
Addition of genuinely new material
The Possibility of Omissions and Abbreviations
Moving Pieces: Alterations in the Sequence of the Text
Extracting Historical Data from a Normative Source
The principle of embarrassment
The principle of irrelevance
The principle of counterargument
The principle of corroborating evidence
Ex Silentio: The Interpretation of Absence
A Distant Mirror: Studying Indian Buddhism through
Chinese and Tibetan Texts
4. THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING
Defining Categories: Household vs. Renunciant Life
Lay Bodhisattvas
Monastic Bodhisattvas
Bodhisattvas and ^ravakas in the Buddhist Sangha
The Vihara and the Wilderness
Hirakawa's theory of the lay origins of the Mahayana
Ray's theory of the forest origins of the Mahay^a
Gender Issues
Conclusions: Bodhisattvas in Their Nikaya Contexts
5. BODHISATTVA PRACTICES: GUIDELINES FOR
THE PATH
THE LAY BODHISATTVA
Taking Refuge
The Eleven Precepts
The Practice of Giving
The Transformation of Merit
Detachment from People and Things
The Triskandhaka Ritual
The Necessity of Becoming a Monk
THE MONASTIC BODHISATTVA
The Four Noble Traditions
Wilderness-Dwelling
Avoiding Contact with Others
Maintaining Humility
6. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BODHISATTVA
CAREER: IMPLICIT ASSUMPTIONS
The Three Vehicles: Separate Paths to Separate Goals
The Impossibility of Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
Motivations for the Bodhisattva Path
Bodhisattva Vows
Stages of the Path
The Six Pdramitas
Tactical Skill
The Buddha and the Practitioner
Paying homage
Making offerings
Service
Meditative remembrance
Conclusions: Imitative vs. Relational Cultivation
7. TELLING ABSENCES: WHAT IS NOT IN THE UGRA
The Term "Hinayana"
Bodhisattva Universalism
The Supermundane Buddha
The Rhetoric of Emptiness
The Cull of the Stupa
The Cull of the Book
Devotion to Celestial Buddhas
Devotion to CelesUal Bodhisattvas
Conclusions: The Significance of Absence
8. THE MAHAY ANA IN THE MIRROR OF THE UGRA
Part Two: Translation
Translation Techniques and Conventions
Which Text?
Which Reading?
Symbols and Conventions
PRACTICES OF THE LAY BODHISATTVA
0. opening Salutation
1. The Setting
2. Ugra's Inquiry
3. Going for Refuge
4. The Refuges, Repeated
5. Good Deeds
6. The Bodhisattva's Perspective
7. The Eleven Precepts
8. The Bodhisattva in Society
9 The Faults of the Household Life
10. The Benefits of Giving
11 Thoughts When Encountering Beggars
12. Detachment from People and Things
13. Cultivating Aversion for One's Wife
14. Cultivating Detachment from One's Son
15. How to Interact with Beggars
16. The Triskandhaka Ritual
' 17. When Monks Violate the Precepts
18. When Visiting a Monastery
19. Contrasts between Household and Renunciant Life
20. When Visiting a Monastery, Cont'd.
21. The Ordination of Ugra and His Friends (version 1)
PRACTICES OF THE MONASTIC BODHISATTVA
22. The Renunciant Bodhisattva's Practices
23. The Four Noble Traditions
24. The Noble Traditions and Other Ascetic Practices
25. The Virtues of Wilderness-Dwelling
26. Interacting wjth Other Monks and Teachers
27. The Pure Morality of the Renunciant Bodhisattva
28. The Pure Meditation of the Renunciant Bodhisattva
29. The Pure Insight of the Renunciant Bodhisattva
30. The Ordination of Ugra and His Friends (version 2)
31. How the Householder Can Live as a Renunciant
32. Dialogue with Ananda
33. The Title of the Text
34. The Final Reaction of the Audience
35. Title and Colophon

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