Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara by Richard, Salomon -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: The Rediscovery of Gandhāran Buddhist Literature Part I. Contexts

1. The World of Gandhāran Buddhism

Gandhāra and India’s Northwest Frontier The Bloody History of Paradise Early Buddhism and Gandhāra Aśoka and the Mauryan Empire The Indo-Greeks The Age of the Scythian Kingdoms The Climax of Gandhāran Buddhist Culture under the Kuṣāṇa Empire The Decline of Buddhism in Gandhāra The Legacy of Gandhāran Buddhism

2. Buddhist Manuscripts, Buddhist Languages, and Buddhist Canons

Buddhist Texts and Canons The Languages of Buddhism Gāndhārī and Kharoṣṭhī Deciphering Gāndhārī Documents The Destiny of Gāndhārī and the Triumph of Sanskrit The Gāndhārī Hypothesis Further Discoveries of Gandhāran Manuscripts The Character of the Scrolls

3. The Buddhist Literature of Gandhāra

The Scope of Gandhāran Buddhist Literature Canonical and Paracanonical Sūtras Vinaya Texts Abhidharma and Scholastic Literature Edifying Narratives Mahāyāna Texts Miscellaneous Texts What Did Gandhāran Buddhists Read? Oral and Written Texts and Canons Was There a Gāndhārī Canon? The Problem of School Affiliation

Part II. Texts

Sūtras in Prose

1. Three Numerically Grouped Sūtras

a. The Buddha and the Brahman Dhoṇa b. The Words of the Buddha c. The Four Efforts

2. Five Thematically Grouped Sūtras

a. The Four Concentrations b. Not Yours c. Living Full of Disenchantment d. The Adze Handle e. The Parable of the Log

Poetic Texts

3. The Rhinoceros Sūtra

Translation

4. A Chapter from the Dharmapada

The Monk

Legends and Previous-Life Stories

5. Songs of Lake Anavatapta

a. Mahākāśyapa b. Nanda c. Śroṇa Koṭiviṃśa g. Yaśas e. Piṇḍola Bharadvāja f. Vāgīśa g. Nandika h. Kusuma

6. Six Stories of Previous Lives and Other Legends

a. The Story of a Rich Man b. The Previous Life of the Bodhisattva as a Merchant c. The Previous Life of the Bodhisattva as Prince Sudaṣṇa d. The Previous Life of Ājñāta Kauṇḍinya as a Potter e. The Previous Life of Ānanda as a Prince f. The Monk and the Saka

7. Avadāna Legends

a. The Contest between the Black and White Magicians b. The Story of Zadamitra

8. The Many Buddhas Sūtra

Translation

Scholarly Commentaries and Debates

9. A Commentary on the Sūtra of Chanting Together

a. The Five Faculties b. The Six Roots of Argument

10. A Commentary on Canonical Verses

a. Trade What Ages b. Endowed with Proper Conduct c. An Angry Man

11. An Abhidharma Treatise on Time and Existence

Translation

The Emerging Mahāyāna

12. The Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra

a. The Practice of the Knowledge of All Forms b. The Teaching on Merit

Conclusions

State of the Art and Future Prospects What Have We Learned?

Appendices

Notes Glossary Bibliography Image Credits Index About the Author Copyright