LEADER 04482nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910809944403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-59976-6 010 $a9786613629609 010 $a0-231-52667-9 024 7 $a10.7312/nanc15230 035 $a(CKB)2550000000087171 035 $a(EBL)909373 035 $a(OCoLC)818856676 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600005 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11385006 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600005 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10599149 035 $a(PQKB)10202981 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000455033 035 $a(DE-B1597)459157 035 $a(OCoLC)1013954609 035 $a(OCoLC)979832065 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231526678 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL909373 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10530578 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL362960 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909373 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000087171 100 $a20110415d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpeaking for Buddhas $escriptural commentary in Indian Buddhism /$fRichard F. Nance 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15230-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tONE. Models of Speaking: Buddhas and Monks -- $tTWO. Models of Instruction: Preachers Perfect and Imperfect -- $tTHREE. Models of Argument: Epistemology and Interpretation -- $tFOUR. Models of Explication: Commentarial Guides -- $tConclusion -- $tAPPENDIX A The Vy?khy?yukti , Book I -- $tAPPENDIX B. The Abhidharmasamuccayabh??ya (Excerpt) -- $tAPPENDIX C. The 2check.txt 404_isbns_2019-07-03.txt MARC_Update_ISBNs_2019-07-03.txt TEMPFILES all_avail_titles_-_valid_urls_2019-07-03.tsv dgotcxml non_reg_dois_2019-07-03.tsv qisbn-isbn-doi.tmp toc_results_2019-07-03.txt toc_tmp.tmp Vivara?asa?graha?? -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex of Texts -- $tIndex 330 $aBuddhist intellectual discourse owes its development to a dynamic interplay between primary source materials and subsequent interpretation, yet scholarship on Indian Buddhism has long neglected to privilege one crucial series of texts. Commentaries on Buddhist scriptures, particularly the sutras, offer rich insights into the complex relationship between Buddhist intellectual practices and the norms that inform—and are informed by—them. Evaluating these commentaries in detail for the first time, Richard F. Nance revisits—and rewrites&mdashthe critical history of Buddhist thought, including its unique conception of doctrinal transmission.Attributed to such luminaries as Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Santideva, scriptural commentaries have long played an important role in the monastic and philosophical life of Indian Buddhism. Nance reads these texts against the social and cultural conditions of their making, establishing a solid historical basis for the interpretation of key beliefs and doctrines. He also underscores areas of contention, in which scholars debate what it means to speak for, and as, a Buddha. Throughout these texts, Buddhist commentators struggle to deduce and characterize the speech of Buddhas and teach others how to convey and interpret its meaning. At the same time, they demonstrate the fundamental dilemma of trying to speak on behalf of Buddhas. Nance also investigates the notion of "right speech" as articulated by Buddhist texts and follows ideas about teaching as imagined through the common figure of a Buddhist preacher. He notes the use of epistemological concepts in scriptural interpretation and the protocols guiding the composition of scriptural commentary, and provides translations of three commentarial guides to better clarify the normative assumptions organizing these works. 606 $aBuddhist literature$zIndia$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBuddhism$zIndia$xHistory 615 0$aBuddhist literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBuddhism$xHistory. 676 $a294.3/85 686 $aBE 8510$2rvk 700 $aNance$b Richard F$01714464 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809944403321 996 $aSpeaking for Buddhas$94108282 997 $aUNINA