Jekyll2026-06-06T17:17:50+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/feed/content/ma.xmlThe Open Buddhist University | Content | Madhyama ĀgamaA website dedicated to providing free, online courses and bibliographies in Buddhist Studies. Khemarato Bhikkhuhttps://twitter.com/buddhistuniCrescendo Repetitions: From the Madhyama-āgama to the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā2024-09-11T23:58:38+07:002026-04-20T19:02:17+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/crescendo-repetitions_analayo

… instances of this pattern are not examples of the ‘play of formulas’ proprosed by Shulman.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoThe Madhyama Āgama: Volume 42024-04-15T16:18:51+07:002024-11-02T23:11:41+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/ma4_bdkThe final volume of BDK’s translation of the MA, containing discourses 182–222.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoThe Madhyama Āgama: Volume 32023-10-15T13:56:04+07:002024-11-02T23:11:41+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/ma3_bdkA translation of MA Discourses 132–181.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoMA 81 念身: Mindfulness of the Body2023-08-18T23:06:12+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/ma081

If he thus goes into seclusion and lives alone, his thoughts aren’t careless. He cultivates diligence, stops mental disturbances, and attains a concentrated state…

For an alternative translation, see Kuan, 2007.

]]>pattonAnnotated Translation of the Chinese Version of the Kāyagatāsati Sutta2023-08-17T18:07:03+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/annotated-translation-of-the-chinese-version-of-the-kayagatasati-sutta_kuan-tsefuA translation of the Chinese Version of the Kāyagatāsati Sutta (MA 81), which differs somewhat from the Pāli version of the text.

]]>Tse-fu Kuanhttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/kuan-tsefuZhong A-han (T. 26)2021-11-25T00:20:05+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/excerpts/zhong-ahan_analayo

The Madhyama Āgama collection translated [into Chinese] by Sanghadeva contains altogether 222 discourses, distributed over eighteen chapters

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoMoving from Dhyāna to Dhyāna: The Account in MĀ 1762021-09-11T05:29:18+07:002023-01-22T18:27:43+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/essays/moving-from-dhyana-to-dhyana_patton

four cases of a dhyāna practitioner who is:

  1. Increasing (熾盛) but thinks they are decreasing (衰退)
  2. Decreasing but thinks they are increasing
  3. Increasing and truly knows they are increasing
  4. Decreasing and truly knows they are decreasing
]]>Charles Pattonhttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/patton-cThe Buddha’s Truly Praiseworthy Qualities: According to the Mahāsakuludāyi-sutta and Its Chinese Parallel2021-08-17T10:02:00+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/buddhas-truly-praiseworthy-qualities_analayo

Given the fact that the praiseworthy qualities of the Buddha are the main theme of the Mahāsakuludāyi-sutta and its parallel, it is not surprising if the tendency to elevate the Buddha’s status would to some degree also have influenced the reciters responsible for transmitting the discourse. A comparison of the two versions in fact reveals several instances where this tendency is at work

A translation and analysis of MA 107, a short parallel to MN 77.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoAbbreviation in the Madhyama-āgama2021-04-17T15:21:37+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/abbreviation-ma_analayo

… such problems makes it advisable not to rely on the Pāli version for reconstructing the Madhyama-āgama parallel.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoBrahmā’s Invitation: the Ariyapariyesanā-sutta in the Light of its Madhyama-āgama Parallel2021-03-22T10:31:36+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/brahmas-invitation_analayo

The way the denizens of the ancient Indian pantheon appear in early Buddhist texts exemplifies a mode of thought that scholars have called “inclusivism”.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoMahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama2021-01-10T15:17:15+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/mahapajapati-pabaja_analayo

… based on what can be culled from the Madhyama-āgama discourse in comparison with the other versions, it seems possible to arrive at a coherent narrative of [the founding] of the order of nuns.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoThe Madhyama Āgama: Volume 22020-09-13T13:24:23+07:002024-11-02T23:11:41+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/ma2_bdkA translation of MA Discourses 72–131.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoThe Madhyama Āgama: Volume 12020-09-13T13:24:23+07:002024-11-02T23:11:41+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/ma1_bdkA translation of MA Discourses 1–71.

With contributions by Kin-Tung Yit, William Chu, Teng Weijen, Shi Chunyin, and Kuan Tse-fu.

]]>Marcus Bingenheimerhttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/bingenheimerMadhyama-āgama Studies2020-09-13T13:24:23+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/ma-studies_analayo

Each study is based on partial or complete translations of the Madhyama-āgama discourse in question – one exception being the parallel to the Cūḷavedalla-sutta, where I instead translate the Tibetan parallel – followed by an examination of some aspects that I felt to be of further interest.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoResearch on the Madhyama-Āgama2020-09-13T13:24:23+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/ma-research_dhammadinna

… the third volume of proceedings of the Āgama seminars held by the Āgama Research Group at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (formerly Dharma Drum Buddhist College) during the last weekend of October 2015

]]>Comparative Notes on the Madhyama-āgama2020-09-13T13:24:23+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/ma-comparative-notes_analayo

The present paper offers a survey of some features of the Madhyama-āgama, based on a comparison with its extant parallels.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoThe Verses on an Auspicious Night Explained by Mahākaccāna: A Study and Translation of the Chinese Version2020-08-10T12:52:03+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/mahakaccanas-auspicious-night_analayoAn example of how the early Buddhist texts changed (and didn’t) during the course of oral recitation, and a lovely discourse on how to have an auspicious night.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoWhat the Buddha Would Not Do: According to the Bāhitika-sutta and its Madhyama-āgama Parallel2020-05-29T13:07:53+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/what-the-buddha-would-not-do_analayo

… bodily conduct that harms oneself, harms others, harms both; that destroys wisdom and fosters evil; that does not [lead to] attaining Nibbāna, does not lead to knowledge, does not lead to awakening, and does not lead to Nibbāna.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoMA 25 水喻: Discourse on the Five Ways of Putting an End to Anger2020-05-27T19:19:15+07:002024-11-12T07:10:06+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/ma025Venerable Shariputra explains five ways to quell anger through wise attention, giving five memorable similes on being determined to find the good in everyone.

]]>Thích Nhất Hạnhhttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/tnhMA 80: The Rough Cloth2020-05-10T10:48:58+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/ma080The Venerable Aniruddha tells the monks about his practice of austerity.

]]>Charles Pattonhttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/patton-cThe Sixfold Purity of an Arahant According to the Chabbisodhana-sutta and its Parallel2020-04-27T07:34:16+07:002024-09-24T14:48:08+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/sixfold-purity-of-an-arahant_analayoA thorough description of what makes someone fully enlightened, explaining how arahantship is the culmination and perfection of the path.

]]>Bhikkhu Anālayohttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/analayoMA 128 Upasaka Sutra: Discourse on the White-Clad Disciple2020-04-01T19:57:12+07:002024-11-12T07:10:06+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/ma128The Buddha encouages lay disciples to practice the five precepts and frequently recollect their purity.

]]>Thích Nhất Hạnhhttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/tnhMA 220 Arittha Sutra: The Discourse on Knowing the Better Way to Catch a Snake2020-03-08T16:58:36+07:002024-11-12T07:10:06+07:00https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/ma220A Bhikkhu gives rise to a pernicious view, which the Buddha criticizes before giving a deep analysis of the aggregates.

]]>Thích Nhất Hạnhhttps://buddhistuniversity.net/authors/tnh