Characters in the EBTs
Even setting aside The Buddha himself, the Early Buddhist Texts are full of fascinating and compelling characters.
Table of Contents
- Articles (13)
- Audio/Video (5)
- Booklets (4)
- Canonical Works (25)
- Essays (1)
- Excerpts (1)
- Monographs (2)
- Papers (2)
Articles (13)
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one of the most outstanding testimonies to the Buddha’s capability as a teacher is the conversion of the killer Aṅgulimāla.
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in neither case do the terms function as indicators that the address or the detail of the teaching is solely for monks
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A translation of the Tibetan parallel to MN 44, showcasing the Arahant Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā’s profound explanations of the Dhamma.
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I have seen the Blessed One;
This is my last body,
And I will not go
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The Pali account of the physician Jīvaka illustrates a well-established āyurvedic medical tradition and preserves at least one practice not found in classical āyurveda.
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individual Brahmās (Sahāṃpati, Baka and an unnamed Brahmā) have different characters … lower than the Buddha and his great disciples[, their] individual names are a new design, not shared in the Vedic tradition of Brahmanism.
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A thorough, statistical survey of the Pāli suttas addressed to lay people, analyzing their breakdown by gender, caste, and attainment.
Audio/Video (5)
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Māra was largely a way to differentiate Buddhism from Hindu competitors by drawing on a number of Hindu stories and then subverting and redeploying their symbolism.
Booklets (4)
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An anthology of stories about Buddhist women from the Pāli Canon.
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A collection of commentarial and canonical Pāli stories telling how the Buddha demonstrated his great compassion.
Canonical Works (25)
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What kind of bhikkhu, friend Ānanda, could illuminate the Gosinga Sāla-tree Wood?
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“It would not be appropriate for me to give the Buddha a powerful laxative.”
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sensual pleasures are time-consuming, full of suffering and despair, and the danger in them is greater still
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Venerable Sāriputta and Venerable Mahāmoggallāna meditate together in peace not even a yakkha could disturb.
Essays (1)
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Reginald Ray has argued for a radical reassessment of Devadatta as a forest saint who was unfairly maligned in later monastic Buddhism. His work has been influential, but it relies on omissions and mistaken readings
Excerpts (1)
Monographs (2)
Papers (2)
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the queerness of the figure of Ānanda, whose name can be variously translated as “joy,” “bliss,” or “happiness,” fairly lept off the pages at me