Canonical Rebirth Stories
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Stories of past (and future) lives found in the Buddhist Canon.
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Canonical Works (16)
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I offered all those flowers with a happy mind
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Readings (16)
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I investigate the tale of the Buddhaʼs sojourn in the Heaven of the Thirty-three to teach his mother, based on a translation of a version of this episode in the Saṃyukta-āgama preserved in Chinese, with a view to discerning the gradual development and significance of this tale.
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The emergence of a new type of sūtra emphasizing motherly love seems to reflect a powerful current of filial sentimentality conspicuous in Indian Buddhism
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In some works Sadāprarudita is presented as the paragon of one who searches for prajñāpāramitā; in others he is the model for those who desire to serve their gurus. In China, moreover, during the early stage of the Pure Land tradition, Sadāprarudita was regarded as the preeminent exemplar of one practising the niànfósānmèi 念佛三昧 (recollection of the buddhas).
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In the traditional world one never hears a story for the first time; every telling is a retelling.
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In early Buddhism paccekabuddhas are liminal figures in two senses: they appear between Buddhist dispensations, and they are included as a category of awakening between sammāsambuddha and arahat. Because of their appearance in times of no Buddhism, paccekabuddhas feature regularly in jātaka literature, as exemplary renouncers, teachers, or recipients of gifts. This article asks what the liminal status of paccekabuddhas means for their interactions with the Buddha and his past lives as Bodhisatta.
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It is possible to know the original intent of our sacred literature.
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An accessible introduction to the Avadānaśataka of the (Mūla)Sarvāstivāda Tradition including a basic explanation of the fragmented nature of “Middle Period” Indian Buddhism.
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