Guest guest Posted April 30, 2001 Report Share Posted April 30, 2001 Nedbranchi wrote: > I am writing a thesis on the sukhavativyuha sutra as a document of > buddhist bhakti. You should try contacting Dr Paul Harrison (New Zealand) for his views -- he is cuurently working on this text and gave a very informative series of lectures recently at SOAS on various textual themes. He believes the SVS is a product of the "forest-dweller" tradition and represents a meditative programme or description of their idealized world -- the Buddha surrounded by masses of adoring monks. Thus, the SVS seems to combine both meditational and "bhakti" elements. Best wishes, Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2001 Report Share Posted April 30, 2001 --- Stephen Hodge <s.hodge wrote: > Nedbranchi wrote: > > > I am writing a thesis on the sukhavativyuha sutra > as a document of > > buddhist bhakti. > You should try contacting Dr Paul Harrison (New > Zealand) for his views -- he > is cuurently working on this text and gave a very > informative series of > lectures recently at SOAS on various textual themes. > He believes the SVS > is a product of the "forest-dweller" tradition and > represents a meditative > programme or description of their idealized world > -- the Buddha surrounded > by masses of adoring monks. Thus, the SVS seems to > combine both > meditational and "bhakti" elements. > > Best wishes, > Stephen > > Hi Stephen, Thanks for the reply, its a very interesting spin on the topic and i did'nt know of this work, in fact the latest work i have heard about is by Luis Gomez. Thamks again kind regards, Ned Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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