[Buddha-l] Early Buddhist Discourses

[Bruce G. Seidner Ph.D.]

Richard,

Thank you for the lead. Should have it by weeks end.

This puts me in mind of another text that I like, though I can't 
vouchsafe how widely accepted it is. I first read Hirakawa Akira's A 
History of Indian Buddhism Volume I, translated by Paul Groner, when 
it was published and loved how comprehensive and integrated it was. I 
anticipate that there are newer and more developed treatments of 
specific issues, but I am unaware of any text that does as good an 
overall job. I also like Paul Williams Mahayana Buddhism for the same 
reasons. (When ordering the Holder translation just now I noticed the 
Routledge 8 volume Critical Concepts series edited by Williams and 
weighing in at $2K. I'll put it on my Amazon friend accessible wish 
list and redouble my Mandala offering efforts in a cause and effect 
experiment.)

I remember emailing Groner over 5 years ago and asking about the 
status of a translation of Volume II of the Akira text. I recall 
Groner was kind enough to answer my email and shared that Volume II 
was in some form of draft. I honestly don't remember the details, but 
now I am genuinely interested.

Being a non specialist and not having attended any AAR meetings since 
1995, I am way out of the loop. Do you, Dan, or other more 
in-the-loop-academics know the status of this project. I'll go to the 
UVA website and see if Groner is still there and ask as well.

Thanking all in advance,

Bruce





At 01:35 PM 2/23/2007, you wrote:
>Dear denizens,
>
>As those of you who have followed my tirades and diatribes over the 
>years will
>know, I am a great fan of the Pali canon. At the same time, I seem never to
>be able to find a translation that I really like. When it comes to reading
>for my own personal inspiration, I am not very fussy, but when it comes to
>putting a translation into the hands of students, I have somewhat higher
>standards. I want them to find the Pali canon interesting.
>
>This year I am using yet another anthology of canonical texts, 
>having used the
>translations of bhikkhus Thanissaro and Bodhi in the past, and lots of other
>things from www.accesstoinsight.org over the years. Each of them left me
>experiencing a bit of dissatisfaction (dukkha, as the folks in Magadha called
>it lo these many years ago).
>
>The anthology I am using this semester is John J. Holder's Early Buddhist
>Discourses (Hackett 2006). The more I use this text, the more I like it. The
>translations are accessible and accurate, and each one has a very nice
>introductory essay. I recommend it highly, both for those of you who teach
>the Pali canon in translation from time to time and for those of you who like
>reading and rereading what the samana Gotama said to his friends on various
>occasions.
>
>--
>Richard P. Hayes
>Department of Philosophy
>University of New Mexico
>http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes
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