[Buddha-l] Age of the Sutta Nipata

[Piya Tan]

I find Wynne's book very refreshing after the utilitarian skepticism of
Schopen & co. It is a book worth reading and treasuring, It is actually
available for FREE download here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7947338/The-Origin-of-Buddhist-Meditation

It has a number of other good titles, too.

Perhaps more writer could upload their titles here for the benefit of
fund-challenged scholars.

Piya Tan


On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 10:17 PM, L.S. Cousins <selwyn at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Those interested in the age of the Suttanipaata might like to look at the
> fifth chapter of Alexander Wynne's new book:
> Wynne, Alexander, _The origin of Buddhist meditation_, Routledge, London,
> 2007.
>
> He re-presents the arguments for the earliness of Sn and offers a strong
> critique of some of Vetter's positions.
>
> Lance Cousins
>
>
>  Gang,
>>
>> Thanks to Piya, Richard, and especially Lance for their responses
>> regarding the age of the Suttanipaata. I'm struck by Lance's contention that
>> arguments on the earliness of texts tend to be circular or suffer from
>> petitio principii. Very convenient to be a translator as well as a
>> commentator in such a matter. One can then point to the authority of the apt
>> text so much more easily when supporting one's conclusions/assumptions!
>>
>> In the end, as Lance says, "views are likely to differ on this." How
>> delightful that I can go on thinking of both the Suttanipaata and parts of
>> the Majjhimanikaaya as "early/authoritative" simply because I like them.
>>
>> (I'm hopeful and naive enough to think I would *not* do this in my own
>> subfields of Buddhist practice in America and the depth psychology of
>> Buddhism. Indeed, in those fields, what I *like* I'm especially *suspicious*
>> of. But I will allow myself a little luxury of attachment in early Pali
>> literature.)
>>
>> Franz
>>
>
>
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