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VIII LITERATURE ​

1. Abbreviations and Text Editions ​

A Aṅguttaranikāya, PTS edition

Ak Abhidharmakośa (of Vasubandhu), ed. by R. Sāṅkṛtyāyana, Vārāṇasī 1955

AP Aṣṭasāhasrikā-Prajñāpāramitā, ed. by P. L. Vaidya, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, vol. 4, Darbhanga 1960

Bca Bodhicaryāvatāra (of Śāntideva), ed. and transl. into Hindi by Śāntibhikṣuśāstri, Lucknow 1955

Chin. Chinese

Cv Cullavagga of the Vinayapiṭaka

D Dīghanikāya, PTS edition

Dhp Dhammapada

Itiv Itivuttaka, PTS edition

Jap. Japanese

Khp Khuddakapātha, PTS edition

Kr Karatalaratna (of Bhāvaviveka), re-translated from the Chinese into Sanskrit (and furnished with a summary in English) by N. Aiyaswami Sastri, in: Visva-Bharati Annals, vol. 2, Santiniketan 1949, pp. 35 ff.

Kv Kāraṇḍavyūha, ed. by P. L. Vaidya in: Mahāyāna-sūtrasaṅgraha, Part I, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, vol. 17, Darbhanga 1961, pp. 258 ff.

LS Laṅkāvatāra-Sūtra, ed. By B. Nanjio, Bibliotheca Otaniensis, Kyoto 1956

LSsag Sagāthakam (= appendix in verses) to the LS

M Majjhimanikāya, PTS edition

Mś Madhyamakāśāstra (of Nāgārjuna with Candrakīrti's commentary), ed. by P. L. Vaidya, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, vol. 10, Darbhanga 1960

Mv Mahāvagga of the Vinayapiṭaka, PTS edition

Mvś Mahāyānaviṃśikā (of Nāgārjuna), Sanskrit text (with

English translation) in: G. Tucci, Minor Buddhist Texts, Part I, Serie Orientale Roma, vol. IX, Rome 1956
PPāli
PHPrajñāpāramitā-Hṛdayasūtra, Sanskrit text (and English translation) in: E. Conze, Buddhist Wisdom Books—The Diamond Sūtra and the Heart Sūtra, London 1958
PTSPāli Text Society, London
SSaṃyuttanikāya, PTS edition
SktSanskrit
SnipSuttanipāta, PTS edition
SPSaddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra, ed. by N. Dutt, Bibliotheca Indica, Work No. 276, Calcutta 1953
ŚsŚikṣāsamuccaya (of Śāntideva), ed. by P. L. Vaidya, Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, vol. 11, Darbhanga 1961
SvLSukhāvatīvyūha (longer recension), ed. by P. L. Vaidya in: Mahāyānasūtrasaṅgraha, Part I, pp. 221 ff. (see Kv)
TTriṃśikā (of Vasubandhu); edition: Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi (with Sthiramati's commentary), ed. by Swāmī Maheśvarānanda, Vārāṇasī 1962
ThagTheragāthā, PTS edition
Tib.Tibetan
TsvTrisvabhāvanirdeśa; edition: The Trisvabhāvanirdeśa of Vasubandhu, Sanskrit Text and Tibetan Versions, ed. with an English translation by S. Mukhopadhyaya, Visvabharati Series No. 4, Calcutta 1939
UdUdāna, PTS edition
VinVinayapiṭaka, PTS edition
VismVisuddhimagga (of Buddhaghosa), PTS edition
VPVajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā, ed. and translated into English by E. Conze, Serie Orientale Roma, vol. XIII, Rome 1957

2. Translations of Indian works; Secondary Literature ​

As the present work does not contain any quotations from secondary literature, a list of the books consulted was dispensable. It may be mentioned, however, that the selection of references was considerably eased by the anthologies of Warren (1896), Oldenberg (1922), Seidenstücker (1923), Woodward (1925), Winternitz (1929+30), Conze (1954+9), von Glasenapp (1956), and Frauwallner (1958).

For further studies in Buddhism the reader is referred to

S. Hanayama, Bibliography on Buddhism, Tokyo 1961.

C. Regamey, Buddhistische Philosophie (Bibliographische Einführungen in das Studium der Philosophie, vol. 20/21), Bern 1950.

The following list names some scientifically based and recommendable recent works.

The life of the Buddha in history and legend is retold in:

A. Foucher, La Vie du Bouddha d'après les textes et les monuments de l'Inde, Paris 1949 (abbr. English edition: The Life of the Buddha, Middletown/Conn. 1963).

The various systems of Buddhism are outlined in:

A. Bareau a.o., Die Religionen Indiens, vol. 3: Buddhismus, Jinismus, Primitivvölker (Die Religionen der Menschheit, vol. 13), Stuttgart 1964.

E. Conze, Buddhism—Its Essence and Development, Oxford 1957.

E. Frauwallner, Geschichte der indischen Philosophie, vol. 1, Salzburg 1953.

R. A. Gard (ed.), Buddhism, New York/London 1961.

K. W. Morgan (ed.), The Path of the Buddha—Buddhism interpreted by Buddhists, New York 1956.

W. Rāhula, What the Buddha taught, Bedford 1967.

R. Robinson, The Buddhist Religion—A Historical Introduction, Belmont (California) 1970.

Bhikshu Sangharakshita, A Survey of Buddhism, Bangalore 1966.

Bhikshu Sangharakshita, The Three Jewels—An Introduction to Buddhism, London 1967.

A. K. Warder, Indian Buddhism, Delhi 1970.

The conception of Nibbāna is examined on the basis of the Pāli Nikāyas in:

R. E. A. Johansson, The Psychology of Nirvāṇa, London 1969. A system of Buddhist meditation with a compilation of illustrating Hīnayānic and Mahāyānic texts is given in: E. Conze, Buddhist Meditation, London 1956.

A presentation of the Mahāyānic Way to deliverance is found in the following book which is a translation of a Tibetan text of the twelfth century A.D.:

H. V. Guenther, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation (by sGam. po. pa), London 1970.

An idea of the Prajñāpāramitā literature and its philosophy is conveyed in

E. Conze, Selected Sayings from the Perfection of Wisdom, London 1955.

E. Conze, Buddhist Wisdom Books—The Diamond Sūtra and the Heart Sūtra, London 1958.

E. Conze, Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (English translation), Bibliotheca Indica, Work No. 284, Calcutta 1958.

Important contributions to our knowledge of the two philosophical Mahāyāna schools are:

K. K. Inada, Nāgārjuna—A Translation of his Mūlamadhyamakakārikā with an Introductory Essay, Tokyo 1970.

T. R. V. Murti, The Central Philosophy of Buddhism—A Study of the Mādhyamika System, London 1960.

K. Venkata Ramanan, Nāgārjuna's Philosophy as presented in the Mahā-Prajñāpāramitā-Śāstra, Rutland/Vermont/Tokyo 1966.

R. H. Robinson, Early Mādhyamika in India and China, Madison/Milwaukee/London 1967.

F. J. Streng, Emptiness—A Study in Religious Meaning, Nashville/New York 1967 (contains translations of the Madhyamakasāstra and the Vigrahavyāvartanī).

A. K. Chatterjee, The Yogācāra Idealism (Banares Hindu University Darśana Series, vol. 3), Banares 1962.

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Of the Tantras only the following is available in a European language:

D. L. Snellgrove, The Hevajra Tantra—a Critical Study (London Oriental Series, vol. 6), London 1959.

Useful for the knowledge of Tantrism are:

A. Bharati, The Tantric Tradition, London 1965.

Lama A. Govinda, Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism, London 1959.

Compilation: The Cultural Heritage of India, particularly vol. 1, pp. 486–536 and IV pp. 211–279, Calcutta 1958 and 1956.

G. Tucci and W. Heissig, Die Religionen Tibets und der Mongolei (Die Religionen der Menschheit, vol. 20), Stuttgart 1970.

Apart from the works of D. T. Suzuki the following book on Zen is recommendable:

J. Blofeld, The Zen Teaching of Hui Hai on Sudden Illumination (a treatise and a collection of sayings of the Zen master H.H. who lived in the eighth/ninth century A.D.), London 1962.

History and spread of Buddhism are outlined in:

E. Conze, A Short History of Buddhism, Bombay 1960.

E. Zürcher, Buddhism—Its Origin and Spread in Words, Maps and Pictures, London 1962.

The most comprehensive modern compendium of Buddhism which examines its origin, councils, spread, legends, schools, canonical languages and changes in contents up to the first century A.D., by making use of almost all primary and secondary sources, is:

É. Lamotte, Histoire du Bouddhisme Indien—des Origines à l'Ère Śaka (Bibliothèque du Muséon, vol. 43), Louvain 1958.

Information on Buddhism in Germany is supplied in:

H. W. Schumann, Buddhism and Buddhist Studies in Germany, Godesberg 1972. ​

Vin I = Mahāvagga (Đại phẩm) Vin II = Cullavagga (Tiểu phẩm) Vin III = Suttavibhaṅga, phần 1 (Pārājika, Saṅghādisesa) Vin IV = Suttavibhaṅga, phần 2 (Pācittiya...) Vin V = Parivāra

docs/vinaya-vi/kd/mv Mahāvagga (Đại phẩm) Vin I docs/vinaya-vi/kd/cv Cullavagga (Tiểu phẩm) Vin II docs/vinaya-vi/sv/bu Bhikkhuvibhaṅga (Giới bổn Tỳ-kheo) Vin III (Pārājika, Saṅghādisesa, Aniyata) + Vin IV (từ Nissaggiya Pācittiya → Sekhiya, Adhikaraṇasamatha) docs/vinaya-vi/sv/bi Bhikkhunīvibhaṅga (Giới bổn Tỳ-kheo-ni) nằm trọn trong Vin IV docs/vinaya-vi/pvr Parivāra (Tập yếu) Vin V

(Một điểm cần lưu ý: ranh giới sv/bu không khớp gọn với ranh giới Vin III/Vin IV — bản PTS cắt ngay giữa Bhikkhuvibhaṅga (Vin III dừng ở hết Aniyata, Vin IV tiếp tục từ Nissaggiya Pācittiya), trong khi thư mục sv/bu của anh chứa trọn cả hai phần đó làm một. Nên nếu gặp trích dẫn "Vin III" hay "Vin IV" trỏ vào giới bổn Tỳ-kheo, cả hai đều rơi vào sv/bu, chỉ khác vị trí (đầu file hay cuối file). Còn sv/bi thì luôn tương ứng Vin IV trọn vẹn, không lẫn Vin III.)