Why the Monks took no Delight in the Buddha’s Words
Records of the Buddha’s sermons in the Pali Canon often end with a statement that the monks delighted in the Buddha’s words. However, the first sermon in one collection, the Majjhima Nik?ya, says that they did not delight in them. though this reading is ancient, most modern editors have emended by r...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2008
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Religions of South Asia
Année: 2008, Volume: 2, Numéro: 1, Pages: 83-87 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
lectio difficilior
B Upaniṣadic context B Pali Canon |
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| Résumé: | Records of the Buddha’s sermons in the Pali Canon often end with a statement that the monks delighted in the Buddha’s words. However, the first sermon in one collection, the Majjhima Nik?ya, says that they did not delight in them. though this reading is ancient, most modern editors have emended by removing the negative. this article argues that a careful study of the preceding text reveals why the negative is correct. |
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| ISSN: | 1751-2697 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rosa.v2i1.83 |
