The Vicissitudes of Memory and Early Buddhist Oral Transmission

With the present paper, I attempt to develop a new perspective on the dynamics behind oral transmission in early Buddhism, in order to account for its two chief aspects of variation and similarity. For that purpose, I examine the early Buddhist oral tradition against its Vedic background and then tu...

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主要作者: Bhikkhu, Anālayo (Author)
格式: 电子 文件
语言:English
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出版: 2009
In: Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
Year: 2009, 卷: 5, Pages: 5-19
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总结:With the present paper, I attempt to develop a new perspective on the dynamics behind oral transmission in early Buddhism, in order to account for its two chief aspects of variation and similarity. For that purpose, I examine the early Buddhist oral tradition against its Vedic background and then turn to the findings of modern psychological research on the function and short-comings of memory, in order to apply these findings to the case of early Buddhism.,
ISSN:1710-825X
Contains:Enthalten in: Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies