Sayings of the Buddha: New Translations from the Pali Nikayas (Oxford World's Classics): Gethin, Rupert: 9780192839251: Books

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Sayings of the Buddha: New Translations from the Pali Nikayas (Oxford World's Classics): Gethin, Rupert: 9780192839251: Books



Sayings of the Buddha: New Translations from the Pali Nikayas (Oxford World's Classics) Critical ed. Edition
by Rupert Gethin (Translator)
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As more and more westerners study and practice Buddhism, reliable modern translations of the Buddha's teachings are increasingly in demand. One of the main sources for knowledge of the Buddhadharma is the four Pali Nikayas or "collections" of his sayings. Written in Pali, an ancient Indian
language closely related to Sanskrit, the Nikayas are among the oldest Buddhist texts and consist of more than one and a half million words. This new translation offers a selection of the Buddha's most important sayings, reflecting the full variety of material contained in the Nikayas: the central
themes of the Buddha's teaching (his biography, philosophical discourse, instruction on morality, meditation, and the spiritual life) and the range of literary style (myth, dialogue, narrative, short sayings, verse). This edition is the most critically up-to-date and For anyone seeking a more direct
encounter with the Buddha's words and teaching, this new translation will prove to be essential reading, rewarding scholars and practitioners alike.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert
introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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"Rupert Gethin's Sayings of the Buddha [is] translated with an eye toward readability, dispensing with the turgid English found in early translations of the canon. This short volume is sure to join Gethin's other work as a resource for teachers and students, and anyone interested in early Buddhist
literature."--Buddhadharma



About the Author

Rupert Gethin is the author of The Buddhist Path to Awakening and The Foundations of Buddhism.



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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Critical ed. edition (December 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages

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5.0 out of 5 stars aims for readability, still a though read, not an intro to buddhismReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2010
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this is a very good translation and presentation of the text. on many points i couldnt have wished for a better translation. but the original sayings are still tough going. if you are just getting into buddhism start somewhere else. this is mostly for scholars working with buddhism and for advanced buddhists

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Phil B
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute mustReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2016
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A few chapters in, I am very glad to have purchased this book. Just came off a great Vipasana course in the UK and wanted to understand the historical background of Buddha and incites into the religion. Well worth while.
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Jun 24, 2020Tom Uytterhoeven rated it really liked it

Not an easy read, but rewarding

I am absolutely not familiar with Buddhism. But this book offers a good introduction. The explanatory notes at the beginning of each chapter help to understand what the different sayings are about. The Buddhist texts themselves are translated in clear English, but that does nit mean they are always easy to understand. However, the persistent reader is rewarded with a sense of what Buddhism is about. Therefore, four stars.

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Aug 06, 2019Zach rated it liked it

RG's translation is adequate, but at times I feel his rendering sounds like that of an academic: undoubtedly accurate, but lacking in an artistic flair and reverence.

For me, this book is worth its price alone just for the introductory sections and discussions, which of course are derived from Prof Gethin's vast experience and knowledge of the Pali canon. (less)

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Sep 07, 2020Bexen rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition

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Quite a good selection of suttas, including many famous or important ones, translated in a clear, efficient way. The introductory study is also quite impressive and useful in understanding the complexities of the Pali suttas literature.

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Mar 02, 2015Thinley Jamtsho rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition

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It's basically the collection of Buddha's main sutras (teachings or sayings) from the great ancient Indian Pali literature. I thinks it's a must book for everybody, because the translation of buddha's teachings in that is so clear and easy to understand. :))
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Mar 15, 2011Bruce Park rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition

My daily reading book.

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Enjoying the suttas, not sure all of them are of chief import to non-monastic Buddhists. The formatting of the e-book is not good though.

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A prolific scholar surveys classical Buddhism’s approach to sex, gender, and sexual orientation in this landmark volume.

More than twenty-five years in the making, this detailed sourcebook on Buddhist understandings of sexuality, desire, ethics, and deviance in classical South Asia 

is filled with both engaging translations and original and provocative analysis. Jose Cabezon, the XIVth Dalai Lama Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, marshals an incredible array of scriptures, legal and medical texts, and philosophical treatises, explaining the subtleties of this ancient literature in lucid prose. This work will be of immense interest not only to scholars of Buddhism and gender studies but also to lay readers who want to learn more about traditional Buddhist attitudes toward sex.
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Over a distinguished career, José Cabezón has produced a range of studies that have enriched and broadened our knowledge of the Buddhist tradition. Here, in what will be regarded as his most important work, he masterfully explores the multiple worlds of Buddhist sexuality. A learned combination of compendium and critique, this book immediately becomes the standard work to which all readers will turn. (Donald Lopez, Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, University of Michigan )


“An extraordinary book, simultaneously a monument of deep, detailed South Asian philological scholarship and a sourcebook entirely accessible to a broader gender-studies readership. There is nothing remotely like it.” (Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago )


“A tour de force! The book bravely engages its subject in a way that prevents us from imposing our contemporary understandings of sexuality onto ancient ideas while also analyzing what Buddhist texts can offer to modern-day conversations on such themes as the purpose and origins of sex, the nature of sexual desire, gender and biological sex, sexual deviance, sexual ethics, celibacy, and much more.” (Sara McClintock, Emory University )


“The fruit of decades of engagement, study, and reflection, José Cabezón's Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism is a stunning achievement. It not only opens up the world of traditional Indian Buddhist ideas about gender, sexuality, and sexual practices in greater depth than any work before it, it has much to say as well about our contemporary struggles with these intimate, universal human issues. Ambitious, erudite, humane, and utterly captivating, Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism is a monumental contribution to Buddhist studies, Asian studies, studies in gender and sexuality, and cultural studies, sure to be the standard work on the topic for many, many years to come.” (Roger Jackson, Carlton College )


“...a massive, ambitious, and important project... a treasure trove of information.” (Buddhadharma)
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About the Author
Jose Ignacio Cabezon is the Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and XIVth Dalai Lama Professor of Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. He is the author or editor of a dozen books and many more articles on various aspects of Tibetan religion and religious studies, with research interests as diverse as Madhyamaka philosophy, Buddhism and sexuality, classical South Asian political ethics, and Tibetan ritual. He lives in Santa Barbara, CA.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wisdom Publications (October 10, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 10, 2017

Print length ‏ : ‎ 658 pages


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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Overview of Sex and Gender in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
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This is a masterful work on a fascinating subject: sexuality, gender and sexual identities, behavior, and ethics as these topics are extensively discussed in Sanskrit and Tibetan Buddhist texts on philosophy, "metaphysics" (Abhidharma), monastic law, and popular legends. 

Beginning with the Buddhists' implicit acceptance of the widespread South Asian belief in a third gender, there is much in Buddhist thought on these subjects that is radically different from current Western conceptualizations. Cabezón elucidates the material in a conversational style (with learned footnotes for the more scholarly inclined) at times making reference to world literature, pop culture and the experiences of contemporaries, including his own involvement in clarifying the Dalai Lama's view of LBGT persons as practitioners of the Buddhist Dharma. Thought provoking and even humorous at times, if you have a serious interest in gender and sexuality this is one book you ought to read.

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Department receives $3.7 million in gift commitments - Asian Languages & Cultures Department - UCLA

Department receives $3.7 million in gift commitments - Asian Languages & Cultures Department - UCLA
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Department receives $3.7 million in gift commitments
Published: May 10, 2022

Gifts from UCLA Buddhist Studies scholar Robert Buswell and his wife Christina will establish first permanent endowed chair in Korean Buddhist Studies outside of Korea

By Margaret MacDonald

The UCLA Department of Asian Languages & Cultures has received $3.7 million in gift commitments from distinguished professor of Buddhist studies Robert E. Buswell, Jr. and his wife, Christina Lee Buswell, a translator of Korean religious scriptures.

The couple’s gift commitments created the Chinul Endowed Chair in Korean Buddhist Studies—the first permanent endowed chair in Korean Buddhism outside of Korea—and the Robert E. and Christina L. Buswell Fellowship in Buddhist Studies in support of graduate students in the department. The endowments will be funded as a blended gift with a portion paid over five years and the balance as a deferred gift from the couple’s estate.

The endowed chair, which is currently pending Academic Senate review, is named in honor of Puril Pojo Chinul (1158-1210), the most influential monk in Korean Buddhist history. The graduate fellowship gift was augmented by $25,000 by the Humanities Division Centennial Matching Program (made possible by the Kaplan/Panzer Humanities Endowment).

Robert Buswell, who is retiring from UCLA after 36 years, holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities at UCLA and is considered the premier Western scholar of Korean Buddhism and one of the world’s top specialists in the meditative traditions of Buddhism. He founded UCLA’s Center for Korean Studies in 1993 and Center for Buddhist Studies in 2000.

Buswell has published extensively on Buddhism and served as editor-in-chief of the two-volume Encyclopedia of Buddhism and co-author of the 1.2-million-word Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Among his many honors, he was elected president of the Association for Asian Studies in 2008 and, in 2016, became the first (former) Buddhist monk elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

“Robert Buswell’s impact on the fields of Buddhist studies and Korean studies has been unparalleled,” said David Schaberg, senior dean of the college and dean of humanities. “Not only has he built, here at UCLA, the nation’s largest programs in these two areas, he has also trained dozens of scholars now teaching and studying at academic institutions all over the world. I am immensely grateful for his leadership and for his and Christina’s extraordinarily generous gift.”

Search for meaning

Robert Buswell’s path to UCLA began with an existential quest that led him to drop out of college in 1972 and spend seven years as an ordained Buddhist monk in Thailand, Hong Kong, and finally Korea.

As a teenager raised in a non-practicing Methodist family, he’d read texts by Western philosophers and pondered such questions as “How can we live without exploiting other people?”

“On my first exposure to Buddhism when I was 16, I was thunderstruck at how closely it mirrored the philosophy of life I had been creating for myself. I’ve been completely enamored with Buddhism ever since,” he says.

During his five years as a monk at Songgwang monastery, considered the “jewel” of the monastic community in South Korea, Buswell began translating texts by its founder Puril Pojo Chinul. After finishing his first translation project during the off-seasons between Zen meditation retreats, he realized he was still deeply drawn to the scholarly study of the Buddhist tradition. He decided to return to the U.S. to resume his university education, eventually earning his Ph.D. in Buddhist studies from UC Berkeley in 1985.

Christina Buswell’s journey to Buddhism closely mirrors that of her husband. Raised a Catholic, she immigrated from South Korea to the U.S. with her family when she was 13 years old, an experience that gave rise to much reflection and angst about her cultural identity.

She says, “My experience as a Korean-American immigrant led to a quest to understand myself and ask the question ‘who am I?’ I kept looking for answers, and in the end, Buddhism made the most sense to me.”

Growing the field

In the course of earning a B.A. in Religious Studies from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and an M.A. in Korean Studies from Columbia, Christina found few resources directly related to Korean Buddhism.

“It was important to both of us,” she says, “that there be at least one U.S. university with a permanent faculty chair specifically devoted to Korean Buddhism. UCLA is the ideal place for this chair since the university has played such an important role in developing Korean and Buddhist studies as fields.”

As for the name of the chair, Robert Buswell adds, “It seemed appropriate to name [the chair] after Chinul, the most influential monk in Korean Buddhist history and the inspiration for much of my own scholarly work. Chinul believed that success in Buddhist meditation demanded a solid grounding in doctrinal understanding. This rigorous combination of doctrinal study and Zen meditation has remained the distinguishing characteristic of Korean Buddhism ever since.”

Ensuring a scholarly legacy

Robert Buswell says that careful estate planning and creative philanthropy can allow faculty who have devoted their careers to building academic programs, as he has done, to ensure their scholarly legacy continues far into the future.

“With this gift, we’ve fulfilled a long-term dream of ours to have the field of Korean Buddhist studies established permanently in the U.S. The graduate fellowship adds a crucial element to the mix, as it will enable the department to recruit and train the next generation of scholars in Buddhist studies.”

Seiji Lippit, professor and chair of Asian Languages and Cultures, adds, “Buddhist studies is one of the department’s traditional strengths, but this new chair and graduate fellowship will make us that much stronger. The chair provides a solid faculty presence to support the field and train graduate students, so the two gifts really go hand in hand. We can’t thank Robert and Christina enough for their generosity.”

Robert and Christina Buswell first met in 1997 at Dongguk University in Seoul. Together, they’ve traveled the world, sharing their practice and knowledge of Korean Buddhism along the way. In retirement, they plan to do more traveling and more hiking, and will of course be continuing to attend meditation retreats together in Korea.

If you are interested in supporting the Robert E. and Christina L. Buswell Fellowship in Buddhist Studies, please consider making a gift at giving.ucla.edu/BuswellFellowship.

Robert Buswell will be the keynote speaker for the UCLA Humanities Commencement ceremonies on June 11 at Royce Hall.

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Photo caption: Robert and Christina Buswell (Photo credit: Courtesy of Robert and Christina Buswell)

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