Recent Buddhist Studies In Europe And America

Author(s): J W De Jong
Publisher: J W De Jong

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RECENT BUDDHIST STUDIES
presented an excellent survey of Tibetan Buddhist studies. 148 of the many publications published since 1977 we mention only one, namely Helmut Eimer's edition of the Tibetan version of the Pravrajyāvastu of the Vinaya of the Mūlasarvāstivāda school.149 Eimer has paid much attention to the different Kanjur and Tanjur editions and has shown the importance of consulting as many of these as possible. His edition of the Pravrajyāvastu is based upon no less than six blockprint editions and five manuscripts. With regard to studies on Theravāda countries, one must draw attention to the symposium on Buddhism in Ceylon and on religious syncretism in Buddhist countries. 150 Much information on Buddhism in Cambodia is to be found in the studies published since 1976 by François Bizot.151 C. Hooykaas, who died in 1979, has made important contributions to the study of Buddhism in Bali152.
Very interesting for the study of the texts of the Hinayāna schools is Schmithausen's study on the recensions of the Udānavarga. 153 Seyfort Ruegg published an important article on the chronology of the Madhyamaka school.1 34 Based upon very careful study of the Pāli texts and the Chinese versions of Hinayāna texts are the studies of André Bareau, which shed much light on the history of early Buddhism. 155
148 'A Survey of Tibetan Buddhist Studies', Eastern Buddhist X, 1 (1977), pp. 128-149.
149 Rab tu 'byun ba'i gži. Die tibetische Übersetzung des Pravrajyāvastu im Vinaya der Mülasarvāstivādins. Nach Vorarbeiten von Frank-Richard Hamm und weitern Materialien herausgegeben von Helmut Eimer. 2. Teil: Text. Wiesbaden, 1983.
150 Heinz Bechert (ed.), Buddhism in Ceylon and Studies on Religious Syncretism in Buddhist Countries. Göttingen, 1978.
151 Le figuier à cing branches: Recherche sur le bouddhisme khmer. Paris, 1976. 'La grotte de la naissance. Recherches sur le bouddhisme khmer II', BEFEO 67 (1980). pp. 221-273; Le don de soi-même. Recherches sur le bouddhisme khmer M. Paris, 1981.
152 C. Hooykaas and T. Goudriaan. Stuti and Stava (Bauddha, Saiva and Vaisnava) of Balinese Brahman priests. Amsterdam, 1971; C. Hooykaas, Balinese Bauddha Brahmans. Amsterdam, 1973. For a complete bibliography see the article mentioned in note 7.
153 'Zu den Rezensionen des Udānavargah', WZKS 14 (1970), pp. 47–124.
154 "Towards a chronology of the Madhyamaka school', Indological and Buddhist Studies (Canberra, 1982), pp. 505-530.
155 'La jeunesse du Buddha dans les Sūtrapițaka et les Vinayapitaka anciens', BEFEO 61 (1974), pp. 199-274; 'Le Parinirvāna du Buddha et la naissance de la religion bouddhique', ibid., pp. 275-299; 'Les récits canoniques des funérailles du Buddha et leurs anomalies: nouvel essai d'interprétation', BEFEO 62 (1975), pp. 151-189: 'La
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