Dhamma Wheel Buddhist Forum

Buddhism: A Non-Theistic Religion By Helmuth Von Glasenapp 1966

Anattā: A Different Approach By Sue Hamilton, The Middle Way Vol. 70, No. 1 May 1995 pp. 47 – 60

Theravāda Buddhism and Brahmanical Hinduism: Brahmanical Terms in Buddhist Guise – K.R. Norman

The Sociology of Early Buddhism by Greg Bailey, Ian W. Mabbett.

Early Buddhist Metaphysics: The Making Of A Philosophical Tradition By Noa Ronkin

An excellent recommendation daverupa had posted here on the The great Abhidhamma Pitaka authenticity debate.

Linguistic Approach to Buddhist Thought By Genjun H. Sasaki

Early Buddhism and the Urban Revolution, by Balkrishna Govind Gokhale

The Issue of the Buddha as Vedagū, with Reference to the Formation of the Dhamma and the Dialectic with the Brahmins, by Katherine K. Young

The Literature of the Pudgalavādins, by Thích Thién Châu

The Origin of the Term ‘Mahāyāna’ (The Great Vehicle) and its Relationship to the Āgamas, by Joseph Walser

The Oral Transmission of Early Buddhist Literature, by Alexander Wynne

Abstract:

• “Two theories have been proposed to explain the oral transmission of early Buddhist literature. Some scholars have argued that the early literature was not rigidly fixed because it was improvised in recitation, whereas others have claimed that word for word accuracy was required when it was recited. This paper examines these different theories and shows that the internal evidence of the Pāli canon supports the theory of a relatively fixed oral transmission of the early Buddhist literature.”

Edit: Public access to this document is now available without subscription at The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies linked above.

Gleanings from a Comparative Reading of Early Canonical Buddhist and Jaina Texts, by Colette Caillat

Some Textual Parallels for Gandhāran Art: Fasting Buddhas, Lalitavistara, and Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka, by Juhyung Rhi

Hoary Past and Hazy Memory: On the History of Early Buddhist Texts, by Oskar v. Hinüber