Early Buddhism resources

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Disputed Dharmas: Early Buddhist Theories on Existence – An Annotated Translation of the Section on Factors Dissociated from Thought from the Saṅghabhadra’s Nyāyānusāra, by Collett Cox, Tokyo (1995)

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The ‘Five Points’ and the Origins of the Buddhist Schools, by L.S. Cousins

The Buddhist Forum, Vol. II, Seminar Papers 1988-90, pp. 27 – 60

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Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India, by Gregory Schopen

Buddhist Monastic Life: According to the Texts of the Theravāda Tradition, by Mohan Wijayaratna

History of Buddhism in Ceylon: The Anurādhapura Period, 3rd Century BC – 10th Century AC, by Walpola Rahula

The Pāli Literature of Ceylon, by G.P. Malalasekera

[Sylvester]

Disputed Dharmas: Early Buddhist Theories on Existence – An Annotated Translation of the Section on Factors Dissociated from Thought from the Saṅghabhadra’s Nyāyānusāra, by Collett Cox, Tokyo (1995)

Good one.

I wonder how the Northern Abhidharmikas would have reacted to DN 9's explanation for how these "thoughtless" states are attained. The Abhidharmikas' debate on "factors" inducing thoughtless states might have some validity for the Jhanas and Arupas, but would not be able to accomodate the asaṅkhata nature of the Attainment of Cessation.

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Indian Buddhism, by A. K. Warder

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Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahāyāna Buddhist Literature, by Alan Cole

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The Mahāyāna and the Middle Period of Indian Buddhism: Through a Chinese Looking-glass, by Gregory Schopen

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Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks: Mobility and Exchange within and beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia, by Jason Neelis.

This book examines catalysts for Buddhist formation in ancient South Asia and expansion throughout and beyond the northwestern Indian subcontinent to Central Asia by investigating symbiotic relationships between networks of religious mobility and trade.

In the Preface, he states his preference for material resources over textual ones, and that he makes no attempt at a doctrinal comparison, though the literary sources are "[not] neglected".

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The Message of the Buddha, by K.N. Jayatilleke

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Principles of Buddhist Psychology, by David J. Kalupahana

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The Development and Elaboration of the Arahant Ideal in the Theravāda Buddhist Tradition, by George D. Bond

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Early Buddhism and Taoism in China (A.D. 65 – 420), by Jiahe Liu, Dongfang Shao

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Early Meanings of Dependent-Origination, by Eviatar Shulman

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Greater Magadha: Studies in the Culture of Early India - HdO Vol. 19, by Johannes Bronkhorst

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The Spread of Buddhism - HdO Vol. 16, by Ann Heirman and Stephan Peter Bumbacher (Editors)

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The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad: Transformations in Art and Religion, by Piaa Brancaccio – Brill’s Indological Library Vol. 34

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Knowledge as Salvation: A Study in Early Buddhism, by Donald K. Swearer (1967 Dissertation D.Phil.)

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The Two Sources of Indian Asceticism (Second Edition), by Johannes Bronkhorst

The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India, by Johannes Bronkhorst

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Cross Currents in Early Buddhism, by S. N. Dube.

On the doctrinal controversies reflected in the Kathavatthu.

Source for Full .pdf:

Cross Currents in Early Buddhism, by S.N. Dube

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Yasodharā, the Wife of the Bōdhisattva: The Sinhala Yasodharāvata (The Story of Yasodharā) And the Sinhala Yasodharāpadānaya (The Sacred Biography of Yasodharā), by Ranjini Obeyesekere (Translation & Notes)