Jun 19, 2014
Our
FBA Dharmabyte today is an extract from the talk and#8220;Mahayana
Buddhist Scripturesand#8221; by Nagapriya entitled: and#8220;Imagery,
Myth and Symboland#8221;. Nagapriya gives an overview of the
vast literature of Mahayana Buddhism in this talk. He discusses how
the new texts emerged, why so many are still preserved, and how
they found legitimacy in the larger Buddhist tradition. He also
lays out how Mahayana texts are different than those of the Pali
Canon, why they emphasize imagination and myth, and why it remains
useful for modern Buddhists to explore them despite their length
and repetition.
Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2009, as part of the series Visions of Mahayana Buddhism.