Jun 18, 2012
Todayand#8217;s
FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Mahayana
Scripturesand#8221; by Nagapriya is an overview of the vast
literature of Mahayana Buddhism. He discusses how the new texts
emerged, why so many are still preserved, and how they found
legitimacy in the larger Buddhist tradition. In the full talk,
Mahayana
Buddhist Scriptures, he further explores ow 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
This talk is part of the series Visions of
Mahayana Buddhism.