KULUMBA-SUTTA: EXCLUDED OR FORGOT? AN INQUIRY OF NON-PALI CANONICAL EXCERPT IN DHSA 91-92 (80,00 руб.)

AN INQUIRY OF NONPALI CANONICAL EXCERPT IN DHSA 9192* 1 Dr. Aruna K. Gamage The Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Kelaniya Kelanya, Gampala, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 11600 The articles treats a number of questions concerning the origins and status of Kulumba Suttanta (KS hereinafter) and the spiritual impact of the Pali Canon. <...> It also involves a discussion on the topic of the authenticity and trustworthiness of KS, and whether it should be rehearsed in three Buddhist joint-recitations. <...> Key words: Pali, the Pali Canon, Kulumba Suttanta, doctrinal analysis and argumentation, commentaries. <...> The significance of the Pali commentaries, as a substantial source material of the Theravada confraternity, can be evaluated in many aspects. <...> Apart from the doctrinal exegeses doctrinal analyses for the early Buddhist teachings, this commentarial tradition, since it depicts doctrinal argumentations occurred between Theravada and non-Theravada traditions, is of vital significance for those who are involving in researches on the evolution of Buddhist thought and diverse viewpoints on the early Buddhism. <...> Here a special attention is paid on the Kulumba Sutta quotation (KSQ hereinafter) that appears in several Pali commentaries. * Рец.: проф. <...> Чернякова (МГОСГИ). 1 DhSA 91-92 is the “Dictionary of Pali Proper names. <...> As the commentaries claim, this sutta has not been subsumed in the Pali Canon albeit the exact reason for the exclusion was not given. <...> As the commentary of Pacittiyapaḷi mentions this sutta was not rehearsed also in three joint-recitations (tisso saṅgītiyo), which were held after the demise of the Buddha (VA iv 742)1 . <...> However, evident fact that can be observed depending on the commentarial evidences is that this Sutta is a well-known discourse even though it is not included in the three joint recitations (tisso saṅgītiyo). <...> The commentary of Pācittiyapāḷi (VA iv 742) provides two lists of the names of early canonical texts which cannot be seen in the present Pāli Canon. <...> As VA obviously remarks, out of these two, the first list consisted of words which were not preached by the Buddha (abuddha-vacanāni) and the contents of the second list were not rehearsed in the three joint-recitations. <...> This first list <...>