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The Mythology of Brahmā

Religious Studies 21 (2):259-260 (1985)

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Brahmin Speaks, Tries to Explain: Priestcraft and Concessive Sentences in an Early Buddhist Text.Brett Shults - 2020 - Journal of Indian Philosophy 48 (4):637-664.details This study explores some of the connections between the presentation of religious ideas and the use of concessive clauses and sentences in Pāli Buddhist literature. Special emphasis is placed on the linguistic construction kiñcāpi... atha kho.... Although this is widely understood to be a concessive and correlative construction and is often translated in ways that adequately reproduce the meaning of the Pāli, still it is the case that the kiñcāpi... atha kho... construction is sometimes misrepresented. Surprisingly, misrepresentations of said construction (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
Brahmā: An Early and Ultimately Doomed Attempt at a Brahmanical Synthesis. [REVIEW]Nathan McGovern - 2012 - Journal of Indian Philosophy 40 (1):1-23.details In this paper, I argue that, by comparing certain passages from the early Buddhist sūtras and the Mahābhārata , we can find evidence of a late- to post-Vedic “Brahmanical synthesis,” centered on the conception of Brahmā as both supreme Creator God and ultimate goal for transcending saṃsāra , that for the most part did not become a part of the Brahmanical synthesis or syntheses that came to constitute classical Hinduism. By comparing the Buddhist response to this early conception of Brahmā (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
Why Did Brahmā Ask the Buddha to Teach?Dhivan Thomas Jones - 2009 - Buddhist Studies Review 26 (1):85-102.details The episode of Brahmā’s request to the Buddha to teach has been regarded as problematic from early times, since it suggests that the Buddha was ini- tially lacking in compassion. Comparison of versions of the story shows it to be possibly pre-Aśokan in origin. A close reading of themes in the episode in relation to other incidents in the Buddha’s life described in the Pali canon show that it need not be taken as portraying an actual experience of the Buddha. (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
A Comparison of the P?li and Chinese Versions of the Brahma Sa?yutta, a Collection of Early Buddhist Discourses on Brahm?s, the Exalted Gods.Mun-Keat Choong - 2015 - Buddhist Studies Review 31 (2):179-194.details Sa?yutta of the P?li Sa?yutta-nik?ya in conjunction with two other versions preserved in Chinese translation in Taish? vol. 2, nos 99 and 100. Then it compares the main teachings contained in the three versions. This comparative study of these three different versions focuses on some shared images of Brahm?s and on disagreements of some teachings presented in the three versions. It reveals similarities and significant differences in structure and doctrinal content, thus advancing the historical/critical study of early Buddhist doctrine in (...) this area. (shrink) Download Export citation Bookmark

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