The Origin of Buddhist Meditation by Alexander Wynne London & New York: Routledge, 2007, 192 pages, ISBN 978-0-415-42387-8, UK £80.00 (h/b),
摘要
The Origin of Buddhist Meditation by Alexander Wynne analyses the Ariyapariyesana Sutta’s account of the Buddha’s study under his two meditation teachers. He concludes that they were historical persons, that they taught the Buddha practices that are described in certain Brahmanical texts, and that, while the Buddha rejected the teachers’ views of liberation, vestiges of their influence are evident in his later teaching. This short but densely written book proposes a method for ascertaining the veracity of Pali texts and draws conclusions about the Buddha’s teaching and his religious environment.
