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JOURNAL ISSUE>Buddhist Studies Review, 35: Special Double Issue H-Buddhism JOURNAL ISSUE>Buddhist Studies Review, 35: Special double issue - Buddhist Path, Buddhist Teachings: Studies in Memory of L.S. Cousins Discussion published by Peter Harvey on Monday, January 14, 2019 Peter Harvey: Buddhist Studies Review, Journal of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies, Volume 35, Number 1–2, December 2018 Special issue - Buddhist Path, Buddhist Teachings: Studies in Memory of L.S. Cousins This is now published in its online version ( https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/BSR/issue/archive ) and will then appear in its print version. In September, the contents will also appear in book form asBuddhist Path, Buddhist Teachings: Studies in Memory of L.S. Cousins, published by Equinox, less the book reviews but including 'Lance Cousins: An Obituary, Appreciation and Bibliography', an updated version of what has previously appeared in Buddhist Studies Review . Contents Naomi Appleton and Peter Harvey: Editorial, 1-2 Meditation and the Buddhist Path Peter Harvey: The Four Jhānas and their Qualities in the Pali Tradition, 3-28 Bradley S. Clough: Paths of Monastic Practice from India to Sri Lanka: Responses to L.S. Cousins’ Work on Scholars and Meditators, 29-46 Ajahn Amaro: ‘I’m Not Getting Anywhere with my Meditation …’: Effort, Contentment and Goal- directedness in the Process of Mind-training, 47-64 Comparative Mysticism Elizabeth J Harris: John of the Cross, the Dark Night of the Soul, and theJhānas and the Arūpa States: A Critical Comparative Study, 65-80 Rupert Gethin: Emptiness and Unknowing: An Essay in Comparative Mysticism, 81-96 Interpreting Buddhist Teachings Richard Gombrich: Ambiguity and Ambivalence in Buddhist Treatment of the Dead, 97-110 P. D. Premasiri: The Alagaddūpama Sutta as a Scriptural Source for Understanding the Distinctive Philosophical Standpoint of Early Buddhism, 111-124 Citation: Peter Harvey. JOURNAL ISSUE>Buddhist Studies Review, 35: Special double issue - Buddhist Path, Buddhist Teachings: Studies in Memory of L.S. Cousins. H-Buddhism. 01-14-2019. https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/discussions/3567808/journal-issuebuddhist-studies-review-35-special-double-issue Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Buddhism Anālayo: An Ekottarika-āgama Discourse Without Parallels: From Perception of Impermanence to the Pure Land, 125-134 Abhidhamma Tse-fu Kuan: Equal-headed (samasīsin): An Abhidharma Innovation and Commentarial Developments, 135-160 Peter Skilling: Calligraphic Magic: Abhidhamma Inscriptions from Sukhodaya, 161-188 Petra Kieffer-Pülz: The Relation of theSaccasaṅkhepaṭīkā Called Sāratthasālinī to the Vinayavinicchayaṭīkā Called Vinayasāratthasandīpanī, 189-224 Schools and Scriptures Mark Allon: The Formation of Canons in the Early Indian Nikāyas or Schools in the Light of the New Gāndhārī Manuscript Finds, 225-244 Alexander Wynne: Theriya Networks and the Circulation of the Pali Canon in South Asia: The Vibhajjavādins Reconsidered, 245-260 Literature Sarah Shaw, Yasodharā in Jātakas, 261-278 Naomi Appleton: Jātaka Stories and Paccekabuddhas in Early Buddhism, 279-292 Review Article Peter Harvey: Reflections on Eviatar Shulman’s Rethinking the Buddha: Early Buddhist Philosophy as Meditative Perception, 293 Book Reviews Brides of the Buddha: Nuns’ Stories from the Avadānaśataka, by Karen Muldoon-Hules. Reviewed by Reiko Ohnuma, 301-304 The Lotus Sutra: A Biography, by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. Reviewed by Christopher V. Jones, 305-307 The Gathering of Intentions: A History of Tibetan Buddhist Tantra, by Jacob P. Dalton. Reviewed by Sam van Schaik, 308-309 Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet, by Holly Gayley. Reviewed by Lucia Galli, 310-312 Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan, by Jacqueline Stone. Reviewed by Ian Astley, 313-315 Citation: Peter Harvey. JOURNAL ISSUE>Buddhist Studies Review, 35: Special double issue - Buddhist Path, Buddhist Teachings: Studies in Memory of L.S. Cousins. H-Buddhism. 01-14-2019. https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/discussions/3567808/journal-issuebuddhist-studies-review-35-special-double-issue Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2.
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