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Daniel M. Stuart the Stream of Deathless Nectar CMYKS Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka Volume 12 Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka Volume 12 MST 12 ข้อมูลพระไตรปิฎกศึกษา เล่ม ๑๒ ข้อมูลพระไตรปิฎกศึกษา เล่ม ๑๒ Daniel M. Stuart PHOTO: SANTI PAKDEEKHAM PHOTO: Maitreya is the future buddha, the buddha who will follow our present Buddha Śākyamuni. For more than two thousand Daniel M. Stuart years Maitreya (Pali Metteyya) has been an inspiration for Buddhist devotees who look forward to his coming and aspire to meet him and receive his blessings and teachings. Their devotions have animated art, ritual, meditation practice, The Stream of Deathless Nectar and literature across Asia. The Theravaṃsa of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia transmits a ‘Chronicle of the Future’ (Anāgatavaṃsa) in a bewildering number of recensions. The Short Recension of the Amatarasadhārā of the Elder Upatissa Written in Pali, the ‘Chronicle’ is a paean of the golden future that Maitreya will inaugurate for those who practice A Commentary on the Chronicle of the Future Buddha Metteyya sincerely. The present volume contains a study, a critical edition, and an annotated translation of a commentary on the With a Historical Introduction ‘Chronicle’, the Amatarasadhārā, or ‘Stream of Deathless The Short Recension of the Nectar’ composed in Pali by the Sri Lankan elder Upatissa. Commentary on the Chronicle of Future Buddha Metteyya A An appendix gives the Pali Anāgatavaṃsa side by side with two fourteenth-century Tibetan translations. The volume is a significant contribution to research on Maitreya the future Buddha and to the study of the Pali manuscript culture of Thailand. The Stream of Deathless Nectar Daniel M. Stuart received his PhD at the University of California at Berkeley. He works broadly in the field of Buddhist Studies, engaging literary, philosophical, and practice traditions across cultures. His most recent book is A Less Traveled Path: SaddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtraChapter 2, a Historical Introduction With With a Study on Its Structure and Significance for the Development of Buddhist Meditation (Vienna and Beijing: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press—China Tibetology Publishing House, 2015). At present he is Assistant Professor at the Department of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina. Amatarasadhārā Front cover: Phra Sri Ariyametteyya, from a manuscript of Wat Pak Khlong (Petchaburi province). Photo by Santi Pakdeekham. Back cover: Apsaras, from a manuscript of Wat Pak Khlong (Petchaburi province). Photo by Santi Pakdeekham. พระศรีอาริยเมตไตรย เป็นพระอนาคตพุทธเจ้า ที่จะมาตรัสรู้หลังจากพระศากยมุนีพุทธเจ้าในอีกกว่าสองพันปีข้างหน้า ในวรรณกรรมพระพุทธศาสนาหลายเรื่องได้กล่าวถึงวิธีการที่ชาวพุทธจะได้ไปเกิดและได้ฟังธรรมจากพระศรีอาริยเมตไตรย of the Elder Upatissa โดยเฉพาะในพระพุทธศาสนาเถรวาทของลังกาและในเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ที่ได้มีการสืบทอด “คัมภีร์อนาคตวงศ์” ซึ่งรจนา ด้วยภาษาบาลี หนังสือเล่มนี้ได้ตรวจสอบชำาระและศึกษาวิเคราะห์คัมภีร์ “อมตรสธารา” ซึ่งเป็นคัมภีร์อธิบายความคัมภีร์ อนาคตวงศ์ รจนาเป็นภาษาบาลีโดยพระอุปติสสเถระชาวลังกา ภาคผนวกยังมีอนาคตวงศ์ภาษาบาลีกับคำาแปลฉบับภาษาทิเบต หนังสือเล่มนี้จึงมีความสำาคัญต่อการวิจัยเกี่ยวกับพระศรีอาริยเมตไตรย และการศึกษาเอกสารตัวเขียนภาษาบาลีของไทย Daniel M. Stuart สำาเร็จการศึกษาระดับปริญญาดุษฎีบัณฑิตจากมหาวิทยาลัย California ที่ Berkeley ประเทศ สหรัฐอเมริกา โดยทำาการศึกษาเกี่ยวกับพุทธศาสนศึกษา วรรณกรรม ปรัชญา ฯลฯ ผลงานหนังสือได้แก่ A Less Traveled Path: Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra Chapter 2, With a Study on Its Structure and Significance for the Development of Buddhist Meditation (Vienna and Beijing: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press—China Tibetology Publishing House, 2015) ปัจจุบัน Daniel M. Stuart เป็นผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์ประจำาภาควิชาศาสนศึกษา มหาวิทยาลัย South Carolina ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา ปกหน้า พระศรีอาริยเมตไตรย จากสมุดไทยเรื่องพระมาลัย ของวัดปากคลอง จังหวัดเพชรบุรี (ภาพโดย ศานติ ภักดีคำา) ปกหลัง เทพธิดา จากสมุดไทยเรื่องพระมาลัย ของวัดปากคลอง จังหวัดเพชรบุรี (ภาพโดย ศานติ ภักดีคำา) The Stream of Deathless Nectar ข้อมูลพระไตรปิฎก เล่ม 12 ISBN 9 788880 010951 Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation Lumbini International Research Institute FPL Bangkok and Lumbini 2017 LIRI ราคา 800 Baht. CMYKS 2mm 2mm 20mm CMYKS Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka Volume 12 Materials for the Study of the Tripiṭaka Volume 12 MST 12 ข้อมูลพระไตรปิฎกศึกษา เล่ม ๑๒ ข้อมูลพระไตรปิฎกศึกษา เล่ม ๑๒ Daniel M. Stuart PHOTO: SANTI PAKDEEKHAM PHOTO: Maitreya is the future buddha, the buddha who will follow our present Buddha Śākyamuni. For more than two thousand Daniel M. Stuart years Maitreya (Pali Metteyya) has been an inspiration for Buddhist devotees who look forward to his coming and aspire to meet him and receive his blessings and teachings. Their devotions have animated art, ritual, meditation practice, The Stream of Deathless Nectar and literature across Asia. The Theravaṃsa of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia transmits a ‘Chronicle of the Future’ (Anāgatavaṃsa) in a bewildering number of recensions. The Short Recension of the Amatarasadhārā of the Elder Upatissa Written in Pali, the ‘Chronicle’ is a paean of the golden future that Maitreya will inaugurate for those who practice A Commentary on the Chronicle of the Future Buddha Metteyya sincerely. The present volume contains a study, a critical edition, and an annotated translation of a commentary on the With a Historical Introduction ‘Chronicle’, the Amatarasadhārā, or ‘Stream of Deathless The Short Recension of the Nectar’ composed in Pali by the Sri Lankan elder Upatissa. Commentary on the Chronicle of Future Buddha Metteyya A An appendix gives the Pali Anāgatavaṃsa side by side with two fourteenth-century Tibetan translations. The volume is a significant contribution to research on Maitreya the future Buddha and to the study of the Pali manuscript culture of Thailand. The Stream of Deathless Nectar Daniel M. Stuart received his PhD at the University of California at Berkeley. He works broadly in the field of Buddhist Studies, engaging literary, philosophical, and practice traditions across cultures. His most recent book is A Less Traveled Path: SaddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtraChapter 2, a Historical Introduction With With a Study on Its Structure and Significance for the Development of Buddhist Meditation (Vienna and Beijing: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press—China Tibetology Publishing House, 2015). At present he is Assistant Professor at the Department of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina. Amatarasadhārā Front cover: Phra Sri Ariyametteyya, from a manuscript of Wat Pak Khlong (Petchaburi province). Photo by Santi Pakdeekham. Back cover: Apsaras, from a manuscript of Wat Pak Khlong (Petchaburi province). Photo by Santi Pakdeekham. พระศรีอาริยเมตไตรย เป็นพระอนาคตพุทธเจ้า ที่จะมาตรัสรู้หลังจากพระศากยมุนีพุทธเจ้าในอีกกว่าสองพันปีข้างหน้า ในวรรณกรรมพระพุทธศาสนาหลายเรื่องได้กล่าวถึงวิธีการที่ชาวพุทธจะได้ไปเกิดและได้ฟังธรรมจากพระศรีอาริยเมตไตรย of the Elder Upatissa โดยเฉพาะในพระพุทธศาสนาเถรวาทของลังกาและในเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ที่ได้มีการสืบทอด “คัมภีร์อนาคตวงศ์” ซึ่งรจนา ด้วยภาษาบาลี หนังสือเล่มนี้ได้ตรวจสอบชำาระและศึกษาวิเคราะห์คัมภีร์ “อมตรสธารา” ซึ่งเป็นคัมภีร์อธิบายความคัมภีร์ อนาคตวงศ์ รจนาเป็นภาษาบาลีโดยพระอุปติสสเถระชาวลังกา ภาคผนวกยังมีอนาคตวงศ์ภาษาบาลีกับคำาแปลฉบับภาษาทิเบต หนังสือเล่มนี้จึงมีความสำาคัญต่อการวิจัยเกี่ยวกับพระศรีอาริยเมตไตรย และการศึกษาเอกสารตัวเขียนภาษาบาลีของไทย Daniel M. Stuart สำาเร็จการศึกษาระดับปริญญาดุษฎีบัณฑิตจากมหาวิทยาลัย California ที่ Berkeley ประเทศ สหรัฐอเมริกา โดยทำาการศึกษาเกี่ยวกับพุทธศาสนศึกษา วรรณกรรม ปรัชญา ฯลฯ ผลงานหนังสือได้แก่ A Less Traveled Path: Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra Chapter 2, With a Study on Its Structure and Significance for the Development of Buddhist Meditation (Vienna and Beijing: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press—China Tibetology Publishing House, 2015) ปัจจุบัน Daniel M. Stuart เป็นผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์ประจำาภาควิชาศาสนศึกษา มหาวิทยาลัย South Carolina ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา ปกหน้า พระศรีอาริยเมตไตรย จากสมุดไทยเรื่องพระมาลัย ของวัดปากคลอง จังหวัดเพชรบุรี (ภาพโดย ศานติ ภักดีคำา) ปกหลัง เทพธิดา จากสมุดไทยเรื่องพระมาลัย ของวัดปากคลอง จังหวัดเพชรบุรี (ภาพโดย ศานติ ภักดีคำา) The Stream of Deathless Nectar ข้อมูลพระไตรปิฎก เล่ม 12 ISBN 9 788880 010951 Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation Lumbini International Research Institute FPL Bangkok and Lumbini 2017 LIRI ราคา 800 Baht. CMYKS 2mm 2mm 20mm Materials for the study of the tripiṭaka General Editor Claudio Cicuzza The Stream of Deathless Nectar Vol. 12 Materials for the study of the tripiṭaka 1 peter skilling and santi pakdeekhaM, Pāli Literature Transmitted in Central Siam, Bangkok 2002 2 peter skilling and santi pakdeekhaM, Pāli and Vernacular Literature Transmitted in Central and Northern Siam, Bangkok 2004 3 olivier de Bernon, kun sopheap, leng kok-an, Inventaire provisoire des manuscrits du Cambodge. Première partie, École française d’Extrême- Orient: Paris 2004 4 santi pakdeekhaM, Jambūpati-sūtra. A synoptic romanized edition, Bangkok and Lumbini 2009 5 CLAUDIO CICUZZA (ed.), Peter Skilling. Buddhism and Buddhist Literature of South-East Asia. Selected Papers, Bangkok and Lumbini 2009 6 Claudio CiCuzza, A Mirror Reflecting the Entire World. The Pāli Buddhapādamaṅgala or the “Auspicious Signs on the Buddha’s Feet”. Critical Edition with English Translation, Bangkok and Lumbini 2011 7 petra kieffer-pülz, Sīmāvicāraṇa. A Pali letter on monastic boundaries by King Rāma IV of Siam, Bangkok and Lumbini 2011 8 santi pakdeekhaM, Piṭakamālā. ‘The Garland of the Piṭaka’, Bangkok and Lumbini 2011 9 CLAUDIO CICUZZA (ed.), Peter Nyunt. A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves
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