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THE JOURNAL

OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OFBUDDHIST STUDIES

E D I T O R - I N - C H I E F

A . K. NarainUniversity of Wiscon sin, Mad ison, USA

E D I T O R SHeinz Bechert Leon Hurvitz

Universitat Gottingen, FRG UBC, Vancouver, CanadaLewis Lancaster A lexander W. MacDonald

University of California, Berkeley, USA Universite de Paris X, Nanterre, FranceB.J. Stavisky A lex Wayman

WNU R, Moscow, USSR Columbia University, New York, USA

A S S O C I A T E E D I T O R

Stephen BeyerUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Volume 2 1979 Number 2

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C O N T E N T S

I. ARTICLESD harm asri on the Sixteen Degrees of Co mprehension

by Leon Hurvitz 7Indrabhuti's 'Confession of Errors in the FundamentalTe achin gs of the Vajrayana', A Critical Edition, EnglishTranslation and Discussion, by Nathan Katz 31Non-duality of the T wo Tru th s in Sinitic Madhyamika: Originof the 'Third Truth' , by Whalen Lai 45Transpersonal Psychological Observations on TheravadaBuddhist Meditative Practices, by James Santucci 66Bodhicaryavatara 9:2 as a Focus for Tibetan Interpretationsof the Two Truths in the Prasangika Madhyamikaby Michael Sweet 79

II . SHORT PAPER1. Some Bud dhist Poems in Tamil, by G. Vijayavenugopal 93

I I I . BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTICESReviews:1. The Prajnaparamita Literature, by Edward Conze 992. Two Ways to Perfection: Buddhist and Christian

by Shanta Ratnayaka 1033. An Introduction to the Buddhist Tantric Systemsby F. D. Lessing and A . Wayman 1044. Religion and the Legitimation of Power in South Asia;Religion and Legitimation of Power in Sri Lanka;Religion and Legitimation of Power in Thailand, Laosand Burma, by Bardwell Smith 1075. Studies in Pali and Buddhism, Edited by A . K. Narain 109

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Notices:1. B ud dh is t W isdom . T h e mystery of the self, by George Grimm 1112 . B uddhi sm . A se l ec t b iography , by Satyaprakasli 1123 . Liv ing B uddh i s t M as te r s , by Jack KornjieUl 1124 . Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis , by Steven T. Katz 112

I V . N O T E S A N D N E W S1. On B uddh i s t R esea rch In fo rm a t ion (B . R . I . )

of the Ins t i tu te for Advanced Studiesof W orld Rel ig ions ( IASW R), New York 113O B I T U A R Y H 6

L I S T O F I A B S M E M B E R S 117

The Edi tor - in-Chief wishes to express thanks to Roger Jacksonand Rena Crispin for their assis tance in the product ion of this issue.

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Buddhism. A select bibliography, compi led and ed i ted by Satyaprakash .G urg ao n /N ew De lh i : Ind i an D ocum en ta t ion Se rv ice , 1976. 172 pp . $10 .

This reasonably usefu l b ib l iography covers a r t ic les publ i shed ine igh ty-fo ur In d ia n jo ur na ls be tween 1962 and 1976. I t a lso rep res ents ,spo t t i l y , monographs pub l i shed du r ing the same pe r iod . I t i s a r rangedin one a lphabet ica l l i s t tha t inc ludes bo th au thor and subjec t headings .One wi shes t ha t t he accoun t ing o f monographs were more comple t e ,an d th a t the book 's scope ha d been ex pa nd ed a t l eas t to em brac e suchCey lon ese pub l i ca t i ons a s World Buddhism, bu t within its l imitatio ns, it isa c l ea r and handy b ib l iog raphy .

Living Buddhist Masters, by Jac k K ornf ie ld . Santa C ruz: Uni ty Press ,1977 . 322 pp . $6 .95 .

A m on g the spa t e o f recen t books t ha t pu rp o r t t o exp la in one o rano the r t ype o f Buddh i s t med i t a t i on to Wes te rne rs , Living BuddhistMasters is o f s ing ular va lue becau se , ra the r than f ilte ring Bu ddh is tt rad i t i ons t h rough Wes te rn "ma tch ing concep t s , " i t g ives u s t heex pla na t ion s of Asian Bu ddh is t s themse lves in th i s case , in terv iewswi th an d d isco urse s by such m asters of the "Bu rm ese school" of m edi ta t ion as Achaan Chaa , Mahasi Sayadaw and U Ba Khin . Kornf le ld 's s ty leis refreshingly clear; refreshing, too, is the variety of differing views heis wi l l ing to expose . The book should prove usefu l bo th to medi ta torsand to scho la rs i n t e re s t ed i n t he Burmese schoo l .

Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, edi ted by Steven T. Katz. New York:O xf o rd Un ive rs i ty Press , 1978 . 264 pp . $3 .95 .

Al though only one essay in th i s co l lec t ionRobert M. Gimel lo 'sinc is ive "Myst ic i sm and Medi ta t ion"is devoted so le ly to Buddhism,Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis should be of in teres t to manyBuddho log i s t s (no t t o men t ion Buddh i s t s ) , pa r t i cu l a r ly t hose who a reco nc e rn ed w i th t he i n t e rp l ay in Budd h i sm be tw een reason and re li g iouse x p e r i e n c e . T h e c o n t r i b u t o r s wh o i n c l u d e Do n a l d M a c Ki n n o n ,Ne l son P ike , Nin i an Sm ar t an d Frede r i ck S t reng are gene ral ly ca re fu lan d r i go r ous , an d the i r s t ud i e s cha l l enge tr i t e bu t he re to fo re pe rvas iveassumpt ions about the un i ty , ineffab i l i ty , au thor i ta t iveness and ep is te -mologica l pur i ty of myst ica l exper ience . In the words of the ed i tor ,"Anyone who hereaf te r wishes to work ser iously in the garden ofmyst ical del ight wil l have to consider ful ly the posi t ion advanced in thisv o l u m e a n d r e s p o n d a c c o rd i n g ly . "o Ro ger Jackson