Going Off the Map: 'Transcendental Dependent Arising' in the Nettippakaraṇa
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Jones, Dhivan ThomasAffiliation
University of ChesterPublication Date
2020-03-19
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The early Buddhist exegetical text, the Nettippakaraṇa, apparently uniquely, describes the stages of the path as ‘transcendental dependent arising’ (lokuttara paṭicca-samuppāda), in contrast with the twelve nidānas, called ‘worldly dependent arising’ (lokiya paṭicca-samuppāda). A close reading of the Nettippakaraṇa in relation to another, related, exegetical text, the Peṭakopadesa, reveals that the latter interprets the same stages of the path in a different way. More broadly, while the Peṭakopadesa takes paṭicca-samuppāda to refer only to the twelve nidānas, the Nettippakaraṇa’s exegetical strategy takes paṭicca-samuppāda to refer to an over-arching principle of conditionality, both ‘worldly’ and ‘transcendental’. This exegesis has proved popular with modern western Buddhist exegetes.Citation
Jones, D. T. (2020). ’Going off the Map’. Buddhist Studies Review, 36(2), 167-190. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsr.38816Publisher
Equinox PublishingJournal
Buddhist Studies ReviewAdditional Links
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