An Investigation into Emptiness Parts One & Two [Venerable Yinshun, English translation by Shi Huifeng]

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An Investigation into Emptiness Parts One & Two [Venerable Yinshun, English translation by Shi Huifeng]

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An Investigation into Emptiness Parts One & Two [Venerable Yinshun, English translation by Shi Huifeng]
Kōng zhī Tànjìu 空之探究) (1985), An excellent study unfortunately almost unknown outside of the sphere of Buddhist studies in Chinese language.1 It covers the doctrine of emptiness as it developed through four stages. 1. Early Buddhism of the Āgamas and Nikāyas; 2. The Abhidharma or Nikāya period; 3. The early Mahāyāna­period of the Prajñā­pāramitā literature; and 4. The Madhyamaka philosophy of Nāgārjuna, including the Mahā­prajñā­pāramitā­Upadeśa, which is traditionally attributed to him. As such, it is one of the most complete modern studies on the theme of emptiness. Structurally, it does follow the broad historical categories of the discourse, but avoids the anachronistic use of material, and draws on numerous lines of textual tradition. For early Buddhism, yìnShùn uses both classic Chinese translations and modern Chinese translations of the Pāli canon, and for the mainstream period, has mastery over the entire range of sectarian literature well preserved in Chinese, in addition to modern translations of Pāli Abhidhamma and paracanonical material
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