Comparing Buddhism, Daoism, Brahmanism and Yoga

[Morphius]

I would be interested to get everyones feedback on this paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... m_and_Yoga

[Ayu]

I moved your topic to the subforum Academic Discussion. Otherwise such a topic would not be welcome at DW, because comparing religions/traditions is frowned at.
Please mind the forum rules of this specific subforum and read the posting rules in our Terms of Service.
Thanks.

[tingdzin]

This is a long paper on an ambitious subject. I hope to have some comments at later date, but usually such surveys cannot avoid terrible oversimplifications.

[Sādhaka]

…but usually such surveys cannot avoid terrible oversimplifications.

And/or overcomplications….

[tingdzin]

Well, I apologize, but I couldn't finish the paper because it is so full of statements that need qualification, it was difficult for me to retain a focus. If you want to do more with this, you might rearrange the presentation in terms of what you are setting out to say, saying it, and then dealing with possible objections. Just a suggestion.

[PeterC]

I would be interested to get everyones feedback on this paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... m_and_Yoga

It's an impossibly broad topic. To give an example - you cite the sutra in forty-two chapters to explain parallels between Daoist and Buddhist terminology. But that particular text was almost certainly a composite created in China. So what is the comparison you're making? Whole theses can and have been written on the origin of that sutra itself.

To get somewhere in a field like this you need to start small. Find a corner of the field that hasn't been looked at and dig into that. Don't try to cover the entire field at once.

[Sādhaka]

To give an example - you cite the sutra in forty-two chapters to explain parallels between Daoist and Buddhist terminology. But that particular text was almost certainly a composite created in China.

Hm, that could be^, somehow similar to the Śurangama Sutra vs the Śurangama-Samadhi Sutra situation.

However I thought that I’d once saw something that suggested otherwise.

If so, then I’ll get back to you….

[PeterC]

To give an example - you cite the sutra in forty-two chapters to explain parallels between Daoist and Buddhist terminology. But that particular text was almost certainly a composite created in China.

Hm, that could be^, somehow similar to the Śurangama Sutra vs the Śurangama-Samadhi Sutra situation.

However I thought that I’d once saw something that suggested otherwise.

If so, then I’ll get back to you….

That doesn’t mean the content is “wrong” btw. Just that we need to be cautious about citing it as representative of any particular period/school