[Advaita-l] Fwd: {भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्} Looking for works that compare and contrast the concept of non-duality in the Advaita Vedantic tradition and the tradition of Buddhism...

[V Subrahmanian]

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From: Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
Date: Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: {भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्} Looking for works that compare and
contrast the concept of non-duality in the Advaita Vedantic tradition and
the tradition of Buddhism...
To: Bharatiya Vidvat parishad <bvparishat at googlegroups.com>


Dear Souvick Ji,

     Here is the download link to a few publications that discuss the
relationship of early Advaita with Buddhism.  The link expires in a week.
Best,

https://we.tl/t-d8fIrpHcnw

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 9:22 PM Souvik Biswas <biswassouvik123 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Respected Dr. Deshpande
> I am also looking for this comparative study of Advaita vedanta & Buddhist
> philosophy. You have given a link for the same, but unfortunately it is not
> opening. Kindly send it once again. Thanks for your kind cooperation.
>
> With Best Regards,
>
> Souvick Biswas
> Assistant Professor
> Jhargram Raj College
> West Bengal
>
> On Wed, 10 Jun, 2020, 10:33 AM Swapna and Sunil, <swapsun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Dr. Deshpande,
>>
>> I really really appreciate this gesture. This set of books and papers is
>> enough for me to get going and start the study that was nascent in my
>> mind..
>>
>> I am especially happy to see that you gave me relevant references that
>> point to comparisons between the Māṇḍukya Kārikā of Gauḍapāda and
>> Vasubandhu's Yoga-achara thoughts...
>>
>> Much indebted for this sharing,
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Sunil 🙏
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 7:30 PM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Sunil Ji,
>>>
>>>      Here is a link to seven publications that may be of interest to you
>>> in comparing Buddhism and Advaita.  This is by no means a comprehensive
>>> listing, but just what I collected casually from my hard drive.  The more
>>> interesting studies are comparisons between Gauḍapāda and the traditions of
>>> Yogācāra and Mādhyamika Buddhism.  Also a very important text is
>>> Bhāviveka's Vedānta-Tattva-Viniścaya chapter of his
>>> Madhyamaka-Hr̥daya-Kārika.  This is the earliest Buddhist discussion of
>>> Vedānta known to us, and it is roughly contemporary with Gauḍapāda. You can
>>> find this
>>> in Quarnstrom-Olle-Hindu-Philosophy-in-Buddhist-Perspective-Vedānta-Tattva-Viniścaya-Chapter-of-Bhavya's-Madhyamaka-Hr̥daya-Kārikā
>>> which I have included in my list. But my list is just a tip of the
>>> iceberg.  There are many more studies, and you may find many of those in
>>> the bibliographies of the items that I have included.  With best wishes,
>>>
>>> The WeTransfer download link:
>>>
>>> https://we.tl/t-cKVAeJl098
>>>
>>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
>>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>>>
>>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 2:45 PM Swapna and Sunil <swapsun at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear preceptors,
>>>>
>>>> I was looking for books/works/thesis that compare and contrast the
>>>> concept of non-duality in the Advaita Vedantic tradition and the
>>>> tradition of Buddhism.
>>>>
>>>> The only thesis that I managed to find was the following (
>>>> https://open.library.ubc.ca/.../download/pdf/831/1.0093585/1), but I
>>>> am sure there are better, deeper studies of the similarities and
>>>> differences...
>>>>
>>>> Any help or direction most appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely, 🙏
>>>>
>>>> Sunil
>>>>
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