Re: [INDOLOGY] Quick Buddhism Question: Trikāya and Trisvabhāva

[Jeffery Long]

That's very helpful, Matthew.  Thank you!
When I formulated this question, I imagined you would be the one to respond.
All the best,Jeff Dr. Jeffery D. Long
Professor of Religion and Asian Studies
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA
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Series Editor, Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and PhilosophicalLexington Books
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    On Monday, April 17, 2017 4:45 PM, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei at uchicago.edu> wrote:
 

 #yiv6084761446 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Sorry Jeff, but it's not quick and easy. The interpretation of thetrisvabhāvais far from settled and indeed was not quite settled even within the tradition.
Though your suggestion about the possible relationship with the three kāya-s
is of interest, I do not think that it can be supported simpliciter by the extant
sources. A recent discussion, by Mario D'Amato, that does consider the soteriological dimensions
of the three natures doctrine, and references much of the previous scholarship is:
https://www.academia.edu/26898167/Three_Natures_Three_Stages_An_Interpretation_of_the_Yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra_Trisvabh%C4%81va-Theory

best,
Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études, 
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago



   


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