[INDOLOGY] New monograph: Extraordinary Capacities in the Buddhist Path of Liberation: A Diachronic Study Based on the Theravāda Sources.

[Antonia Ruppel]

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     Antonia (member of the Indology-l committee)

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the publication of my first monograph,
entitled *Extraordinary
Capacities in the Buddhist Path of Liberation: A Diachronic Study Based on
the Theravāda Sources*. Please find the abstract below.

> This volume presents a diachronic study of the final stages of the
> Buddhist path of liberation as presented in the* Sāmaññaphalasutta* (D
> 2). Focusing on ‘extraordinary capacities’ - the ‘body made of mind’ (
> *manomayakāya*), the capability to perform many kinds of psychophysical
> power (*iddhividhā̆*), and the higher knowledges (*abhiññā*) - the work
> deciphers their significance within the soteriological journey. By
> collecting evidence from the Pāli canon, the Vedic corpus, and later Pāli
> exegesis, the research traces the evolution of these meditative powers.
> This rigorous analysis of Pāli literature reveals how the Theravāda
> tradition re-envisioned human potential and refined its doctrinal framework
> over time. It offers a vital contribution to our understanding of the
> historical and philological development of Buddhist thought.

The book has been published by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University
Press and is available in open-access format at the following link:

https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-974-0/

I sincerely hope you will find it of interest.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Kind regards,
Bryan De Notariis
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