Speaking for Buddhas

A major new work exploring the foundations of Buddhist thought Speaking for Buddhas Scriptural Commentary in Indian Buddhism   Richard Nance    Order Your Copy Now and Save 30%! We'd like to offer you 30% off orders of Speaking for Buddhas. To save 30%, add the book to your shopping cart, and enter code SPENA in the "Enter Coupon Code" field at check out. Click on the "apply" button and your savings will be calculated.    "Deftly engaging Indian Buddhist texts that represent a wide range of genres and intellectual disciplines, Richard Nance's nuanced and beautifully written book attends carefully to the ways in which Buddhist intellectuals variously elaborated and exemplified the norms meant to determine which acts of speech and writing ought to count as authoritatively Buddhist....This important book should be read not only by students of Buddhist thought and history but also by students of religious studies who aim to overcome the facile dichotomy of 'theory' and 'practice.'" - Dan Arnold, Divinity School at the University of Chicago   Buddhist intellectual discourse owes its development to a dynamic interplay between primary source materials and subsequent interpretation, yet scholarship on Indian Buddhism has long neglected to privilege one crucial series of texts. Commentaries on Buddhist scriptures, particularly the sutras, offer rich insights into the complex relationship between Buddhist intellectual practices and the norms that inform--and are informed by--them. Evaluating these commentaries in detail for the first time, Richard F. Nance revisits-and rewrites--the critical history of Buddhist thought, including its unique conception of doctrinal transmission. Attributed to such luminaries as Nāgārjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignāga, and Śāntideva, scriptural commentaries have long played an important role in the monastic and philosophical life of Indian Buddhism. Nance reads these texts against the social and cultural conditions of their making, establishing a solid historical basis for the interpretation of key beliefs and doctrines. He also underscores areas of contention, in which scholars debate what it means to speak for, and as, a Buddha.    ORDER THE BOOK      $55.00 $38.50 (with discount code SPENA) / £38.00  Cloth  312 pages For more titles in:     South Asian Studies Asian Religion and Philosophy FOLLOW Columbia University Press:

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