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Going Off the Map: 'Transcendental Dependent Arising' in the Nettippakaraṇa
Jones, Dhivan Thomas
Jones, Dhivan Thomas
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The early Buddhist exegetical text, the Nettippakaraṇa, apparently uniquely, describes the stages of the path as ‘transcendental dependent arising’ (lokuttara paṭicca-samuppāda), in contrast with the twelve nidānas, called ‘worldly dependent arising’ (lokiya paṭicca-samuppāda). A close reading of the Nettippakaraṇa in relation to another, related, exegetical text, the Peṭakopadesa, reveals that the latter interprets the same stages of the path in a different way. More broadly, while the Peṭakopadesa takes paṭicca-samuppāda to refer only to the twelve nidānas, the Nettippakaraṇa’s exegetical strategy takes paṭicca-samuppāda to refer to an over-arching principle of conditionality, both ‘worldly’ and ‘transcendental’. This exegesis has proved popular with modern western Buddhist exegetes.
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Jones, D. T. (2020). ’Going off the Map’. Buddhist Studies Review, 36(2), 167-190. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsr.38816
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Equinox Publishing
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Buddhist Studies Review
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1747-9681