Review of Gómez and Harrison, trans. Vimalakīrtinirdeśa: The Teaching of Vimalakīrti [BSR 2024] (original) (raw)

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  1. Book Reviews and incorrectly follow Conze in translating it as "take" instead of "memorize" (e.g., 1957, §8).
  2. 2 tathāgatagatisamavasaraṇās te bhaviṣyanti, lit. "they will be those having the attainment of the state of a Tathāgata." GH: "they will follow the path of a realized one to its conclusion." §12.9-15 dharmapūjā, lit. "worship of the Dharma." Lamotte: "culte de la loi." GH: "offering of the dharma." GH read "dharma-" as what is offered in worship, instead of as what is worshipped, as Lamotte reads it, but Lamotte's reading is more natural and makes better sense. §12.11 evaṃrūpāṇāṃ sūtrāntānāṃ yā deśanā saṃprakāśanā dhāraṇā pratyavekṣaṇā, lit. "the teaching/preaching, illuminating, retaining in memory, and reflecting on of sūtras of this kind." GH: "act of expounding, keeping in mind, and reflecting upon discourses such as these." GH omit to translate "deśanā." §12.22 tasya dharmabhāṇaka, lit. "its dharmabhāṇaka." Harrison: "teacher of that Dharma." Dharmabhāṇaka is a specific term for itinerant Mahāyāna preachers. Probably it can best be left untranslated, but otherwise it should be "Dharma- preacher," or "preacher of Dharma." Bibliography
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