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Buffetrille, Katia, Pèlerins, Lamas et Visionnaires. Sources orales et écrites sur les pèlerinages tibétains. (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde Heft 46)

Buffetrille, Katia, Pèlerins, Lamas et Visionnaires. Sources orales et écrites sur les... 279 Priestley has written a fine book. His readable and lucid style leads us through the fragmented nature of the evidence in such as way as to present us with a clear and well-constructed ‘picture’ of what might well have been the Pudgalav ¯ adins’ worldview, concerns, problems, and debates with others. Demonstrating remarkable empathy with the material, and finely tuned to the nuances and subtleties of the Pudgalav ¯ adins’ potentially baffling stance, he suggests an eminently plausible and, in my opinion, convincing account of their understanding of the pudgala . This is a valu- able contribution to our understanding of early Buddhism and deserves to become widely consulted. My only quibble is that some key British work is not cited: for example, Richard Gombrich’s important article ‘Dating the Buddha: A Red Herring Revealed’ (in H. Bechert (ed.) The Dating of the Historical Buddha . Part 2. Göttingen: Vandendoeck & Ruprecht, 1992); and L.S. Cousins’ ‘Person and Self’ (in Buddhism into the Year 2000 , pp. 15–31, Bangkok: Dhammakaya Foundation, 1995). 1 NOTE 1 My own Early Buddhism: A New Approach (Richmond: Curzon, 2000) is also highly relevant, but probably came out just too late for this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

Buffetrille, Katia, Pèlerins, Lamas et Visionnaires. Sources orales et écrites sur les pèlerinages tibétains. (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde Heft 46)

Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 44 (3): 279 – Jan 1, 2001

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© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0019-7246
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1572-8536
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279 Priestley has written a fine book. His readable and lucid style leads us through the fragmented nature of the evidence in such as way as to present us with a clear and well-constructed ‘picture’ of what might well have been the Pudgalav ¯ adins’ worldview, concerns, problems, and debates with others. Demonstrating remarkable empathy with the material, and finely tuned to the nuances and subtleties of the Pudgalav ¯ adins’ potentially baffling stance, he suggests an eminently plausible and, in my opinion, convincing account of their understanding of the pudgala . This is a valu- able contribution to our understanding of early Buddhism and deserves to become widely consulted. My only quibble is that some key British work is not cited: for example, Richard Gombrich’s important article ‘Dating the Buddha: A Red Herring Revealed’ (in H. Bechert (ed.) The Dating of the Historical Buddha . Part 2. Göttingen: Vandendoeck & Ruprecht, 1992); and L.S. Cousins’ ‘Person and Self’ (in Buddhism into the Year 2000 , pp. 15–31, Bangkok: Dhammakaya Foundation, 1995). 1 NOTE 1 My own Early Buddhism: A New Approach (Richmond: Curzon, 2000) is also highly relevant, but probably came out just too late for this

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