History of Early Buddhist Studies

[Jhindra]

Recently, we already have Early Buddhist Studies. A complex study of various kind of Buddhist canon in order to find what exactly the Buddha taught to us. Just like a complex gadgets we have right now, it came from it’s older version, which more simply and limited. I really want to know, how this complex study evolved to it’s recent version? I already searched in the internet, but, I have found nothing…

[sabbamitta]

@Jhindra

I already searched in the internet, but, I have found nothing…

Searching the forum here, you might find this:

Four phases of early Buddhist studies

Let’s generalize about Buddhism! Generalizations are lazy and bad, but I won’t let that stop me. Modern understanding of early Buddhism has, I posit, grown through four phases; we’re currently in the fourth. These phases are constructive, mutually reinforcing, and ongoing. All are found in nascent form from the beginning, but the focus shifts over time. This happens when the phase is reaching maturity, its primary tasks accomplished, and its insights integrated into the broader cultural under…

Perhaps that’s of interest to you.

[Jhindra]

Ahh, thank you Ayya. I’ll read that…