Tse-Fu Kuan
Biographic Data
| ID | 708678 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tse-Fu Kuan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tse-Fu |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuan |
| SIGNATURE | KUAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yuan Ze University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Karmic Explanations for the Buddha’s Headache and the Sakyas’ Massacre: A Mahāsāṃghika Story Incorporated into Theravāda and Mūla-Sarvāstivāda Literature
The Apadāna of the Pali canon contains a terse and obscure verse account of the Buddha’s headache associated with the Sakyas’ massacre by Viḍūḍabha. While alluding to the fishermen episode in their past lives, it provides no lucid karmic backstory for the tragedy. This Theravāda account can be traced back to a Mahāsāṃghika text preserved in Chinese translation, T199 (Fo wubai dizi zishuo benqi jing), where we find a verse account almost identical…
From Joseph to Aṅgulimāla: A Buddhist Story with a Biblical Motif
From the late 4th century BCE, the Greeks initiated long-term cultural exchange between the Indian and Mediterranean worlds. Following the Greek conquests of North-West India and Central Asia, Buddhism spread to these regions. Here Buddhists, native and immigrant alike, came into prolonged contact with Western civilizations. The Bible in Greek or Syriac translation may have been available in North-West India and Central Asia in the early centurie…
Moggallana’s Journey to Another Buddha-field: How a Mahayana Narrative Crept into the Ekottarika Agama (T 125)
The Chinese Ekottarika Agama (EA) stands out among the four Pali Nikayas and the corresponding four Chinese Agamas, which are supposed to be collections of early Buddhist texts. My study of anomalies in a sutta of EA reveals that it is a composite of various textual sources. The original translation of this sutta, presumably non-numerical, was merged with a much shorter, numerical sutta in the process of forming the extant sutta. Zhu Fonian was n…
Legends and Transcendence: Sectarian Affiliations of the Ekottarika Āgama in Chinese Translation
Of the four complete Āgama collections, the Ekottarika Āgama (EĀ) has generated the most controversy about whether it can be attributed to any early Buddhist school and, if so, which school it could belong to. This paper examines the various hypotheses about the sectarian affiliation(s) of the EĀ. It shows that a considerable part of this corpus is likely to be of Mahāsāṃghika derivation, and that the EĀ contains numerous salient features of Mahā…
Structure and Formation of the Anguttara Nikaya and the Ekottarika Agama
In both the Anguttara Nikaya in Pali and the Ekottarika Agamain Chinese translation, the suttas are grouped into eleven nipatas (“books”), from the Ekaka-nipata/Eka-nipata (Book of Ones) to the Ekadasaka-nipata (Book of Elevens) – though in the Ekottarika Agama the nipatas are not labelled as such. This grouping into nipatas is based on the number of doctrinal items dealt with in the component suttas. In the Ones and Twos, it is often the case th…
Structure and Formation of the A?guttara Nik?ya and the Ekottarika ?gama
In both the A?guttara Nik?ya in Pali and the Ekottarika ?gamain Chinese translation, the suttas are grouped into eleven nip?tas (“books”), from the Ekaka-nip?ta/Eka-nip?ta (Book of Ones) to the Ek?dasaka-nip?ta (Book of Elevens) – though in the Ekottarika ?gama the nip?tas are not labelled as such. This grouping into nip?tas is based on the number of doctrinal items dealt with in the component suttas. In the Ones and Twos, it is often the case th…
Conscious of Everything or Consciousness Without Objects? A Paradox of Nirvana
Equal-headed (samas?sin): An Abhidharma Innovation and Commentarial Developments
The suicide accounts of three bhikkhus in sutta literature probably inspired the formulation of a particular type of person who attains Arahantship at death, later designated as an ‘equal-headed’ (samas?sin) person in the Abhidhamma. The Therav?da tends to depict those bhikkhus as non-Arahants before suicide. The Pali commentary explains that they did not attain Arahantship until their deaths and refers to two of them as each being an ‘equal-head…
Early Chinese Commentary on the Ekottarika-agama: The Fenbie gongde lun 分別功德論 and the History of the Translation of the Zengyi ahan jing 增一阿含經. By Antonello Palumbo
An Early Chinese Commentary on the Ekottarika-āgama: The Fenbie gongde lun 分別功德論 and the History of the Translation of the Zengyi ahan jing 增一阿含經. By Antonello Palumbo. Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corp., 2013. Pp. xiv + 424. NT$460
Tradition and Adaptation: Translating Indic Buddhist Texts Into Modern Chinese
There was a long tradition of translating Buddhist texts from Indic languages into classical Chinese during the first millennium CE. There have been a number of new Chinese translations of Buddhist texts from Sanskrit and Pali in recent decades. This paper provides case studies that illustrate the various ways in which these modern translations were produced in light of the historical background of traditional translations. When traditional rende…
Abhidhamma Interpretations of “Persons” (puggala): With Particular Reference to the Aṅguttara Nikāya
ThePavāraṇā Suttaand "liberation in both ways" as against "liberation by wisdom
There are six complete versions of thePavāraṇā Sutta(Pravāraṇā Sūtra). TheEkottarika Āgamaversion (EĀ 32.5) differs significantly from the other five. It contains an episode involving Ānanda, a non-arhat, which is not found in the other five versions. In the five versions other than EĀ 32.5, this Pravāraṇā ceremony is depicted as an assembly of arhats, who are endowed with different "liberations". This paper shows that such divergences are correl…
Cognitive operations in Buddhist meditation: Interface with Western psychology
This paper interprets Buddhist meditation from perspectives of Western psychology and explores the common grounds shared by the two disciplines. Cognitive operations in Buddhist meditation are mainly characterized by mindfulness and concentration in relation to attention. Mindfulness in particular plays a pivotal role in regulating attention. My study based on Buddhist literature corroborates significant correspondence between mindfulness and met…
Rethinking Non-self: A New Perspective from the Ekottarika ?gama
Scholars have pointed out that the arguments for not-self (anatt?, or “non-self”) recurring in the Buddhist texts are meant to refute the “self” (?tman) in the Upani?ads. The Buddha’s denial of the self, however, was not only pointed at Brahmanism, but also confronted various ?rama?ic trends of thought against Brahmanism. This paper investigates the extant three versions of a Buddhist text which records a debate between the Buddha and Saccaka, an…
Clarification on Feelings in Buddhist Dhyāna/Jhāna Meditation
ThePavāraṇā Suttaand "liberation in both ways" as against "liberation by wisdom
There are six complete versions of thePavāraṇā Sutta(Pravāraṇā Sūtra). TheEkottarika Āgamaversion (EĀ 32.5) differs significantly from the other five. It contains an episode involving Ānanda, a non-arhat, which is not found in the other five versions. In the five versions other than EĀ 32.5, this Pravāraṇā ceremony is depicted as an assembly of arhats, who are endowed with different "liberations". This paper shows that such divergences are correl…
Rethinking Non-self: A New Perspective from the Ekottarika ?gama
Scholars have pointed out that the arguments for not-self (anatt?, or “non-self”) recurring in the Buddhist texts are meant to refute the “self” (?tman) in the Upani?ads. The Buddha’s denial of the self, however, was not only pointed at Brahmanism, but also confronted various ?rama?ic trends of thought against Brahmanism. This paper investigates the extant three versions of a Buddhist text which records a debate between the Buddha and Saccaka, an…
Clarification on Feelings in Buddhist Dhyāna/Jhāna Meditation
Abhidhamma Interpretations of “Persons” (puggala): With Particular Reference to the Aṅguttara Nikāya
Clarification on Feelings in Buddhist Dhyāna/Jhāna Meditation
Rethinking Non-self: A New Perspective from the Ekottarika ?gama
Scholars have pointed out that the arguments for not-self (anatt?, or “non-self”) recurring in the Buddhist texts are meant to refute the “self” (?tman) in the Upani?ads. The Buddha’s denial of the self, however, was not only pointed at Brahmanism, but also confronted various ?rama?ic trends of thought against Brahmanism. This paper investigates the extant three versions of a Buddhist text which records a debate between the Buddha and Saccaka, an…
Cognitive operations in Buddhist meditation: Interface with Western psychology
This paper interprets Buddhist meditation from perspectives of Western psychology and explores the common grounds shared by the two disciplines. Cognitive operations in Buddhist meditation are mainly characterized by mindfulness and concentration in relation to attention. Mindfulness in particular plays a pivotal role in regulating attention. My study based on Buddhist literature corroborates significant correspondence between mindfulness and met…
ThePavāraṇā Suttaand "liberation in both ways" as against "liberation by wisdom
There are six complete versions of thePavāraṇā Sutta(Pravāraṇā Sūtra). TheEkottarika Āgamaversion (EĀ 32.5) differs significantly from the other five. It contains an episode involving Ānanda, a non-arhat, which is not found in the other five versions. In the five versions other than EĀ 32.5, this Pravāraṇā ceremony is depicted as an assembly of arhats, who are endowed with different "liberations". This paper shows that such divergences are correl…
Abhidhamma Interpretations of “Persons” (puggala): With Particular Reference to the Aṅguttara Nikāya
Tradition and Adaptation: Translating Indic Buddhist Texts Into Modern Chinese
There was a long tradition of translating Buddhist texts from Indic languages into classical Chinese during the first millennium CE. There have been a number of new Chinese translations of Buddhist texts from Sanskrit and Pali in recent decades. This paper provides case studies that illustrate the various ways in which these modern translations were produced in light of the historical background of traditional translations. When traditional rende…
Early Chinese Commentary on the Ekottarika-agama: The Fenbie gongde lun 分別功德論 and the History of the Translation of the Zengyi ahan jing 增一阿含經. By Antonello Palumbo
An Early Chinese Commentary on the Ekottarika-āgama: The Fenbie gongde lun 分別功德論 and the History of the Translation of the Zengyi ahan jing 增一阿含經. By Antonello Palumbo. Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corp., 2013. Pp. xiv + 424. NT$460
Equal-headed (samas?sin): An Abhidharma Innovation and Commentarial Developments
The suicide accounts of three bhikkhus in sutta literature probably inspired the formulation of a particular type of person who attains Arahantship at death, later designated as an ‘equal-headed’ (samas?sin) person in the Abhidhamma. The Therav?da tends to depict those bhikkhus as non-Arahants before suicide. The Pali commentary explains that they did not attain Arahantship until their deaths and refers to two of them as each being an ‘equal-head…
Structure and Formation of the Anguttara Nikaya and the Ekottarika Agama
In both the Anguttara Nikaya in Pali and the Ekottarika Agamain Chinese translation, the suttas are grouped into eleven nipatas (“books”), from the Ekaka-nipata/Eka-nipata (Book of Ones) to the Ekadasaka-nipata (Book of Elevens) – though in the Ekottarika Agama the nipatas are not labelled as such. This grouping into nipatas is based on the number of doctrinal items dealt with in the component suttas. In the Ones and Twos, it is often the case th…
Structure and Formation of the A?guttara Nik?ya and the Ekottarika ?gama
In both the A?guttara Nik?ya in Pali and the Ekottarika ?gamain Chinese translation, the suttas are grouped into eleven nip?tas (“books”), from the Ekaka-nip?ta/Eka-nip?ta (Book of Ones) to the Ek?dasaka-nip?ta (Book of Elevens) – though in the Ekottarika ?gama the nip?tas are not labelled as such. This grouping into nip?tas is based on the number of doctrinal items dealt with in the component suttas. In the Ones and Twos, it is often the case th…
Conscious of Everything or Consciousness Without Objects? A Paradox of Nirvana
Moggallana’s Journey to Another Buddha-field: How a Mahayana Narrative Crept into the Ekottarika Agama (T 125)
The Chinese Ekottarika Agama (EA) stands out among the four Pali Nikayas and the corresponding four Chinese Agamas, which are supposed to be collections of early Buddhist texts. My study of anomalies in a sutta of EA reveals that it is a composite of various textual sources. The original translation of this sutta, presumably non-numerical, was merged with a much shorter, numerical sutta in the process of forming the extant sutta. Zhu Fonian was n…
Legends and Transcendence: Sectarian Affiliations of the Ekottarika Āgama in Chinese Translation
Of the four complete Āgama collections, the Ekottarika Āgama (EĀ) has generated the most controversy about whether it can be attributed to any early Buddhist school and, if so, which school it could belong to. This paper examines the various hypotheses about the sectarian affiliation(s) of the EĀ. It shows that a considerable part of this corpus is likely to be of Mahāsāṃghika derivation, and that the EĀ contains numerous salient features of Mahā…
From Joseph to Aṅgulimāla: A Buddhist Story with a Biblical Motif
From the late 4th century BCE, the Greeks initiated long-term cultural exchange between the Indian and Mediterranean worlds. Following the Greek conquests of North-West India and Central Asia, Buddhism spread to these regions. Here Buddhists, native and immigrant alike, came into prolonged contact with Western civilizations. The Bible in Greek or Syriac translation may have been available in North-West India and Central Asia in the early centurie…
Karmic Explanations for the Buddha’s Headache and the Sakyas’ Massacre: A Mahāsāṃghika Story Incorporated into Theravāda and Mūla-Sarvāstivāda Literature
The Apadāna of the Pali canon contains a terse and obscure verse account of the Buddha’s headache associated with the Sakyas’ massacre by Viḍūḍabha. While alluding to the fishermen episode in their past lives, it provides no lucid karmic backstory for the tragedy. This Theravāda account can be traced back to a Mahāsāṃghika text preserved in Chinese translation, T199 (Fo wubai dizi zishuo benqi jing), where we find a verse account almost identical…
Philosophy (12 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (11 works) · Buddhism (10 works) · History (10 works) · Art (9 works) · Literature (9 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (8 works) · Theology (7 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works)