280 Notes to Pages 28-38- Majjhima Nikaya i. 140.
33· e.g. Sarp.yutta Nikaya iv. 380-4.
34· Sumarigala-Vilasini 59-67 gives an elaborate traditional explana-
tion of tathiigata, see Bhikkhu Bodhi (trans.), The Discourse on the
All-Embracing Net of Views: The Brahmajiila Sutta and its Com-
mentaries (Kandy, 1978), 331-4.- Cf. David L. Snellgrove, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism (London, 1987),
5-II, 29-38. - Ariguttara Nikaya ii. 37-9.
37· Cf. J. W. de Jong, 'The Study of Buddhism: Problems and Per-
spectives', in Buddhist Studies by J. W. de long, edited by G. Schopen
(Berkeley, 1979), 15-26. - Digha Nikaya iii. 84.
39· Sarp.yutta Nikaya iii. 120. - Digha Nikaya iii. 142-62; see also U. McNab et al. (trans.), The
Suttanta on the Marks (Greenstreete, Wales, 1996). - See Visuddhimagga viii. 23; Frank Reynolds, 'The Several Bodies
of the Buddha: Reflections on a Neglected Aspect of Theravada
Tradition', History of Religions, r6 (1977), 374-89; Paul Harrison,
'Is the Dharma-kiiya the Real "Phantom Body" of the Buddha?',Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 15
(1992), 44-94·- Majjhima Nikaya iii. 8.
Chapter 2. The Word of the Buddha
r. Digha Nikaya ii. rr9-2o; Majjhima Nikaya i. 492-3.- e;g. Visuddhimagga xiv. I4; Abhidharmakosa vi. s; Rupert Gethin,
The Buddhist Path to Awakening (Leiden, 1992), 222-3.
3· Cf. Tilmann Vetter, The Ideas and Meditative Practices of Early
Buddhism (Leiden, 1988), 10.
4· William Graham, Beyond the Written Word (Cambridge, 1987), 67-
77· On the development of writing in India see Richard Salomon,
'On the Origin of the Early Indian Scripts: A Review Article',Journal of the American Oriental Society, IIS (1995), 271-9.
5· Walpola Rahula, History of Buddhism in Ceylon (Colombo, 1956),
158-6r.6. Verse attributed to Nan-chiian P'u-yiian (748-834); see Heinrich
Dumoulin, A History of Zen Buddhism (London, 1963), 67.
- John Ross Carter, Dhamma: Western Academic and Sinhalese Bud-
dhist Interpretations (Tokyo, 1978), 131-5.