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Podcast: Bright On Buddhism
Episode: Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra - Chapters 8-9
Description: Chapters 8 and 9 of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra - Join us as we read and discuss the Burton Watson translation of Chapters 8 and 9 of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Resources: Cole, Alan (2005). Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 236â325. (See chapter 6 for an in-depth account of the narrative in the VimalakÄ«rtinirdeÅa-sÅ«tra); Hamlin, Edward (1988). Magical UpÄya in the VimalakÄ«rtinirdeÅa-sÅ«tra, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 11 (1), 89-121; Fung Kei Cheng, Samson Tse (2014). Thematic Research on the VimalakÄ«rti NirdeÅa SÅ«tra: An I...