From the texts. Into the conversation.
Explore comparative research in Pāli, Sanskrit and Chinese Buddhist texts. Read public abstracts and opening passages, with patron early access to complete papers.
Our first papers are in editorial preparation. Read their public openings below, with sources and an introduction to each question. The full papers have not yet been published.
In preparation / 01
When one manual lists four operations and another eight, has the practice doubled? Breath-contact offers a more revealing answer: an instruction can be present without receiving a heading of its own.
Read the opening →Source edition · The Scripture on Ānāpāna ↗In preparation / 02
A forest dwelling can express simplicity—or ambition. The Vimuttimagga and Visuddhimagga expose a subtle question: does the name of an ascetic practice describe an outward observance, or an ethically qualified intention?
Read the opening →Source edition · The Vimuttimagga ↗In preparation / 03
A meditation can be stable and still cease to develop. A Chinese manual’s account of “staying” opens a comparison with the Pāli distinction between maintaining an attainment, advancing beyond it, and turning toward release.
Read the opening →Source edition · The Dharmatrāta Dhyāna Sūtra ↗