Given the acknowledged prominence of the Prajñāpāramitā literature in Buddhism across many countries and sects, why are only a handful of us working on these texts? Why do we still have no reliable editions let alone translations and studies of most of them? I would be interested to hear from academics on this.
First, because they do not read or understand the language it is written in, and second because the translation of Buddhist texts is so bad at times that they do not bother. Imagine "dukkha" translated by "suffering"! And then some of these western translators go straight away and compare Buddha and Christ.
Dear Professors Jayarava Attwood , Jacques Coulardeau , Gergana Ruseva , Camillo A. Formigatti , Hiten Barman
I am interested in the Prajñāpāramitā (Perfection of Wisdom) Sutras are in Sanskrit Buddhist literature for studying all as follows; (This is tough and takes time so long)
· Śatasāhasrikā - 100000 lines
· Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā - 25000 lines
· Aṣṭadaśasāhasrikā - 18000 lines (fragments)
· Daśasāhasrikā - 10,000 (fragments)
· Aṣtasahasrika - 8000 lines
· Adhyardhasāhasrikā - 2500 lines
· Ratnagunasañcayagāthā
· Advayaśatikā
· Suvikrāntivikrāmiparipr̥cchā
· Pañcaśatikā - 500 lines
· Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra-300 lines
· Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra
That reminds me of the Dhammapada and Buddhist Theravada philosophy I had a week to crash into in Pali, in English, and with some notes, and I had one week after arriving in Sri Lanka before working for the first time with the young Buddhist monks of Pidurangala and let them start thinking Buddhism in English. Try to translate Dukkha when you know you need at least three or four pages to explain what it might be if we concentrate enough and meditate some more. es hard but also exhilarating, isn't it?
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