'Impermanence': A Translation of the First Chapter of the Tibetan Udānavarga. (30th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Skilling, Peter
• Is Part Of: Buddhist studies review. Volume 37:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 15
• Page End: 25
• Publication Date: 2020-11-30
• Subjects: tibetan translation -- buddhist verse -- udānavarga -- impermanence and death; Buddhism -- Periodicals; Buddhism -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 294.305
• DOI: 10.1558/bsrv.18494
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0265-2897

Abstract

Abstract : The Udānavarga is a grand compendium of Buddhist verse, compiled by a Dharmatrāta about whom we know next to nothing. In Sarvāstivādin and Mūlasarvāstivādin circles the Udānavarga was as popular as is the Dhammapada in Theravādin circles, and it circulated widely in South and Central Asia. Here I give an English translation from the Tibetan of the first chapter, 'Impermanence'.