diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml index 772ef75ae0..2500929bd0 100644 --- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml +++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs: - name: Install build requirements uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1 with: - ruby-version: 3.2 + ruby-version: 3.3 bundler-cache: true - name: Build the site run: | diff --git a/_content/articles/t309_nattier-jan.md b/_content/articles/t309_nattier-jan.md index f001569962..28b6c007fd 100644 --- a/_content/articles/t309_nattier-jan.md +++ b/_content/articles/t309_nattier-jan.md @@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ pages: "231--258" > Zhu Fonian may have begun to produce new 'scriptures' without benefit of any Indian source-texts in an attempt to revive his own flagging fame. -How one Chinese Agama translator came to write Chinese apocrypha. +How one Chinese Āgama translator came to write Chinese apocrypha. diff --git a/_posts/2024-07-20-asalha-puja.md b/_posts/2024-07-20-asalha-puja.md index 012032fce8..73101550a6 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-07-20-asalha-puja.md +++ b/_posts/2024-07-20-asalha-puja.md @@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ This new section of our library delves deeper into those middle ages where Buddh **Where to start** -The works listed cover many critical topics, such as the entanglements and innovations in Buddhist Art and the role of medical knowledge in Buddhism's spread. But here I especially would like to highlight: +The works listed there cover many critical topics, such as the entanglements and innovations in Buddhist Art and the role of medical knowledge in Buddhism's spread. But here I especially would like to highlight: -- [Buddhism in the Medieval Estate System](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/buddhism-society-in-medieval-estate-system_toshio-kuroda) +- [Buddhism and Society in the Medieval Estate System](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/buddhism-society-in-medieval-estate-system_toshio-kuroda) - This work paints a vivid portrait of medieval life and explains how Buddhism fit into that social world. While the article is specifically about medieval Japan, I think its insights are broadly applicable across medieval Asia. - [Re-Evaluating Zhu Fonian](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/t309_nattier-jan) - One of the biggest questions in the history of Mahāyāna Buddhism is how the apocryphal sūtras came to be written. The forgeries are often extremely sophisticated and show a deep knowledge of (and even respect for) the Dharma. So, what could compel a careful, erudite, Buddhist scholar to write a completely new sūtra? - Incredibly, we know the name and biography of one such scholar: Zhu Fonian. In this paper, Jan Nattier tells his story. + Incredibly, we know the name and biography of one such scholar: Zhu Fonian. In this paper, Jan Nattier tells us his story. # Theravāda's Roots @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ For those uninterested in the Mahāyana developments, this bibliography covers m **Where to start** -The entire bibliography focuses largely on the Theravāda's Pāli texts and the sometimes surprising politics surrounding them. +The bibliography focuses largely on the Theravāda's Pāli texts and the sometimes surprising politics surrounding them. - [Of Beggars and Buddhas: Politics and Humor in the Thai Jatakas](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/beggars-and-buddhas-politics-humor-in-vessantara-jataka-in-thailand_bowie-katherine-a) - In this interview, Katherine Bowie explains how _funny_ the Vessantara Jataka was to traditional Thai villagers, giving us a peak into the lively culture surrounding Theravāda's seemingly-austere literature. @@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ For those interested in just diving right into the Pāli texts themselves, we're The Khuddakanikāya can roughly be divided into two parts: poetry collections and rebirth stories. The former are generally considered "early" and the latter "later" additions to the Canon, and thus the separation of the Kn into two different bibliographies. You can look forward to more on the Kn later this year! -The Abhidhamma bibliography, by (surprisingly!) popular demand, has been added as well, mixing together the canonical books with some of their exegetical works as well. +The Abhidhamma bibliography, by (surprisingly!) popular demand, has also been added, mixing together the canonical books with some of their exegetical works as well and rounding off our coverage of the Pāli Canon! **Where to start** -Here I'd like to highlight in particular a new project over at [ReadingFaithfully](https://readingfaithfully.org/) to create: +Here I'd especially like to highlight a new project over at [ReadingFaithfully](https://readingfaithfully.org/) to create: - [A Comprehensive Index of the Pāli Suttas](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/reference/cips) - As of this post, the project is in progress, but it is already a wonderful and large resource for exploring the Suttas by simile or by topic. I highly recommend it, both for casual reading and for serious study! @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ I'm happy to announce today the launch of two new sections of our library on the Opting out of the "attention economy" isn't easy. For those who are going into seclusion for the next three months, I salute you! 🙏 -And for everyone else, I hope that you're able to find some refuge and peace this *vassa*. 😊 +And for everyone else, I hope that you're able to find some refuge and peace this *vassa* as well. 😊 And, just in case it _isn't_ peaceful and safe, [here are a few first-aid tips from the Red Cross worth reviewing](https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/booklets/comprehensive-first-aid_red-cross) which I sincerely hope _don't_ come in handy for you!!