Jayarava's Raves: Sanskrit. Chinese

Recently Published

Attwood, Jayarava. (2025) "Remembering Sue Hamilton (1950–2016)." Buddhist Studies Review 42(1): 2-11.

Attwood Jayarava (2024). "Revised Editions of the Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya and Bānrěbōluómìduō xīn jīng «般若波羅蜜多心經»." Asian Literature and Translation. 11(1). 52-92. https://alt.cardiffuniversitypress.org/articles/10.18573/alt.63.

Attwood, Jayarava. (2024). “Heart to Heart: A Comparative Study of and Commentary on the Chinese and Sanskrit Heart Sutra Texts”. Buddhist Studies Review 40 (2): 159-88. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.25438. [Email me to obtain a copy]

(2022) "The Cessation of Sensory Experience and Prajñāpāramitā Philosophy" IJBTC 32(1):111-148. IJBTC Website. [free download]

Books by Jayarava

Karma and Rebirth Reconsidered

A thorough reconsideration of the myths of the afterlife (rebirth) and just world (karma) in Buddhism. The book shows that from an evolutionary point of view such myths are understandable, but that Buddhists have never produced a coherent theory of either that can stand scrutiny. Indeed we now know that neither myth is realistic and that there is no afterlife and the universe is not fair. However, as human beings we can live on in memory or leave works, and we can live ethically.

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Talking to the Kālāmas

A new translation of the Kālāma Sutta along with a commentary which explores the meaning of the text, and explodes some myths about it. 34 p. £4.50

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Visible Mantra

A resource for visualising and calligraphy of Buddhist mantras. Commons mantras and seed-syllables in various fonts and scripts, including Devanāgarī, Tibetan Uchen, and Siddham.

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Nāmapada.

A guide to Sanskrit and Pali names used in the Triratna Buddhist Order.

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Pilgrimage Diary.

A personal account of my pilgrimage around the Buddhist holy sites in India in 2003/4.

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