Dr+Haneda+Talk+Notes+and+References

Dr. Nobuo Haneda is the currently the Director of the Maida Center of Buddhism in Berkeley. Previously he served as the Dean of the BCA's Institute of Buddhist Studies (IBS) as well as a translator at the Numata Center.

His talk was about the the Larger Sutra of the Amitayus (Daimuryoju-kyo). He explained the various sections including the:
 * General Introduction(Prelude)
 * Doctrinal Introduction (Ananda reaction/realization of Shakyamuni Buddha's vision)
 * San-Butsu-Ge (Verses in Praise of Lokesvararaja)
 * Lokesvararaja's Instructions to Dharmakara
 * Vows (48 vows)
 * Juseige (Repetition of 3 Vows - 12th, 13th and 17th)
 * Meditation
 * Realization
 * Fulfillment of the Transference of Merits by Dharmakara

Although there are a number of translations available, Dr Haneda used the Numata Center text by Dr Hisao Inagaki in 1995. [|(tripod.org on-line version)]

This version has 48 vows and was translated from Chinese texts some which have 24 vows listed. The reason per Dr. Haneda was that later translators decided to split several vows that were placed as one in Sanskrit earlier (e.g. the present-day 17th and 18th vows)