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ThisisthesecondvolumeofproceedingsoftheĀgamaseminarsconvenedbytheĀgamaResearchGroupattheDharmaDrumInstituteofLiberalArts(formerlyDharmaDrumBuddhistCollege).Onthisoccasion,theĀgamaResearchGroupmettodiscusstheearlycollectionsoflongdiscoursestransmittedbythedifferentBuddhistschools.ThankstothediscoveryandongoingpublicationoftheincompleteSanskritDīrgha-āgamamanu¬scriptfromGilgit,threedifferentversionsoftheCollec¬tionofLongDiscoursesarenowavail¬ableforcomparativestudy:thePaliDīgha-nikāyatransmittedwithintheTheravādatradition,thejust-mentionedDīrgha-āgamainSanskrit,identifiedasSar¬vās¬ti-vādaorMūlasarvāstivāda,andtheChinesetranslationofanIndicDīrgha-āgama(長阿含經),generallyconsideredtobeaffiliatedwiththeDhar¬ma¬¬guptakas.Thesixpaperscollectedherefocusonresearchonthesevariousincarnationsofthecollectionsoflongdiscoursesincomparativeperspective.
