Indo Tibetan Buddhism

Author : David L. Snellgrove
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015013662039

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Indo-Tibetan Buddhism by David L. Snellgrove Pdf

Provides a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and its subsequent establishment in Tibet. It concentrates on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice, from the eighth to the thirteenth century, when the Tibertans were actively engaged in absorbing all they could find of Buddhist culture and religion into their own country. The author emphasizes the significant role played by the Central Asian kingdoms along the ancient Silk Route in the gradual process of Tibertan conversion.

Author : Jose Ignacio Cabezon,José Ignacio Cabezón
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791418995

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Buddhism and Language by Jose Ignacio Cabezon,José Ignacio Cabezón Pdf

Taking language as its general theme, this book explores how the tradition of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist philosophical speculation exemplifies the character of scholasticism. Scholasticism, as an abstract and general category, is developed as a valuable theoretical tool for understanding a variety of intellectual movements in the history of philosophy of religion. The book investigates the Buddhist Scholastic theory and use of scripture, the nature of doctrine and its transcendence in experience, Mahayana Buddhist hermeneutics, the theory and practice of exegesis, and questions concerning the authority of sacred texts. It also deals with the Buddhist Scholastic theory of conceptual thought as the mirror of language, the Scholastic defense of logic and rationality as a method, as well as the role of language in the idealist and nominalist ontologies of the Mahayana. Finally, the author treats the question of ineffability and the silence of the Buddha from a new perspective.

Author : Andy Karr
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781590304297

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Contemplating Reality by Andy Karr Pdf

A clear, in-depth exploration of traditional Buddhist philosophy that unpacks difficult concepts through guided exercises that encourage experiential understanding This book is for intermediate and advanced Buddhist practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding by joining practice with study of traditional ideas. It introduces the reader to contemplations that investigate a series of views of reality as they evolved in the Buddhist tradition. These views are explained in plain English, with contemporary metaphors and examples to bring out their meaning for modern Buddhists. Quotations from both historical and living meditation masters and scholars are presented as examples of key principles. Topics include • Egolessness • Appearances and reality • Methods of investigation • Enlightenment • Tenets of different schools through the centuries • The root of compassion • The origin of thoughts Guided exercises encourage the reader to trust in experiential understanding through deep contemplation of complex concepts. The book is structured as a guide for the reader’s journey. For more information about this book, please visit www.contemplatingreality.org.

Author : Daniel Perdue
Publisher : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Page : 1004 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015025385017

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Debate in Tibetan Buddhism by Daniel Perdue Pdf

A clear and thorough exposition of the practice and theory of Buddhist logix and epistemology.

Author : Alex Wayman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317722779

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Buddhist Tantras by Alex Wayman Pdf

First published in 1995. The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the section also covers Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric tradition. Next is the he foundations of the Buddhist Tantras are discussed and the Tantric presentation of divinity; the preparation of disciples and the meaning of initiation; symbolism of the mandala-palace Tantric ritual and the twilight language. The third section explores the Tantric teachings of the inner Zodiac and the fivefold ritual symbolism of passion. The bibliographical research contains an analysis of the Tantric section of the Kanjur exegesis and a selected Western Bibliography of the Buddhist Tantras with comments.

Author : David L. Snellgrove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UVA:X004214355

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Indo-Tibetan Studies by David L. Snellgrove Pdf

Author : Yael Bentor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004644755

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Consecration of Images and Stûpas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism by Yael Bentor Pdf

The present work is an investigation of the Indo-Tibetan ritual for consecrating images, stûpas, books and temples. It is based on a thorough examination of the relevant Tibetan textual material contained in Tantras, commentaries, ritual manuals and explanatory works on consecration. As rituals are meant to be performed, this textual study is combined with observations of performances and interviews with performers. The book opens with a general discussion of certain principles of tantric rituals and the foundations of Indo-Tibetan consecration. The main part focuses on a specific performance of the ritual in a Tibetan monastery located in the Kathmandu Valley. This volume contributes to the often neglected field of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist rituals. It is concerned with the sacred nature of objects for worship as well as with the main Buddhist tantric transformation into a chosen tantric Buddha.

Author : Robert N. Linrothe
Publisher : Serindia Publications, Inc.
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 9780906026519

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Ruthless Compassion by Robert N. Linrothe Pdf

The historical development of Esoteric Buddhism in India is still known only in outline. A few verifiably early texts do give some insight into the origin of the ideas which would later develop and spread to East and Southeast Asia, and to Tibet. However, there is another kind of evidence which can be harnessed to the project of reconstructing the history of Esoteric Buddhist doctrines and practice. This evidence consists of art objects, mainly sculpture, which survive in significant numbers from the 6th to the 13th century.

Author : Jay L. Garfield,William Edelglass
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195328998

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The Oxford Handbook of World Philosophy by Jay L. Garfield,William Edelglass Pdf

This volume provides the advanced student or scholar a set of introductions to each of the world's major non-European philosophical traditions. Sections on Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, East Asian philosophy, African philosophy, and trends in global philosophy are all edited by an expert.

Author : Jamgon Kongtru Lodro Taye
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781559393898

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The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Parts One and Two by Jamgon Kongtru Lodro Taye Pdf

Jamgön Kongtrul’s encyclopedic Treasury of Knowledge presents a complete account of the major lines of thought and practice that comprise Tibetan Buddhism. Among the ten books that make up this tour de force, Book Six is by far the longest—concisely summarizing the theoretical fields of knowledge to be studied prior to the cultivation of reflection and discriminative awareness. The first two parts of Book Six, contained in this volume, respectively concern Indo-Tibetan classical learning and Buddhist phenomenology. The former analyzes the traditional subjects of phonology and Sanskrit grammar, logic, fine art, and medicine, along with astrology, poetics, prosody, synonymics, and dramaturgy. The principal non-Buddhist philosophical systems of ancient India are then summarized and contrasted with the hierarchical meditative concentrations and formless absorptions through which the “summit of cyclic existence” can genuinely be attained. Part Two examines the phenomenological structures of Abhidharma—the shared inheritance of all Buddhist traditions—from three distinct perspectives, corresponding to the three successive turnings of the doctrinal wheel.

Author : Guy Newland
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780937938799

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The Two Truths by Guy Newland Pdf

A Namgyal Monastery Institute Textbook & Studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism Series The persistent problem of Buddhist philosophy has been to find the middle way—an ontology sturdy enough to support a coherent ethical system that does not betray Buddha's original vision of no-self or emptiness (sunyata). Buddhist perspectives on ethics and emptiness center on the distinction between two truths—the conventional and the ultimate. Newland's work lays out the Madhyamika philosophy of two truths as seen through the eyes of Tibetan scholar-yogis of the Gelugpa order. Linking the classical Buddhist philosophy of Nagarjuna with the living tradition of monastic courtyard debate, the authors explain the two truths without resort to mysterious trans-rational paradoxes. Newland exposes their extraordinary efforts to clear away the sense of contradiction between emptiness and conventional reality and thus to build a Madhyamika system that is both ethically salutary and rationally coherent.

Author : Deborah E. Klimburg-Salter,Christian Luczanits
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015045633859

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Tabo by Deborah E. Klimburg-Salter,Christian Luczanits Pdf

"The monastery of Tabo lies in northern India in the secluded Spiti valley, which was at one time part of the ancient kingdom of Western Tibet. The oldest continuously operating Buddhist enclave in India and the Himalayas, Tabo's historical role as an intermediary between India and Tibet and the extraordinary beauty of its frescoes make it a place of unique importance. The main temple of Tabo is one of the masterpieces of Indian and Tibetan art. Built in 996 and renovated in 1042, the temple is remarkable not only for the exceptional quality of its sculpture and the decorative paintings that cover every surface, but also for the numerous portraits of royal patrons, members of the local nobility, and ecclesiastical figures, all identified by name. Tabo played a pivotal role in the history of Buddhism in the tenth and eleventh centuries, when Tibetan monks and Indian pandits studied together and translated scripture from Sanskrit into Tibetan. This meeting of trans-Himalayan cultures, and the devotions of their faithful, are vividly preserved in the magnificent paintings and sculptures that adorn the original temple and the monastery that surrounds it."--Amazon.

Author : Daniel Perdue
Publisher : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000230388

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Debate in Tibetan Buddhism by Daniel Perdue Pdf

A clear and thorough exposition of the practice and theory of Buddhist logix and epistemology.

Author : Yael Bentor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004105417

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Consecration of Images and Stūpas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism by Yael Bentor Pdf

This study of the Indo-Tibetan ritual of rendering religious objects sacred concerns one of the fundamental Buddhist tantric processes of transformation into a chosen tantric Buddha. It provides a general discussion of the ritual as well as detailed analyses of each ritual step in the composite present-day consecration.

Author : Robert A.F. Thurman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781614294399

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The Life and Teachings of Tsongkhapa by Robert A.F. Thurman Pdf

A must-read for students of Tibetan Buddhism, The Life and Teachings of Tsongkhapa provides a thorough exploration of the great teacher’s wisdom. In The Life and Teachings of Tsongkhapa, you’ll discover Tsongkhapa’s teachings on transcendental aspects of sutra, tantra, and insight meditation, mystic conversations with great bodhisattvas, deeply spiritual songs in praise of Manjushri and Maitreya, and much more. The anthology concludes with a number of intensely moving songs in praise of Tsongkhapa and his immeasurable contribution to Tibetan Buddhism by such realized and remarkable Tibetan Buddhists as the Seventh Dalai Lama, the Eighth Karmapa, Dulnagpa Palden, and Khedrup Je. This edition has been substantially corrected by Robert Thurman and contains a new introduction and a bibliography of all the works referenced in the text.