Author : Ulrich Pagel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X002548683
The Bodhisattvapiṭaka
Ulrich Pagel
The Bodhisattvapiṭaka
The Bodhisattvapiṭaka Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of The Bodhisattvapiṭaka book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
The "dhyāna" Chapter of the "Bodhisattvapiṭaka-sūtra"
Kusumita Priscilla Pedersen
Author : Kusumita Priscilla Pedersen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Bodhisattvapitaka-sutra
ISBN : UOM:39015013943215
The "dhyāna" Chapter of the "Bodhisattvapiṭaka-sūtra" by Kusumita Priscilla Pedersen Pdf
The Tara Tantra
Susan A. Landesman
Author : Susan A. Landesman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781949163131
The Tara Tantra by Susan A. Landesman Pdf
A groundbreaking English translation of a key tantric text in the history of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. This volume contains an English translation of the “root text” of the Tara-mula-kalpa, a scripture-ritual compendium that captures an important Buddhist tantric tradition in mid-formation. In this regard it is utterly unique and unlike any other text in the Buddhist canon. Its contents document the emergence of the quintessential female Buddha Tara in seventh-century India. As her popularity grew, her cult spread throughout Southeast Asia, as well as Tibet, where she became revered as the “Mother” of the Tibetan people. Tara is worshiped for a variety of reasons, from health and long life, to wealth, protection from enemies, and ultimately, the mind of enlightenment. Her presence pervades the evolution of Buddhism in Tibet, including within royal circles, as well as mentor and guide to many important Buddhist scholars, practitioners, and lineage holders.
The Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation
Dylan Esler
Author : Dylan Esler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197609903
The Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation by Dylan Esler Pdf
This book presents an English translation of the Samten Migdron (Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation) by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, a seminal 10th-century Tibetan Buddhist work on contemplation. This treatise is one of the most important sources for the study of the various meditative currents that were transmitted to Tibet from India and China during the early dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet. Written from the vantage point of the Great Completeness (Dzogchen) and its vehicle of effortless spontaneity, it discusses, in the manner of a doxography, both sutra-based-including Chan-and tantric approaches to meditation. The unabridged, annotated English translation of this Tibetan treatise is preceded by a general introduction situating the author-a pivotal figure in what would become the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism-and their work in historical and doctrinal context. The detailed annotations provide elucidating comments as well as crucial references to the numerous texts quoted by the Tibetan author. This book makes this groundbreaking Tibetan work on meditation accessible in English and opens fascinating windows on early forms of contemplative practice in Tibet.
A Few Good Men
Jan Nattier
Author : Jan Nattier
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0824826078
A Few Good Men by Jan Nattier Pdf
A Few Good Men is a study and translation of The Inquiry of Ugra (Ugrapariprccha), one of the most influential Mahayana sutras on the bodhisattva path, but also one of the most neglected texts in Western treatments of Buddhism. To achieve a better understanding of the universe of ideas, activities, and institutional structures within which early self-proclaimed bodhisattvas lived, the author first considers the Ugra as a literary document, employing new methodological tools to examine the genre to which it belongs, the age of its extant versions, and their relationships to one another. She goes on to challenge the dominant notions that the Mahayana emerged as a "reform" of earlier Buddhism and offered lay people an "easier option." A Few Good Men will be compelling reading for scholars and practitioners alike and others interested in the history of Indian Buddhism and the formation of Mahayana.
Elaborations on Emptiness
Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Author : Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400884513
Elaborations on Emptiness by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. Pdf
The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most famous Buddhist text, traditionally regarded as a potent expression of emptiness and of the Buddha's perfect wisdom. This brief, seemingly simple work was the subject of more commentaries in Asia than any other sutra. In Elaborations on Emptiness, Donald Lopez explores for the first time the elaborate philosophical and ritual uses of the Heart Sutra in India, Tibet, and the West. Included here are full translations of the eight extant Indian commentaries. Interspersed with the translations are six essays that examine the unusual roles the Heart Sutra has played: it has been used as a mantra, an exorcism text, a tantric meditation guide, and as the material for comparative philosophy. Taken together, the translations and essays that form Elaborations on Emptiness demonstrate why commentary is as central to modern scholarship on Buddhism as it was for ancient Buddhists. Lopez reveals unexpected points of instability and contradiction in the Heart Sutra, which, in the end, turns out to be the most malleable of texts, where the logic of commentary serves as a tool of both tradition and transgression.
Reflecting Mirrors
Imre Hamar
Author : Imre Hamar
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Hua yan Buddhism
ISBN : 344705509X
Reflecting Mirrors by Imre Hamar Pdf
This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the Huayan school of East Asian Buddhism in a Western language. This school, which received its name from the Chinese translation of the important Mahayana scripture, the Buddhavatam sakasutra, flourished in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907) and spread to Korea and Japan as well. The reader gains an insight into the development of Huayan Buddhism: The compilation of its base text, the Buddhavatam sakasutra, the establishment of Huayan tradition as a special form of East Asian Buddhism and its visual representations. The book consists of five chapters: 1. State of Field, 2. The Buddhavatam. sakasutra, 3. Huayan in China, 4. Hwaom/Kegon in Korea and Japan, and 5. Huayan/Hwaom/Kegon Art. The following scholars contributed to this volume: Aramaki Noritoshi, Jana Benicka, Choe Yeonshik, Bernard Faure, Frederic Girard, Imre Hamar, Huang Yi-hsun, Ishii Kosei, Kimura Kiyotaka, Charles Muller, Jan Nattier, Otake Susumu, Joerg Plassen, Wei Daoru, Dorothy Wong, Zhu Qingzhi. Included are bibliographies of secondary sources on Huayan Buddhism in Western languages, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
The Buddhist Forum: 1991-1993 Papers in honour and appreciation of Professor DAvid Seyfort Ruegg's contribution to Indological, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies
Tadeusz Skorupski
Author : Tadeusz Skorupski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : UOM:39015031827051
The Buddhist Forum: 1991-1993 Papers in honour and appreciation of Professor DAvid Seyfort Ruegg's contribution to Indological, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies by Tadeusz Skorupski Pdf
Untying the Knots in Buddhism
Alex Wayman
Author : Alex Wayman
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 8120813219
Untying the Knots in Buddhism by Alex Wayman Pdf
The field of non-Tantric Buddhism still has many problems and debated issues. The present volumes included numerous solutions of these problems by the senior author Alex Wayman. The categories of the Twenty-four essays are Heroes of the system, Theory of the Heroes, Buddhist Doctrine, Buddhist Practice and hindu Buddhist Studies. Among these essays are one of his earliest from the late 1950`s.
Moonpaths
Cowherds (Authors)
Author : Cowherds (Authors)
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190260514
Moonpaths by Cowherds (Authors) Pdf
The Mahayana tradition in Buddhist philosophy is defined by its ethical orientation--the adoption of bodhicitta, the aspiration to attain awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings. And indeed, this tradition is known for its literature on ethics, which reflect the Madhyamaka tradition of philosophy, and emphasizes both the imperative to cultivate an attitude of universal care (karuna) grounded in the realization of emptiness, impermanence, independence, and the absence of any self in persons or other phenomena.This position is morally very attractive, but raises an important problem: if all phenomena, including persons and actions, are only conventionally real, can moral injunctions or principles be binding, or does the conventional status of the reality we inhabit condemn us to an ethical relativism or nihilism? In Moonpaths, the Cowherds address an analogous problem in the domain of epistemology and argues that the Madhyamaka tradition has the resources to develop a robust account of truth and knowledge within the context of conventional reality. The essays explore a variety of ways in which to understand important Buddhist texts on ethics and Mahayana moral theory so as to make sense of the genuine force of morality.
The Buddha's Single Intention
Jan-Ulrich Sobisch
Author : Jan-Ulrich Sobisch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614296409
The Buddha's Single Intention by Jan-Ulrich Sobisch Pdf
The definitive presentation of one of the most unique and compelling works of classical Tibetan literature. This book presents an influential and extraordinary teaching of the Kagyü tradition of Tibetan Buddhism known as the Single Intention by the master Drigung Jikten Sumgön (1143–1217), along with its chief commentaries, principally the Light of the Sun by Rikzin Chökyi Drakpa (1595–1659). Early in the history of the Kagyü school, the teachings of Jikten Sumgön were condensed into 150 core formulations called vajra statements. These pithy, revelatory statements comprise the Single Intention (Dgongs gcig), which presents the thought of the Buddha and the nature of the ineffable (brjod du med pa) in concise and direct expression. The Single Intention weaves the thread of ineffable mahamudra through the entire fabric of Buddhism. It presents mahamudra as pervading disciplined conduct, meditative concentration, and discriminative knowledge; ground, path, and result; view, practice, and conduct; and the “three vows” of pratimoksa, of the bodhisattvas, and of mantra. Jikten Sumgön teaches how the fundamental values and insights revealed by the Buddha are woven into reality and therefore accessible to all. Jan-Ulrich Sobisch manages to convey the unity of the Buddha’s message both in its particulars and in its scope. His deep and authoritative skill makes this the definitive presentation of one of the most unique and compelling works of classical Tibetan literature.
Speaking for Buddhas
Richard F. Nance
Author : Richard F. Nance
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231152303
Speaking for Buddhas by Richard F. Nance Pdf
Buddhist intellectual discourse owes its development to a dynamic interplay between primary source materials and subsequent interpretation, yet scholarship on Indian Buddhism has long neglected to privilege one crucial series of texts. Commentaries on Buddhist scriptures, particularly the sutras, offer rich insights into the complex relationship between Buddhist intellectual practices and the norms that inform--and are informed by--them. Evaluating these commentaries in detail for the first time, Richard F. Nance revisits--and rewrites&mdashthe critical history of Buddhist thought, including its unique conception of doctrinal transmission. Attributed to such luminaries as Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Santideva, scriptural commentaries have long played an important role in the monastic and philosophical life of Indian Buddhism. Nance reads these texts against the social and cultural conditions of their making, establishing a solid historical basis for the interpretation of key beliefs and doctrines. He also underscores areas of contention, in which scholars debate what it means to speak for, and as, a Buddha. Throughout these texts, Buddhist commentators struggle to deduce and characterize the speech of Buddhas and teach others how to convey and interpret its meaning. At the same time, they demonstrate the fundamental dilemma of trying to speak on behalf of Buddhas. Nance also investigates the notion of "right speech" as articulated by Buddhist texts and follows ideas about teaching as imagined through the common figure of a Buddhist preacher. He notes the use of epistemological concepts in scriptural interpretation and the protocols guiding the composition of scriptural commentary, and provides translations of three commentarial guides to better clarify the normative assumptions organizing these works.
Nagarjuna in Context
sanchez walsh
Author : sanchez walsh
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231131643
Nagarjuna in Context by sanchez walsh Pdf
Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century CE. Walser explores how Nagarjuna secured the canonical authority of Mahayana teachings and considers his use of rhetoric to ensure the transmission of his writings by Buddhist monks. Drawing on close textual analysis of Nagarjuna's writings and other Buddhist and non-Buddhist sources, Walser offers an original contribution to the understanding of Nagarjuna and the early history of Buddhism.
A Garland of Light
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Jain Publishing Company
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780895819123
A Garland of Light by Anonim Pdf
A Garland of Light provides an overview of the Yogacara or mind-only teachings in the form of verses meant to inspire. It is in this way reminiscent of the inspiring Madhyamaka-oriented work, the Bodhi[sattva]caryavatara. Kambala apparently wrote it in the period of innocence just before Bhavya polarized the Buddhist community by his attacks on the Yogacara teachings. So here we have a syncretism where Yogacara and Madhyamaka are not inimical to each other. Indeed, mind-only (citta-matrata) is here equated with emptiness (sunyata). It is the best introduction to Yogacara available. Includes Sanskrit and Tibetan texts.
The Bodhisattva Path
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Bodhisattvas
ISBN : 8120820487
The Bodhisattva Path by Anonim Pdf
The Inquiry of Ugra (Ugrapariprccha) is one of the most influential Mahayana sutras, preserved and transmitted in both India and China over many centuries and actively quoted in treatises on the bodhisattva path. It is, nevertheless, one of the most neglected texts in Western treatments of Buddhism. The Ugra appers to be one of the earliest bodhisattva scriptures to come down to us, and as such it offers a particularly valuable window on the process by which the bodhisattva path came to be seen as a distinct vocational alternative within certain Indian Buddhist communities. The Bodhisattva Path is a study and translation of the Ugra that will fundamentally alter previous perceptions of the way in which Mahayana was viewed and practiced by its earliest adherents. To achieve a better understanding of the universe of ideas, activities, and institutional structures within which early self-proclaimed bodhisattvas lived, the author first considers the Ugra as a literary document, employing new methodological tools to examine the genre to which it belong, the age of its extant versions, and their relationships to one another. She goes on to challenge the dominant notions that the Mahayana emerged as a reform of earlier Buddhism and offered lay people an easier option. On the contrary, the picture that emerges is of the early Mahayana as a more difficult and demanding vocation, initially limited to a small contingent of monastic males. Combining a detailed critical study and translation of an important Buddhist scripture with a sweeping re-examination of the relationship between the Buddha and the practitioners alike and other interested in the history of Indian Buddhism and the formation of Mahayana.
