The Lamp For The Eye Of Contemplation

Author : Dylan Esler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197609903

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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.

Author : Sangs-rgyas-ye-shes (Gnubs-chen)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022
Category : Meditation
ISBN : 0197609929

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The Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation by Sangs-rgyas-ye-shes (Gnubs-chen) Pdf

"This book presents an English translation of the bSam-gtan mig-sgron (pron. Samten Migdron, Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation) by gNubs-chen Sangs-rgyas ye-shes (pron. 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 (rDzogs-chen, pron. Dzogchen) and its vehicle of effortless spontaneity, it discusses, in the manner of a doxography, both sūtra-based-including Chan-and tantric approaches to meditation. The unabridged, annotated English translation of the Tibetan treatise is preceded by a general introduction situating the author-a pivotal figure in what would become the rNying-ma (pron. Nyingma) school of Tibetan Buddhism-and discussing the historical and doctrinal context of his work. The detailed annotations to the translation provide elucidating comments as well as crucial references for the numerous texts quoted by the Tibetan author. This book gives access to a groundbreaking Tibetan work on meditation and opens fascinating windows on early forms of contemplative practice in Tibet"--

Author : Dylan Esler
Publisher : Unknown
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Release : 2022
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0197609910

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The Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation by Dylan Esler Pdf

The book provides a complete translation of a groundbreaking Tibetan treatise on contemplation, the Samten Migdron by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe (10th century). This is one of the principal sources for our understanding of the various currents of meditation transmitted to Tibet during the early spread of Buddhism to that country. It offers a detailed window into the ways in which one of the most learned masters of the early Tibetan Buddhist tradition made sense of the different forms of meditation practiced in his day.

Author : British Library
Publisher : Serindia Publications, Inc.
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 193247613X

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The Silk Road by British Library Pdf

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781570627415

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Eye to Eye by Ken Wilber Pdf

In this book Wilber presents a model of consciousness that encompasses empirical, psychological, and spiritual modes of understanding. Wilber examines three realms of knowledge: the empirical realm of the senses, the rational realm of the mind, and the contemplative realm of the spirit. Eye to Eye points the way to a broader, more inclusive understanding of ourselves and the universe.

Author : Dylan Esler
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004536371

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Effortless Spontaneity by Dylan Esler Pdf

This book explores the key notion of effortlessness in the early Dzogchen tradition of Tibet, focusing on a set of hitherto unstudied commentaries by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe (10th century).

Author : Rico G. Monge,Kerry P. C. San Chirico,Rachel J. Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781474235792

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Hagiography and Religious Truth by Rico G. Monge,Kerry P. C. San Chirico,Rachel J. Smith Pdf

The hagiographic materials from the world's religions can tell us much about the beliefs and practices of the people, yet the limited degree to which hagiography has been used as an instrument for understanding diverse religious traditions is surprising. Hagiography and Religious Truth provides a clearer understanding of the ways hagiography functions to disclose truth for practitioners and suggests various ways that these underexploited sources enrich our comprehension of broader issues in religious studies. This volume provides a much-needed cross-cultural and interreligious comparison of saints' lives, iconography, and devotional practices. The contributors show that hagiographic sources can in fact be "truths of manifestation,†? which function as vehicles for prefiguring, configuring, and refiguring religious, social, and cultural life. The editors argue that some meanings simply cannot be communicated effectively through historical-critical methodologies. By exploring how hagiography functions throughout several of the world's religious traditions, this volume illustrates how various modes of hagiography articulate religious ideas and uniquely represent conceptions of sanctity.

Author : Dudjom
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1346 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780861717347

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The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism by Dudjom Pdf

Written by a great modern Nyingma master, Dudjom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism covers in detail and depth both the fundamental teachings and the history of Tibetan Buddhism's oldest school. This, the first English translation of His Holiness' masterwork, constitutes the most complete work of its type in the West. An absolute treasure for students of the tradition, it is also an indispensable reference for anyone with an interest in Buddhism. The book includes chronologies and glossaries that elucidate Buddhist doctrine, and it provides fascinating insights into the Buddhist history of Tibet. Two treatises form the present volume, namely the Fundamentals of the Nyingma School and the History of the Nyingma School. Among the most widely read of all His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche's works, these treatises were composed during the years immediately following his arrival in India as a refugee. His intention in writing them was to preserve the precise structure of the Nyingma philosophical view within its own historical and cultural context. This is the first time this text has been available in a trade edition. Beautifully presented, this single-volume edition represents a truly wonderful gift, and features illustrations in black and white and in color, plus maps, bibliographic information, and useful annotations.

Author : Michael H. Crosby
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610971478

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The Dysfunctional Church by Michael H. Crosby Pdf

Reduced to its simplest form, The Dysfunctional Church maintains that: -The Catholic church is an addict, an institutional addict. - It's addicted to preserving the male, celibate, clerical model of the church. - Many Catholics exhibit patterns of classic codependency which reinforce this addiction. - The result is a dysfunctional church unable to confront a problem many members know is there. Michael Crosby breaks the silence to talk openly about the abuse of authority in the Catholic church. He does this in a way that offers comfort, hope, and challenge to the frustrated but caring members of its family. He traces the historical gathering of powers by the hierarchy into its own hands and its ramification for today. Applying the approach that Matthew's Jesus took to the church leaders of his day, Crosby brings the discerning light of scripture into the dark corners of growing addiction. The Dysfunctional Church is a clear, loving, and unequivocal intervention. The author calls on church leaders and all other codependents in the church to face their addiction and seek recovery through spiritual conversion. Acknowledging that he himself is a recovering codependent, he invites us all to turn to God to fill the hole in our wholeness. This involves coming under the authority of a higher power as well as finding support in prophetic communities modeled on the Twelve Steps. For those who left the church in anger, Crosby's analysis invites compassion; for those who remain in frustration, it offers hope; and for the many who feel condemned to the church's use of authority, if offers a way of recovery.

Author : Tsong Khapa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781949163094

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The Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages by Tsong Khapa Pdf

The most important commentary on Vajrayana from the founder of the Dalai Lama's school of Buddhism. The Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages (rim lnga rab tu gsal ba’i sgron me) is Tsong Khapa’s most important commentary on the perfection stage practices of the Esoteric Community (Guhyasamaja), the tantra he considered fundamental for the practice of the “father tantra” class of unexcelled yoga tantras. It draws heavily on Nagarjuna’s Five Stages (Pañcakrama) and Aryadeva’s Lamp that Integrates the Practices (Carya­melapaka­pradipa), as well as a vast range of perfection stage works included in the Tibetan canonical (Kangyur and Tengyur) collections. It is an important work for both scholars and practitioners. A reader of this work will find in it convincing evidence for Tsong Khapa’s own yogic experience and attainment, in coordination with his better-known philosophical and scholarly achievements. The present revised edition of the work is a cornerstone of the Complete Works of Jey Tsong Khapa and Sons collection, a subset of the Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences series. Comprised of the collected works of Tsong Khapa (1357–1419) and his spiritual sons, Gyaltsap Darma Rinchen (1364–1432) and Khedrup Gelek Pelsang (1385–1438), the numerous works in this set of Tibetan treatises and supercommentaries are based on the thousands of works in the Tibetan Buddhist canon.

Author : Peter Cheyne
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198851806

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Coleridge's Contemplative Philosophy by Peter Cheyne Pdf

'PHILOSOPHY, or the doctrine and discipline of ideas' as S. T. Coleridge understood it, is the theme of this book. It considers the most vital and mature vein of Coleridge's thought to be 'the contemplation of ideas objectively, as existing powers'. A theory of ideas emerges in critical engagement with thinkers including Plato, Plotinus, B�hme, Kant, and Schelling. A commitment to the transcendence of reason, central to what he calls 'the spiritual platonic old England', distinguishes him from his German contemporaries. The book also engages with Coleridge's poetry, especially in a culminating chapter dedicated to the 'Limbo' sequence. This book pursues a theory of contemplation that draws from Coleridge's theories of imagination and the 'Ideas of Reason' in his published texts and extensively from his thoughts as they developed throughout unpublished works, fragments, letters, and notebooks. He posited a hierarchy of cognition from basic sense intuition to the apprehension of scientific, ethical, and theological ideas. The structure of the book follows this thesis, beginning with sense data, moving upwards into aesthetic experience, imagination, and reason, with final chapters on formal logic and poetry that constellate the contemplation of ideas. Coleridge's Contemplative Philosophy is not just a work of history of philosophy, it addresses a figure whose thinking is of continuing interest, arguing that contemplation of ideas and values has consequences for everyday morality and aesthetics, as well as metaphysics. The volume will be of interest to philosophers, intellectual historians, scholars of religion, and of literature.

Author : Trevor Boffone,Carla Della Gatta
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474488501

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Shakespeare and Latinidad by Trevor Boffone,Carla Della Gatta Pdf

Shakespeare and Latinidad is a collection of scholarly and practitioner essays in the field of Latinx theatre that specifically focuses on Latinx productions and appropriations of Shakespeare’s plays.

Author : Richard COPE (LL.D.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Sermons
ISBN : BL:A0019788276

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The Pulpit Synopsis, Containing Outlines of Sermons, Select and Original, with Hints to Ministers on Conducting the Worship of God; Remarks on Extempore Preaching, and and Address to Preachers by Richard COPE (LL.D.) Pdf

Author : Daoyuan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783739273884

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Records of the Transmission of the Lamp by Daoyuan Pdf

This compilation of Buddhist biographies, teaching and transmission stories of Indian and Chinese Chan (Japanese ‘Zen’) masters from antiquity up to about the year 1008 CE is the first mature fruit of an already thousand year-long spiritual marriage between two great world cultures with quite different ways of viewing the world. The fertilisation of Chinese spirituality by Indian Buddhism fructified the whole of Asian culture. The message of this work, that Chan practice can enable a free participation in life’s open-ended play, seems as necessary to our own time as it was to the restless times of 11th century Song China. This is the second volume of a full translation of this work in thirty books.

Author : Joan Z. Borysenko
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781401929640

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7 Paths to God by Joan Z. Borysenko Pdf

"Just as many rivers lead to the sea, there are many paths to God. Each of the seven primary energy centers of the human body, the chakras, corresponds to a specific path." In this book, Joan Borysenko tells you how a mystical moment can strike at any time when you are fully present in the moment: when looking at a beautiful full moon, a sunset, walking in nature, or looking into the eyes of a child. When you are fully present in the moment, you will be filled with a sense of awe, and beauty, and feel fully connected with the universe. This book outlines the 7 paths, complete with spiritual exercises, giving the reader a sense of the most fruitful direction for their journey. You will learn that you don't have to go to Nepal or go climb a mountain to have a mystical moment, but in learning how to be fully present in your everyday life, you will find that mystical moments can be found in the mundane, the ordinary, or also in the extraordinary.