The Sovereign All Creating Mind The Motherly Buddha

Author : E. K. Neumaier-Dargyay
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1992-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438414461

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The Sovereign All-Creating Mind - The Motherly Buddha by E. K. Neumaier-Dargyay Pdf

What distinguishes this Buddhist text from so many others is the timelessness of its ideas. It constitutes a radical attempt toward deconstructing Buddhist philosophy, and presents a feminist perspective on Buddhist spirituality. The text holds that being is the center and depth of existence, and is therefore accessible in everyday experience. The fleeting existence (samsara) is in its depth being, i.e. a state of complete integration (nirvana) which may well be described as divine reality of a feminine dimension This book presents the first English translation of an eighth century Tibetan Buddhist text. Despite its centuries-old origin, the kun byed rgyal po'i mdo addresses themes of great concern to the present, including how to achieve a holistic world-view that integrates the peripheral nature of existence with the ground of being; and the interrelatedness of periphery and center, of individual and universe. From a contemporary viewpoint this can be seen to engender a feminist understanding of the ground of being. Unlike other Buddhist texts, the kun byed rgyal po'i mdo invites the reader to rejoice in this world as beautified and intelligible, and thus the innate purity of the intelligent potency, the motherly Buddha, will be experienced. In addition to the translation, the book also includes a discussion of the conceptual and historical contexts of the text, an examination of its leading ideas, and an assessment of the challenges related to the translation.

Author : Eva K. Dargyay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8170303664

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The Sovereign All-creating Mind. The Motherly Buddha by Eva K. Dargyay Pdf

Author : Perry Schmidt-Leukel
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0754654435

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Buddhism, Christianity and the Question of Creation by Perry Schmidt-Leukel Pdf

Is the world created by a divine creator? Or is it the constant product of karmic forces? Exploring the aspects of Buddhist objections against the idea of a divine creator and Christian possibilities to meet the Buddhist critique, this work asks for the potential truth on both sides and suggests a surprising way of overcoming the barrier.

Author : Bodo Balsys
Publisher : Universal Dharma Publishing
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780992356811

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Considerations of Mind - a Buddhist Enquiry by Bodo Balsys Pdf

Considerations of Mind - a Buddhist Enquiry This volume primarily focuses upon the Yogācāra- Vijñānavādin concepts of mind and its means of expression such as the various consciousnesses, the nature of the bījas, and the ālayavijñāna. From this basis, related topics such as the nature of light, the simile of a river with respect to the flow of a consciousness-stream, and the nāḍīs that convey prāṇas, are explored. This allows consideration of the attributes of time and certain chakras that exist below the diaphragm. The ‘soul’ concept then comes into view and its relation to śūnyatā is revealed.

Author : David Germano,Kevin Trainor
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791484401

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Embodying the Dharma by David Germano,Kevin Trainor Pdf

Examines the practice of relic veneration in a variety of forms of Buddhism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 987 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780861714728

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A History of Buddhism in India and Tibet by Anonim Pdf

"This volume contains the first full English translation of a thirteenth-century history of Buddhism in India and Tibet. That means most of all a complete life of the Buddha with the history of his renunciate order and of early Buddhist authors in India. Midway through, the action moves to Tibet where there is an emphasis on the Tibetan ruling dynasty, the translators of Buddhist texts, and the lineages that transmitted doctrinal understanding, meditative insights, and practical realization. It concludes with a pessimistic account of the demise of the monastic order followed by optimism with the advent of the future Buddha Maitreya. The composer of this remarkably ecumenical Buddhist history remains anonymous but was likely a follower of rare lineages of Dzogchen and Zhijé teachings. He put together some of the most important early sources on the Tibetan imperial period that had been preserved in his times and supplies the best witnesses we have for many of them in our own times"--

Author : Jose Ignacio Cabezon,José Ignacio Cabezón
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199958603

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The Buddha's Doctrine and the Nine Vehicles by Jose Ignacio Cabezon,José Ignacio Cabezón Pdf

This book offers a study of the life and most important extant work of Rog Bande Sherab, also known as Rogben (1166-1244). Rogben devoted his life to collecting important textual cycles and meditation techniques. Rogben's most important work, The Lamp of the Teachings, cuts across the genres of history, doctrinal studies, and doxography. philosophically robust explanations of the "nine vehicle" system of the Ancient or Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Author : Miranda Shaw
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691235592

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Passionate Enlightenment by Miranda Shaw Pdf

The now-classic exploration of the role of women and the feminine in Buddhist Tantra The crowning cultural achievement of medieval India, Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for the sexual practices of its adherents, who strive to transform erotic passion into spiritual bliss. Historians of religion have long held that this attempted enlightenment was for men only, and that women in the movement were at best marginal and subordinated and at worst degraded and exploited. In Passionate Enlightenment, Miranda Shaw argues to the contrary and presents extensive evidence of the outspoken and independent female founders of the Tantric movement and their creative role in shaping its distinctive vision of gender relations and sacred sexuality. Including a new preface by the author, this Princeton Classics edition makes an essential work available for new audiences.

Author : Andrew Quintman,Holly Gayley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614298007

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Living Treasure by Andrew Quintman,Holly Gayley Pdf

Senior scholars and former students celebrate the life and work of Janet Gyatso, professor of Buddhist studies at Harvard Divinity School. Inspired by her contributions to life writing, Tibetan medicine, gender studies, and more, these offerings make a rich feast for readers interested in Tibetan and Buddhist studies. Janet Gyatso has made substantial, influential, and incredibly valuable contributions to the fields of Buddhist and Tibetan studies. Her paradigm-shifting approach is to take a topic, an idea, a text, a term—often one that had long been taken for granted or overlooked—and turn it inside out, to radically reimagine the kinds of questions that might be asked and what the answers might reveal. The twenty-nine essays in this volume, authored by colleagues and former students—many of whom are now also colleagues—represent the breadth of her interests and influence and the care that she has taken in training the current generation of scholars of Tibet and Buddhism. They are organized into five sections: Women, Gender, and Sexuality; Biography and Autobiography; the Nyingma Imaginaire; Literature, Art, and Poetry; and Early Modernity: Human and Nonhuman Worlds. Contributions include José Cabezón on the incorporation of a Buddhist rock carving in Central Asian culture; Matthew Kapstein on the memoirs of an ambivalent reincarnated lama; Willa Baker on Jikmé Lingpa’s theory of absence; Andrew Quintman on a found poem expressing worldly sadness on the forced closure of a monastery; and Padma ’tsho on Tibetan women’s advocacy for full female ordination. These and the many other chapters, each fascinating reads in their own right, together offer a glowing tribute to a scholar who indelibly changed the way we think about Buddhism, its history, and its literature.

Author : Jacob P. Dalton
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231541176

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The Gathering of Intentions by Jacob P. Dalton Pdf

The Gathering of Intentions reads a single Tibetan Buddhist ritual system through the movements of Tibetan history, revealing the social and material dimensions of an ostensibly timeless tradition. By subjecting tantric practice to historical analysis, the book offers new insight into the origins of Tibetan Buddhism, the formation of its canons, the emergence of new lineages and ceremonies, and modern efforts to revitalize the religion by returning to its mythic origins. The ritual system explored in this volume is based on the Gathering of Intentions Sutra, the fundamental "root tantra" of the Anuyoga class of teachings belonging to the Nyingma ("Ancient") school of Tibetan Buddhism. Proceeding chronologically from the ninth century to the present, each chapter features a Tibetan author negotiating a perceived gap between the original root text—the Gathering of Intentions—and the lived religious or political concerns of his day. These ongoing tensions underscore the significance of Tibet's elaborate esoteric ritual systems, which have persisted for centuries, evolving in response to historical conditions. Rather than overlook practice in favor of philosophical concerns, this volume prioritizes Tibetan Buddhism's ritual systems for a richer portrait of the tradition.

Author : Anne C. Klein
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0807073075

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Meeting the Great Bliss Queen by Anne C. Klein Pdf

Buddhist practices such as mindfulness - in which calm centering and keen awareness of change coexist - and compassion - in which the self is recognized as both powerful in itself and interdependently connected with all others - can be important resources for contemporary Western women. Likewise, feminism can expand the traditional horizons of Buddhist concerns to include social, historical, and psychological issues.

Author : Jack Haas
Publisher : Jack Haas
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780973100723

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The Way of Wonder by Jack Haas Pdf

This is a groundbreaking exploration of the mystery of existence, in that it both assimilates many divergent paths, showing how these proceed toward the same hallowed destination- wonder- and also by preparing the reader to walk along this way. There are over two-hundred and fifty individuals quoted in this work, from many disparate cultures, epochs, and paths. Though scholarly in nature, the book is intended to be inspirational, and is accessible to a vast range of readers. This is a book devoted to the miracle, awe, and beauty in all life. It is a book about the rapture of unknowing.

Author : Go-rams-pa Bsod-nams-seng-ge,Jose Ignacio Cabezon,José Ignacio Cabezón,Lobsang Dargyay
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780861715237

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Freedom from Extremes by Go-rams-pa Bsod-nams-seng-ge,Jose Ignacio Cabezon,José Ignacio Cabezón,Lobsang Dargyay Pdf

"What is emptiness? This question has preoccupied the greatest minds of India and Tibet for almost two millennia, producing hundreds of volumes by scholars grappling with this question. Differentiating the Views (lTa ba'i shan 'byed), by the fifteenth-century Sakya scholar Goram Sonam Sengge, or Gorampa, is one of the most important expositions of the philosophy of emptiness in all of Tibetan literature, a work esteemed for its conciseness, lucidity, and profundity. So influential is this book that it is taught in Tibet's greatest academic institutions even to the present day. "

Author : Sam Van Schaik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780861719129

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Approaching the Great Perfection by Sam Van Schaik Pdf

Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, is the highest meditative practice of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. Approaching the Great Perfection looks at a seminal figure of this lineage, Jigme Lingpa, an eighteenth-century scholar and meditation master whose cycle of teachings, the Longchen Nyingtig, has been handed down through generations as a complete path to enlightenment. Ten of Jigme Lingpa's texts are presented here, along with extensive analysis by van Schaik of a core tension within Buddhism: Does enlightenment develop gradually, or does it come all at once? Though these two positions are often portrayed by modern scholars as entrenched polemical views, van Schaik explains that both tendencies are present within each of the Tibetan Buddhist schools. He demonstrates how Jigme Lingpa is a great illustration of this balancing act, using the rhetoric of both sides to propel his students along the path of the Great Perfection.

Author : A. H. Almaas
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781590301098

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The Inner Journey Home by A. H. Almaas Pdf

What is the soul, and how do we come to know it? What is its journey in life, and what stages and obstacles are encountered along the way? These questions are explored here in detail according to the Diamond Approach, a spiritual path that combines systematic inquiry into personal experience, the practice of traditional spiritual methods, and the application of modern psychological research. The Inner Journey Home is the centerpiece of the Diamond Approach literature, providing a complete overview of the teaching with references to the author's other books for more details on certain topics.