The Sūtra Of Perfect Enlightenment

Author : Anonim
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438413815

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The Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment by Anonim Pdf

The Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment, used in monastic education for more than a millennium, is a concise guide to the key paradigms of the practice systems of the East Asian meditational schools (Ch'an, Sǒn, and Zen). Contained in its twelve chapters are definitive explanations of the meaning of innate and actualized enlightenment, sudden and gradual enlightenment, the true nature of ignorance and suffering, along with numerous examples of methods of contemplation that accord with and reflect the basic Ch'an views on enlightenment and practice. Although the Sutra was popular throughout the East Asian region, it attained its highest canonical status within the Korean Chogye school, where it is still a key text in the core curriculum of modern-day monks and nuns. The Sutra is translated here in full, along with the eloquent and revelatory commentary of the Chǒson monk Kihwa (1376–1433).

Author : Master Sheng-Yen
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834829091

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Complete Enlightenment by Master Sheng-Yen Pdf

Complete Enlightenment is the first authoritative translation and commentary on The Sutra of Complete Enlightenment, a central text that shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism and Ch'an (Chinese Zen). The text is set in the form of a transcription of discussions between the Buddha and the twelve enlightened beings(bodhisattvas), who question him on all aspects of spiritual practice. This new translation preserves all the liveliness and nuance of the text in the original Chinese. The sutra's ancient wisdom is brought to life by the commentaries of Master Sheng Yen, one of the most revered living Buddhist masters in the Ch'an lineage. This is truly a manual for the spiritual journey toward complete enlightenment, providing the key to the deep, poetic, and practical meanings of the scripture.

Author : Shengyan
Publisher : Dharma Drum Publications
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030121375

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Complete Enlightenment by Shengyan Pdf

Complete Enlightenment is the first authoritative translation and commentary on The Sutra of Complete Enlightenment, a central text that shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism and Ch'an (Chinese Zen). The text is set in the form of a transcription of discussions between the Buddha and the twelve enlightened beings(bodhisattvas), who question him on all aspects of spiritual practice. This new translation preserves all the liveliness and nuance of the text in the original Chinese. The sutra's ancient wisdom is brought to life by the commentaries of Master Sheng-yen, one of the most revered living Buddhist masters in the Ch'an lineage. This is truly a manual for the spiritual journey toward complete enlightenment, providing the key to the deep, poetic, and practical meanings of the scripture.

Author : Edward Conze
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520341258

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The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom by Edward Conze Pdf

Some 2000 years ago Buddhism experienced a major reformation through a movement called the Mahayana, or "Great Vehicle," which dominated religious through in much of Asia for many centuries and still exerts considerable influence. The basic Mahayana texts, sermons ascribed to the Buddha and called "sutras" in Sanskrit, discussed the "perfect wisdom." The "Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom" took shape between 50 and 2000 A.D. in southern India during one of the most momentous outbursts of religious creativity in human history.

Author : Florin Giripescu Sutton
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791401723

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Existence and Enlightenment in the Laṅkāvatāra-Sūtra by Florin Giripescu Sutton Pdf

This book offers a systematic analysis of one of the most important concepts characterizing the Yogācāra School of Buddhism (the last creative stage of Indian Buddhism) as outlined and explained in one of its most authoritative and influential texts, Laṅkāvatāra-Sūtra. Compiled in the second half of the fourth-century A.D., this sutra not only represents a comprehensive synthesis of both early and late religio-philosophical ideas crucial to the understanding of Buddhism in India, but it also provides an insight into the very early roots of the Japanese Zen Buddhism in the heart of the South Asian esotericism. The first part of the book outlines the three-fold nature of Being, as conceptualized in Buddhist metaphysics. The author uses an interpretive framework borrowed from the existentialist philosophy of Heidegger, in order to separate the transcendental Essence of Being from its Temporal manifestation as Self, and from its Spatial or Cosmic dimension. The second part clarifies the Buddhist approach to knowledge in its religious, transcendental sense and it shows that the Buddhists were actually first in making use of dialectical reasoning for the purpose of transcending the contradictory dualities imbedded in the common ways of perceiving, thinking, and arguing about reality.

Author : K'un Li Shih
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : UVA:X030238474

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Three Sutras on Complete Enlightenment by K'un Li Shih Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Abhisamayālaṅkāra
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004910993

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The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791441016

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The Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment by Anonim Pdf

A concise guide to the key practice systems of the East Asian Meditational schools Ch'an, Son, and Zen.

Author : Chan Master Sheng Yen
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570624001

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Complete Enlightenment by Chan Master Sheng Yen Pdf

Complete Enlightenment is the first authoritative translation and commentary on The Sutra of Complete Enlightenment, a central text that shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism and Ch'an (Chinese Zen). The text is set in the form of a transcription of discussions between the Buddha and the twelve enlightened beings(bodhisattvas), who question him on all aspects of spiritual practice. This new translation preserves all the liveliness and nuance of the text in the original Chinese. The sutra's ancient wisdom is brought to life by the commentaries of Master Sheng-yen, one of the most revered living Buddhist masters in the Ch'an lineage. This is truly a manual for the spiritual journey toward complete enlightenment, providing the key to the deep, poetic, and practical meanings of the scripture.

Author : Red Pine
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781582439532

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The Diamond Sutra by Red Pine Pdf

A masterful translation of the Diamond Sutra—with insightful commentary and helpful historical information for parsing this essential Zen Buddhist scripture Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind–to–mind transmission without reliance on texts—in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired some of the greatest philosophical writings of any religion, and two such works lie at the center of Zen: The Heart Sutra, which monks recite all over the world, and The Diamond Sutra, said to contain answers to all questions of delusion and dualism. This is the Buddhist teaching on the perfection of wisdom and cuts through all obstacles on the path of practice. As Red Pine explains: The Diamond Sutra may look like a book, but it’s really the body of the Buddha. It’s also your body, my body, all possible bodies. But it’s a body with nothing inside and nothing outside. It doesn’t exist in space or time. Nor is it a construct of the mind. It’s no mind. And yet because it’s no mind, it has room for compassion. This book is the offering of no mind, born of compassion for all suffering beings. Of all the sutras that teach this teaching, this is the diamond.

Author : Kuan Yu Lu
Publisher : Red Wheel
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 087728797X

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Ch'an and Zen Teaching by Kuan Yu Lu Pdf

CH'AN AND ZEN TEACHING, VOLUME 2 contains the practice as taught by the late Ch'an Master, the Venerable Hsu Yun. This practice elaborates upon the technique known as Hua t'ou, a secret technique taught only in Japanese zendos.

Author : Zen Master Engaku Taino,Zen Master Reiyo Ekai
Publisher : Fontana Editore
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788898750399

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A commentary on THE DIAMOND SŪTRA by Zen Master Engaku Taino,Zen Master Reiyo Ekai Pdf

How to realize Enlightenment Here & Now through anactive experience of Life?The Diamond Sutra bothcommented upon and noted in this book, as well asexplained with operative chapters, provides answers in apractical, usable way to this deep, intimate question.

Author : Venerable Master Chin Kung
Publisher : Fivestar
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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TO UNDERSTAND BUDDHISM by Venerable Master Chin Kung Pdf

Today, we see an increasing number of people around the world starting to practice Buddhism. However, not many people truly understand what Buddhism is. Therefore, this becomes a very important topic. What exactly is Buddhism? We need to understand it clearly. Buddhism is a most virtuous and perfect education directed by the Buddha towards all sentient beings in the nine realms.

Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781891868344

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How Things Exist by Lama Zopa Rinpoche Pdf

In this small book Lama Zopa Rinpoche covers an incredible amount of ground. He starts by emphasizing the importance of compassion and universal responsibility and how to make life meaningful, then gives a brief explanation of the nature of the enlightened mind and how we can attain it, and finally offers an amazing and extensive explanation of emptiness, the ultimate nature of reality, analyzing the way various phenomena exist and teaching how to meditate on emptiness. Within these teachings, Rinpoche also touches on several of the other main points of the path to enlightenment, such as bodhicitta, the three scopes and impermanence. But, in the end, this wonderfully practical book is a manifestation of Rinpoche's peerless wisdom realizing emptiness and a testament to the personal experience of this rare and precious teacher. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings freely available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website at www.LamaYeshe.com. Thank you so much, and please enjoy this e-book.

Author : Thomas Cleary
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570623486

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The Sutra of Hui-neng, Grand Master of Zen by Thomas Cleary Pdf

Hui-neng (638–713) is perhaps the most beloved and respected figure in Zen Buddhism. An illiterate woodcutter who attained enlightenment in a flash, he became the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Zen, and is regarded as the founder of the "Sudden Enlightenment" school. He is the supreme exemplar of the fact that neither education nor social background has any bearing on the attainment of enlightenment. This collection of his talks, also known as the Platform or Altar Sutra, is the only Zen record of its kind to be generally honored with the appellation sutra, or scripture. The Sutra of Hui-neng is here accompanied by Hui-neng's verse-by-verse commentary on the Diamond Sutra—in its very first published English translation ever.