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Author | : Asanga |
Publisher | : Jain Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2015-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0875730205 |
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There are two systems of Abhidharma, according to Tibetan tradition, lower and higher. The lower system is taught in the Abhidharmakosa, while the higher system is taught in the Abhidharmasamuccaya. Thus the two books form a complementary pair. Asanga, author of the Abhidharmasamuccaya, is founder of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism. His younger brother Vasubandhu wrote the Abhidharmakosa before Asanga converted him to Mahayana Buddhism. Yet the Kosa is written in verse, usual for Mahayana treatises, while the Samuccaya follows the traditional prose question and answer style of the older Pali Abhidharma texts. Walpola Rahula, in preparing his 1971 French translation of this Mahayana text from the Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan, has brought to bear on its many technical terms his extensive background and great expertise in the Pali canon. J. W. de Jong says in his review of this work:"Rahula deserves our gratitude for his excellent translation of this difficult text." Sara Boin-Webb is well known for her accurate English translations of Buddhist books from the French. She has now made accessible in English Rahula's French translation, the first into a modern language, of this fundamental text. "...an important book for any serious library in Buddhist Studies..." --Choice
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Total Pages | : 141 |
Release | : 1950 |
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Author | : Alex Wayman |
Publisher | : Berkeley : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Religion |
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Author | : University of California, Berkeley |
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Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Classical philology |
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Author | : Tson-kha-pa Blo-bzan-grags-pa |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780791414798 |
Download Ocean of Eloquence Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is of particular interest because it shows the presence of the Yogācāra (Mind Only) school in Tibet. It is well known that the Mādhyamaka school flourished in Tibet, but less well known that Yogācāra doctrines were also studied and practiced. The former school stresses the inexpressible ultimate; the latter, the natural luminosity of mind. This is probably the best introduction to the distinctive eight consciousness systems of Yogācāra. It also makes understandable the different meanings of the profound alaya-vijnana (the storehouse consciousness, or basis of all) that is the pivotal eighth consciousness in their system. For those interested in meditation, the author's introduction explains how earlier Tibetan meditation (the method of allowing mind to look into its own pure nature) uses the eight-consciousness system. The book is remarkable in that it addresses the problem of how a person trapped within the confines of a limited and deluded personality can transcend that state and attain liberation. By his inquiry into the process of transformation, Tsong kha pa makes profound comments which will interest those who ask whether enlightenment is a gradual process or a sudden breakthrough. Tsong kha pa (1357-1419) wrote extensively on nearly every aspect of Buddhist religious philosophy and practice. The text edited and translated here is the Yiddang kun gzhi dka'ba'iignas rgyacher'grel pa legs par bshad pa'i rgya mtsho, often referred to as the Commentary on the Difficult Points.
Author | : Asaṅga |
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Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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Download Asanga's Chapter on Ethics with the Commentary of Tsong-Kha-Pa, The Basic Path to Awakening, the Complete Bodhisattva Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In addition to the English translations, the book includes an extensive introduction to situate the texts in their historical and religious contexts. Also included are translations of related documents, extensive bibliography, and index.
Author | : Robert Kritzer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Religion |
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Download Vasubandhu and the Yogācārabhūmi Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Vasubandhu |
Publisher | : Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9788120802032 |
Download Seven Works of Vasubandhu, the Buddhist Psychological Doctor Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This collection includes the Vada-Vidhi, a work on logic; the Pancaskandhakaprakarana, which deals with the 'aggregates' making up 'personality', the karmasiddhiprakarana, which attacks many features of earlier Buddhist psychology, the Vimsatika and Trimsika, which take Buddhist psychology into hitherto unexplored areas; the Madhyanta-vibhagabhasya, books of Mahayana realization: and the Tri-svabhav-nirdesa, which shows a way for ridding consciousness of ensnaring mental constructions.
Author | : Jeffrey Hopkins |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 682 |
Release | : 2002-08-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780520920019 |
Download Reflections on Reality - The Three Natures and Non- Natures in the Mind-Only School Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the second volume in Jeffrey Hopkins's valuable series on the Mind-Only School of Buddhism. Dzong-ka-ba (1357-1419) is generally regarded as one of the greatest Tibetan philosophers, and his "Mind-Only" discourse on emptiness is considered a landmark in Buddhist philosophy. In Volume 2, Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism, Hopkins provided a translation of the introduction and section on the Mind-Only School in The Essence of Eloquence. The present volume places this enigmatic and influential exposition in its historical and philosophical contexts. Reflections on Reality conveys the intellectual vibrancy of the different cultural interpretations of this text and expands the key philosophical issues it addresses.
Author | : Peter Harvey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2000-06-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780521556408 |
Download An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A systematic introduction to Buddhist ethics aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism.