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Author | : Sangharakshita |
Publisher | : Windhorse Publications |
Total Pages | : 597 |
Release | : 2017-03-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1909314900 |
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Sangharakshita introduces us to the wonderful world of three of the best-loved Mahayana sutras - a world from which we emerge with treasures in the form of teachings and advice that are a great support in how to live our lives in the everyday world. From the transcendental critique of religion and the means of unification offered by the Vimalakirti-nirdesa to the light shed on economics, ecology and politics by the Sutra of Golden Light, these commentaries offer a unique and deeply meaningful perspective on the value of human existence.
Author | : Sangharakshita |
Publisher | : Windhorse Publications |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2014-05-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 190931434X |
Download Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the White Lotus Sutra, bursting with symbols, imagery and myths, we meet the Buddha as a story-teller. This sutra tells the greatest of all stories, that of human life and human potential. This great story takes the cosmos as its stage and all sentient beings as its players. This delightfully illustrated commentary on one of the most influential, revered and well-loved Buddhist scriptures brings these stories vividly to life and shows how they relate to our own spiritual quest.
Author | : Joseph Walser |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2005-05-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0231506236 |
Download Nagarjuna in Context Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Schlomo Biderman |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789004098381 |
Download Myths and Fictions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Myths and Fictions" - the third in a series of books on comparative philosophy and religion - is a collection of original essays, none previously published, on the theory and the actuality of myths and fictions in the different cultures of the world. Through all the essays there runs the question of the relation of literal truth to truth conceived in other ways or dimensions. Taken as a whole, the book makes a serious attempt to get beyond the confines of any single culture and enter into the mythical imagination of the ancient Hindus, Chinese, Hebrews and Christians, and by this act of imagination to escape (in Italo Calvino's words) "the limited perspective of the individual ego, not only to enter into selves like our own but to give speech to that which has no language..."
Author | : Sister Nivedita |
Publisher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2014-03 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : 9781497811201 |
Download Myths and Legends [of] Hindus and Buddhists Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1913 Edition.
Author | : Rafe Martin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780938756521 |
Download The Hungry Tigress Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Features a collection of Buddhist tales with themes of wisdom, nonviolence, environmentalism, and respect for life. Combines ancient story traditions with contemporary thought, displaying the relevance of the tales to modern times.
Author | : Sister Nivedita |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Sister Nivedita |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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REPRINTED AFTER MANY YEARS, THIS BOOK IS A STUDY OF THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF INDIA, BOTH BUDDHIST AND HINDU.
Author | : Michael Pye |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2004-08-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1134380631 |
Download Skilful Means Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Skilful means' is the key principle of Mahayana, one of the great Buddhist traditions. I illuminates a core working philosophy essential for any complete understanding of Buddhism.
Author | : John Clifford Holt |
Publisher | : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : 9788120832695 |
Download The Buddhist Viṣṇu Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
John Holt's groundbreaking study examines the assimilation, transformation, and subordination of the Hindu deity Visnu within the contexts of Sri Lankan history and Sinhala Buddhist religious culture. Holt argues that political agendas and social forces, as much as doctrinal concerns, have shaped the shifting patterns of the veneration of Visnu in Sri Lanka. Holt begins with a comparative look at the assimilation of the Buddha in Hinduism. He then explores the role and rationale of medieval Sinhala kings in assimilating Visnu into Sinhala Buddhism. Offering analyses of texts, many of which have never before been translated into English, Holt considers the development of Visnu in Buddhist literature and the changing practices of deity veneration. Shifting to the present, Holt describes the efforts of contemporary Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka to discourage the veneration of Visnu, suggesting that many are motivated by a reactionary fear that their culture and society will soon be overrun by the influences and practices of Hindus, Muslims, and Christians.