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Book Researches in Indian and Buddhist Philosophy

Download or read book Researches in Indian and Buddhist Philosophy written by Rāma Karaṇa Śarmā and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume, comprising ninteen articles by renowned scholars, is divided into three sections, namely, Buddhist Jaina and Hindu Philsosphical Researches. The articles in Hindu section take a comperative base. K.K.Raj compares the Buddhist and Mimamsa views on Laksana. K. Bhattacharya speaks of grammarians and philososphers regarding post-Panini grammarians on a certain anusasana. R.C.Dwivedi compares kashmir Saivism with Sankara`s Vedanta and T.S.Rukmani compares Siddhis as found in the Bhagavata Purana and in Patanjali`s Yogasutras. R.V. Joshi compares the Advaita and the Vaisnava views of the matter.

Book Speaking for Buddhas

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  • Author : Richard F. Nance
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 0231152302
  • Pages : 310 pages

Download or read book Speaking for Buddhas written by Richard F. Nance and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhist intellectual discourse owes its development to a dynamic interplay between primary source materials and subsequent interpretation, yet scholarship on Indian Buddhism has long neglected to privilege one crucial series of texts. Commentaries on Buddhist scriptures, particularly the sutras, offer rich insights into the complex relationship between Buddhist intellectual practices and the norms that inform--and are informed by--them. Evaluating these commentaries in detail for the first time, Richard F. Nance revisits--and rewrites&mdashthe critical history of Buddhist thought, including its unique conception of doctrinal transmission. Attributed to such luminaries as Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Santideva, scriptural commentaries have long played an important role in the monastic and philosophical life of Indian Buddhism. Nance reads these texts against the social and cultural conditions of their making, establishing a solid historical basis for the interpretation of key beliefs and doctrines. He also underscores areas of contention, in which scholars debate what it means to speak for, and as, a Buddha. Throughout these texts, Buddhist commentators struggle to deduce and characterize the speech of Buddhas and teach others how to convey and interpret its meaning. At the same time, they demonstrate the fundamental dilemma of trying to speak on behalf of Buddhas. Nance also investigates the notion of "right speech" as articulated by Buddhist texts and follows ideas about teaching as imagined through the common figure of a Buddhist preacher. He notes the use of epistemological concepts in scriptural interpretation and the protocols guiding the composition of scriptural commentary, and provides translations of three commentarial guides to better clarify the normative assumptions organizing these works.

Book Mahayana Buddhism

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  • Author : Paul Williams
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2008-07-11
  • ISBN : 1134250576
  • Pages : 456 pages

Download or read book Mahayana Buddhism written by Paul Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and East Asia. Over the last twenty-five years Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and in the attraction of Westerners towards Tibetan Buddhism and Zen. Paul Williams’ Mahayana Buddhism is widely regarded as the standard introduction to the field, used internationally for teaching and research and has been translated into several European and Asian languages. This new edition has been fully revised throughout in the light of the wealth of new studies and focuses on the religion’s diversity and richness. It includes much more material on China and Japan, with appropriate reference to Nepal, and for students who wish to carry their study further there is a much-expanded bibliography and extensive footnotes and cross-referencing. Everyone studying this important tradition will find Williams’ book the ideal companion to their studies.

Book Vienna journal of South Asian studies

Download or read book Vienna journal of South Asian studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Asanga s Chapter on Ethics with the Commentary of Tsong Kha Pa  The Basic Path to Awakening  the Complete Bodhisattva

Download or read book Asanga s Chapter on Ethics with the Commentary of Tsong Kha Pa The Basic Path to Awakening the Complete Bodhisattva written by Asaṅga and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Accessions List  South Asia

Download or read book Accessions List South Asia written by Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Records publications acquired from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, by the U.S. Library of Congress Offices in New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan.

Book Three vow Theories in Tibetan Buddhism

Download or read book Three vow Theories in Tibetan Buddhism written by Jan-Ulrich Sobisch and published by Dr Ludwig Reichert. This book was released on 2002 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English description: Since the 12th century, a central feature of Buddhism in Tibet was its harmonizing of tantric practice with the moral codes of monastic discipline and Bodhisattva altruism. All masters maintained the vajrayana or tantric path to be superior to the two "lower" codes, but they described this superiority differently. In the present study, Jan-Ulrich Sobisch explores for the first time in detail the three main strategies maintained by the oldest Tibetan schools for explaining the relations of the three codes. German description: Ein Kernpunkt des tibetischen Buddhismus ist seine Harmonisierung tantrischer Praxis mit dem Moralkodex klosterlicher Disziplin und dem Altruismus der Bodhisattvas. Alle Gelehrten vertraten die Ansicht, dass Vajrayana bzw. der tantrische Pfad den Regeln der beiden "niederen" Fahrzeuge uberlegen sei, sie beschrieben diese Uberlegenheit jedoch unterschiedlich. In der vorliegenden Studie werden von Jan-Ulrich Sobisch zum ersten Mal die drei hauptsachlichen Strategien im Detail untersucht, die von den altesten tibetischen Schulen vertreten werden, um das Verhaltnis der drei Kodizes zueinander zu erlautern.

Book The Bodhisattva Vow

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  • Author : Geshe Sonam Rinchen
  • Publisher : Shambhala Publications
  • Release : 2000-10-10
  • ISBN : 1559391502
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book The Bodhisattva Vow written by Geshe Sonam Rinchen and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2000-10-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Dalai Lama bestows the Bodhisattva vow, he often teaches the short text known as the Twenty Verses on the Bodhisattva Vow by the Indian master Chandragomin. Chandragomin's text discusses some of the most important features regarding the vow, such as from whom it should be taken, how one should prepare for receiving it, what constitutes transgressions of the vow, and how they should be purified. In clear and accessible terms, Geshe Sonam Rinchen explains how to take and then safeguard the Bodhisattva vow.

Book Buddhist Studies Review

Download or read book Buddhist Studies Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bodhisattva Vow

Download or read book The Bodhisattva Vow written by Kelsang Gyatso and published by Tharpa Publications US. This book was released on 1995 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bodhisattva is a friend of the world who, motivated by compassion, spontaneously seeks to improve his or her good qualities for the benefit of each and every living being. With this handbook as our companion, we can enter the Bodhisattva's way of life and progress along the path to full enlightenment.

Book The Tibet Journal

Download or read book The Tibet Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tibetan Medicine

Download or read book Tibetan Medicine written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mirror of Beryl

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  • Author : Sangye Desi Gyatso
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2016-05-17
  • ISBN : 1614291160
  • Pages : 696 pages

Download or read book The Mirror of Beryl written by Sangye Desi Gyatso and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed while its author was the ruler of Tibet, Mirror of Beryl is a detailed account of the origins and history of medicine in Tibet through the end of the seventeenth century. Its author, Desi Sangye Gyatso (1653 - 1705), was the heart disciple and political successor of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama and the author of several highly regarded works on Tibetan medicine, including his Blue Beryl, a commentary on the foundational text of Tibetan medicine, The Four Tantras. In the present historical introduction, Sangye Gyatso traces the sources of influence on Tibetan medicine to classical India, China, Central Asia, and beyond, providing life stories, extensive references to earlier Tibetan works on medicine, and fascinating details about the Tibetan approach to healing. He also provides a commentary on the pratimoksha, bodhisattva, and tantric Buddhist vows. Desi Sangye Gyatso's Mirror of Beryl remains today an essential resource for students of medical science in Tibet.

Book International Books in Print

Download or read book International Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Newsletter

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  • Author : Library of Tibetan Works & Archives
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 38 pages

Download or read book Newsletter written by Library of Tibetan Works & Archives and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Taking the Bodhisattva Vow

Download or read book Taking the Bodhisattva Vow written by Rinpoche Bokar and published by Clearpoint Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: