Download or read book The Teaching of Vimalakirti written by Étienne Lamotte and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Holy Teaching of Vimalak rti written by Robert A. F. Thurman and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vimalakirti Sutra written by and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most popular Asian classics for roughly two thousand years, the Vimalakirti Sutra stands out among the sacred texts of Mahayana Buddhism for its conciseness, its vivid and humorous episodes, its dramatic narratives, and its eloquent exposition of the key doctrine of emptiness or nondualism. Unlike most sutras, its central figure is not a Buddha but a wealthy townsman, who, in his mastery of doctrine and religious practice, epitomizes the ideal lay believer. For this reason, the sutra has held particular significance for men and women of the laity in Buddhist countries of Asia, assuring them that they can reach levels of spiritual attainment fully comparable to those accessible to monks and nuns of the monastic order. Esteemed translator Burton Watson has rendered a beautiful English translation from the popular Chinese version produced in 406 C.E. by the Central Asian scholar-monk Kumarajiva, which is widely acknowledged to be the most felicitous of the various Chinese translations of the sutra (the Sanskrit original of which was lost long ago) and is the form in which it has had the greatest influence in China, Japan, and other countries of East Asia. Watson's illuminating introduction discusses the background of the sutra, its place in the development of Buddhist thought, and the profundities of its principal doctrine: emptiness.
Download or read book The Vimalak rti Nirde a S tra written by Kʻuan Yü Lu and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This classic scripture of Mhayana Buddhism and Zen emphasizes spiritual practice in the midst of secular life. Composed in about the second century, C.E., THe Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra tells the story of a householder named Vimalakirti who lives a worldly life while following the Bodhisattva path. This sutra is particularly applicable to Western students of Buddhism because it teaches that people in secular life can practice Buddhism as effectively as members of monastic communities. The translator provides an accurate and accessible text complete with explanatory notes and a glossary"--Back cover.
Download or read book Inconceivable Emancipation written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes the ideal of the Bodhisattva, one who seeks to become Enlightened out of a compassionate desire to help all living beings. In the Vimalakirti-Nirdesa we meet the Bodhisattva Vimalakirti, a worker of wonders, a formidable debator and skilful teacher. Sangharakshita's commentary illuminates this original text, its myths and symbols, and explores the powerful figure of Vimalakirti and the significance of his teachings.
Download or read book Vimalakirti and the Awakened Heart written by Joan Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vimalakirti & the Awakened Heart: A Commentary on The Sutra that Vimalakirti Speaks by Zen teacher Joan Sutherland, Roshi is a timeless meditation on developing a peaceful and generous heart in a world of sorrows, and on how the awakening of each of us is an inextricable part of the awakening of the world. It's the first volume in a collection called Pilgrim's Bundle, handbooks on traditional philosophy, practices, and poetry in a contemporary voice.
Download or read book The Teaching of Vimalak rti written by Vimalakīrti'. and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living Skillfully written by Dale S. Wright and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a contemporary philosophy of life drawing upon Buddhist resources from the Vimalakirti Sutra. Among the major themes in this Mahayana Buddhist scripture is the "skillful means" required to live a healthy and undeluded life. The book adopts that theme as a means of developing a practical approach to contemporary Buddhist life. Following many of the brilliant stories in the sutra, this book attempts to provide clear explanations for the primary Buddhist teachings and the relationships that bind them all together into an inspiring way of living. Among the questions addressed are: who is the Buddha, how is a worldview of change and contingency applicable to current life, what does it mean to claim that there is no permanent self, what are the primary characteristics of an admirable Buddhist life, how is freedom conceived in Buddhism, and how do all of these themes help us address issues that are pressing for us today. Although historical questions do arise in the book, its primary purpose is contemporary and practical, an effort to say clearly how this text helps us stake out a way of living for contemporary, global citizens.
Download or read book Buddhism written by Dalai Lama and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in Paperback! Explore with the Dalai Lama the common ground underlying the diverse traditions of Buddhism. Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might be hard to see what they all have in common. In Buddhism, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and American Buddhist nun Thubten Chodron map out with clarity the convergences and the divergences between the two major strains of Buddhism—the Sanskrit traditions of Tibet and East Asia and the Pali traditions of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Especially deep consideration is given to the foundational Indian traditions and their respective treatment of such central tenets as the four noble truths the practice of meditation the meaning of nirvana enlightenment. The authors seek harmony and greater understanding among Buddhist traditions worldwide, illuminating the rich benefits of respectful dialogue and the many ways that Buddhists of all stripes share a common heritage and common goals.
Download or read book The Flower Ornament Scripture written by Thomas Cleary and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1993-10-12 with total page 2759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful translation of one of the most influential Buddhist sutras—the Avatamsaka Sutra—by one of the greatest translators of Buddhist texts of our time Known in Chinese as Hua-yen and in Japanese as Kegon-kyo, the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture, is held in the highest regard and studied by Buddhists of all traditions. Through its structure and symbolism, as well as through its concisely stated principles, it conveys a vast range of Buddhist teachings. This one-volume edition contains Thomas Cleary’s definitive translation of all thirty-nine books of the sutra, along with an introduction, a glossary, and Cleary’s translation of Li Tongxuan’s seventh-century guide to the final book, the Gandavyuha, “Entry into the Realm of Reality.”
Download or read book Infinite Life written by Robert A. F. Thurman and published by Riverhead Books (Hardcover). This book was released on 2004 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's most popular and charismatic Buddhist delivers the ultimate guidebook to understanding our place in the universe and realizing how we can personally succeed while helping others.
Download or read book The Holy Teaching of Vimalak rti written by Robert A. F. Thurman and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the major teachings of Mahāyāna Sūtras.
Download or read book VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA The Teachings of Vimalakirti written by Jung-Ho Yoon and published by 연화사. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Teaching of Vimalakirti presents in 14 fairly short chapters the core teachings of Mahayana Buddhism.1 Considered ‘the jewel of Mahayana Sutras,’ the teaching is addressed to very advanced arhats and bodhisattvas by Vimalakirti (“Undefiled Reputation”), a supposedly ill, advanced lay bodhisattva. Especially influential in East Asian Buddhism, the teaching clarifies the meaning of nonduality and stresses the importance of the Bodhisattva ideal of “saving all beings,” as well as many other important themes in Mahayana Buddhism.2 The teaching does this in an insightful and spiritually imaginative, if complex, manner that includes humor, satire, extravagant drama, magic, poetry, and lavish description, as well as straightforward doctrinal discussion. The style of presentation makes The Teaching of Vimalakirti one of the most fascinating, inspiring, and readable, if bizarre, Mahayana Sutras, in fact a Sutra that is so extraordinary that readers are urged to relax their logical, discursive, habitual way of thinking in order to fully absorb the teaching. Most importantly, the Sutra stresses the nondual teaching that all dichotomies like nirvana and samsara, sickness and health, sacred and secular, and men and women are ultimately empty and thus make no sense.3 When this teaching is fully realized, one understands completely (as Dogen and Susuki Roshi continually point out) that everything is already whole – so ‘just try your best and show up.’
Download or read book The Holy Teaching of Vimalak rti written by and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. This book was released on 1991 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called the jewel of the Mahayana Sutras , this book presents the major teachings of Mahayana Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this Sutra has enjoyed immense popularity among Mahayana Buddhists in India, centra
Download or read book Cultivating The Mind Of Love EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening written by Huihai and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete translation of the teaching of the Chinese Ch'an Master Hui Hai by Blofeld, this moment of truth and awakening and its 8th-century message are universal and timeless.
Download or read book The Zen Teachings of Master Lin chi written by Yixuan and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned scholar Burton Watson's translation exactingly depicts the life and teachings of the great ninth-century Chinese Zen master Lin-chi, one of the most highly regarded of the T'ang period masters.
