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Book Synopsis A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese by : Samuel Beal
Download or read book A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese written by Samuel Beal and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures From the Chinese by : Samuel Beal
Download or read book A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures From the Chinese written by Samuel Beal and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures From the Chinese Of the translations found in this book, several have already appeared in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Having revised these and added others to complete what I conceive to be the cycle of the Buddhist development, I now publish the entire series as a contribution towards a more general acquaintance with Buddhist Literature in China. The Buddhist Canon in that country, as it was arranged between the years 67 and 1285 A.D., includes 1410 distinct works, comprising 5586 books. But these form only a fractional part of the entire Buddhist Literature which is spread throughout the Empire. And yet of all this we have been content, hitherto, to remain profoundly ignorant. It is difficult to understand how we can claim, under these circumstances, to have any precise idea as to the religious condition of the Chinese people, or even to appreciate the phraseology met with in their ordinary books. Our first duty, surely, should be to turn our attention to the study of some portion at least of these extensive Scriptures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Catena of Buddhist Scriptures From the Chinese by : Samuel Beal
Download or read book Catena of Buddhist Scriptures From the Chinese written by Samuel Beal and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese - Primary Source Edition by : Samuel Beal
Download or read book A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese - Primary Source Edition written by Samuel Beal and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Book Synopsis A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese - Scholar's Choice Edition by : Beal Samuel
Download or read book A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese - Scholar's Choice Edition written by Beal Samuel and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis A Catema of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese by : Samuel Beal
Download or read book A Catema of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese written by Samuel Beal and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Scripture in 42 Parables by : Chris Wen-chao Li
Download or read book The Scripture in 42 Parables written by Chris Wen-chao Li and published by Maison 174. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected in this volume are three of the most widely-disseminated shorter canonical texts of East Asian buddhism, namely The Scripture in Forty-Two Parables, The Eight Revelations from the Realm of Higher Beings, and The Heart of the Virtue of Wisdom, presented in a new domesticated translation based on a literary reading of the Chinese source texts. The Scripture in Forty-Two Parables (a.k.a. The Sūtra in Forty-Two Sections, The Sūtra in Forty-Two Parts, or The Sūtra of Forty-Two Chapters), dating to A.D. 67, is believed by many to be the earliest work of buddhism to be introduced from India into China, and as such is afforded special status in Chinese buddhism and folklore. The scripture is divided into forty-two sections, consisting for the most part of direct quotes from the Buddha addressing an audience of entry-level initiates. In the scripture, explanation of buddhist concepts is done in colloquial language, and vivid metaphors are created to relate core beliefs to such daily concerns as family, marriage, charity, wealth, ambition, temptation, and sex. References to The Scripture in Forty-Two Parables appear in such Chinese historical records as the Annals of the Later Han, and play a central role in the martial arts novel The Deer and the Cauldron by cult author Louis Cha. The Scripture in Forty-Two Parables is regarded as one of three canonical legacy teachings of the Buddha in the Zen buddhist traditions of China, Japan and Korea. The Eight Revelations from the Realm of Higher Beings (a.k.a., The.Sūtra of the Eight Realizations of Great Beings or The Eight Great Awakenings Sūtra) is another of the Buddha’s three legacy teachings of the East Asian Zen tradition, similarly directed at an audience of initiates and written in the vernacular style characteristic of early buddhist transmissions to China. The Eight Revelations from the Realm of Higher Beings takes as its subject the impermanence of the psycho-physical world and the illusory nature of sensory experiences, pointing out that attachment and desire lie at the heart of these illusions, and, in the latter half of the scripture, goes on to prescribe methods to see past these illusions. With a similar emphasis on the illusory nature of reality is the third text in this series, The Heart of the Virtue of Wisdom, better known as the Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra (Prajñāpāramitā. Hṛdaya Sūtra)—arguably the most revered and most commonly chanted scripture in all of the world’s buddhist traditions. In its brief length, the Heart Sūtra touches upon virtually all of the core concepts of buddhist philosophy, including the five skandhas, the twelve āyatanas, the eighteen dhātus, and the twelve nidānas, along with dukkha and the Four Noble Truths, explaining eventually that all such dogmatic teachings, along with the psycho-physical world we live in and the sensory stimuli we experience, are illusory in nature, and must be understood as such before one can move on to a higher level of understanding (anuttarā samyak-saṃbodhi) and approach the blissful state of nirvāṇa. The sūtra ends atypically with a transliterated dhāraṇī mnemonic for chanting, a verse which, in many regional buddhist traditions, is believed to be imbued with spiritual or transcendental powers. The method of translation adopted this volume differs somewhat from that found in most existing buddhist translations into English. In this collection, the Chinese originals are treated as literary in nature, and a structuralist reading is applied to arrive at the meaning of the text. A domesticating strategy is then used to render the cultural elements of the narrative in an attempt to create dynamic equivalence between the experiences of source and target language audiences.
Book Synopsis Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record by :
Download or read book Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monthly register of the most important works published in North and South America, in India, China, and the British colonies: with occasional notes on German, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian books.
Book Synopsis Buddhist Scriptures by : Donald Lopez
Download or read book Buddhist Scriptures written by Donald Lopez and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-03-25 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich anthology brings together works ... from languages such as Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese ...
Book Synopsis A Guide to Oriental Classics by : Wm. Theodore De Bary
Download or read book A Guide to Oriental Classics written by Wm. Theodore De Bary and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1989-05-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Oriental Classics
Book Synopsis Trübner's American, European and Oriental literary record by :
Download or read book Trübner's American, European and Oriental literary record written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Books on China in the Library of the Essex Institute by : Essex Institute. Library
Download or read book Books on China in the Library of the Essex Institute written by Essex Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Yogacara Texts: Indo-Tibetan Sources of Dzogchen Mahamudra by : Rodney Devenish
Download or read book Yogacara Texts: Indo-Tibetan Sources of Dzogchen Mahamudra written by Rodney Devenish and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yogacara Doctrine teaches one fundamental truth, namely that all beings are Buddha-'sattva Buddha evam'-or, in other words, all beings are aspects of one all-embracing absolute awareness, were they but to know it. This book sets a context for the study and meditation on ten pivotal texts of Yogacara. The source texts, translated from a practice perspective, derive from the Indo-Tibetan mahasiddha tradition and are presented with an ecumenical approach. As this collection of pithy Yogacara works will readily prove to the reader, the ancient 'Practice Tradition of the Yogin' (rnal-bhyor-pa'i sgrub-brgyud) is based on a clearly active realization of the essential nature of mind and consciousness gained through years of intensive examination and reflection. Yogacara approach advocates a dynamic form of meditation that is neither suppressive nor lethargic. The guide to this attainment, the mechanism that sharpens the mind's penetrative and illuminative qualities, is metaphysical inquiry.
Book Synopsis Reinventing the Tripitaka by : Jiang Wu
Download or read book Reinventing the Tripitaka written by Jiang Wu and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese Buddhist canon is a systematic collection of all translated Buddhist scriptures and related literatures created in East Asia and has been regarded as one of the “three treasures” in Buddhist communities. Despite its undisputed importance in the history of Buddhism, research on this huge collection has remained largely the province of Buddhologists focusing on textual and bibliographical studies. We thus aim to initiate methodological innovations to study the transformation of the canon by situating it in its modern context, characterized by intricate interactions between East and West as well as among countries in East Asia. During the modern period the Chinese Buddhist canon has been translated, edited, digitized, and condensed as well as internationalized, contested, and ritualized. The well-known accomplishment of this modern transformation is the compilation of the Taisho Canon during the 1920s. It has become a source of both doctrinal orthodoxy as well as creativity and its significance has greatly increased as Buddhist scholarship and devotionalism has utilized the canon for various ends. However, it is still unclear what led to the creation of the modern editions of the Buddhist canon in East Asia. This volume explores the most significant and interesting developments regarding the Chinese Buddhist canon in modern East Asia including canon formation, textual studies, historical analyses, religious studies, ritual invention, and digital research tools and methods.
Book Synopsis Special Catalogue by : Essex Institute
Download or read book Special Catalogue written by Essex Institute and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Analysis of Religious Belief by : John Russell Amberley
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