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An English Translation Of Fa Tsangs Commentary On The Awakening Of Faith
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Book Synopsis An English Translation of Fa-Tsang's Commentary on the Awakening of Faith by : Fazang
Download or read book An English Translation of Fa-Tsang's Commentary on the Awakening of Faith written by Fazang and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fa-Tsang (643-712) was an important early figure in the development of Huayen Buddhism and is counted by the Third Patriach and first great systematizer of the school.
Book Synopsis The Awakening of Faith by : Asvaghosa
Download or read book The Awakening of Faith written by Asvaghosa and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and coherent, this guide to a complex system of Buddhism is so authoritative that it has been employed in the instruction of Buddhist priests. Readers will find that it offers the keys to the essentials of Mahayana Buddhism, a liberal and theistic branch of the faith practiced chiefly in China and Japan. Translated by the distinguished scholar Teitaro Suzuki, the text discusses how humans can transcend their finite state to partake in the life of the infinite. Practices and techniques to assist believers in the awakening and growth of faith appear here, in addition to the most developed form of tathagata-garbha, or Buddha-matrix teachings. This accessible work was written specifically for those who prefer a brief and pithy presentation to extensive discourse.
Book Synopsis Da cheng qi xing lun xiao zhu by : Aśvaghoṣa
Download or read book Da cheng qi xing lun xiao zhu written by Aśvaghoṣa and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Açvaghosha's Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahâyâna by : Aśvaghoṣa
Download or read book Açvaghosha's Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahâyâna written by Aśvaghoṣa and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Açvaghosha's Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna by : Aśvaghoṣa
Download or read book Açvaghosha's Discourse on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna written by Aśvaghoṣa and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana is a classic of East Asian Buddhism. Its concept of faith, is not the same as that of Western religions. The book's title may also be translated as The Generating of Confidence in the Mahayana. Confidence and trust is generated as a result of examining the Mahayana Buddhist teachings, which are concisely summarized here. This book is said to have been written for those who find the wordiness of extensive discourse wearisome, and who prefer a brief tretise with a lot of meaning. Doctrinally, it presents the tathagata-garbha or Buddha-matrix teachings in their most developed form.
Book Synopsis The Beauty of Balance by : Young Woon Ko
Download or read book The Beauty of Balance written by Young Woon Ko and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2009-12-22 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays examine the significance of balance between the opposites in order to understand God and the world. The author argues that opposites-the subject and object, mind and nature, good and evil, truth and falsehood-are not separated from each other but interdependent in the relational paradigm. Each cannot exist without the other. Creative advancement is achieved by their dynamic tensions. The paradoxical relationship between the opposites is not posited in the mechanistic model in which opposites are recognized as separate entities and thereby antagonists; rather, they are dialectical and creative in the organic model. Based on this organic model, the relationship between God and the world is not hierarchical but interdependent. In the organic model, God is not described simply as a transcendent reality in a dualistic structure of God and the world. God reveals God-self in harmonious order and pattern as the ultimate principle formed in the world. In other words, God reveals God-self in the relative contexts of the opposites good and evil, true and false. Unlike Aristotle's Law of Contrast, God is both A (transcendent) and -A (immanent), which is the basic logic of the organic model. In this context, God is different from eternal reality such as Plato's Idea or the transcendent God developed in the Western tradition. In this text, the author explores how the complex of divine reality entails the dialogue of differences in a constructive way, using inter-religious dialogue and religion-nature dialogue as examples. The author also brings the theme of paradox into his discussion to connect the West with the East and explore how it can be a positive method of understanding God and the world in the organic model, which can in turn be a key to the understanding of the common good.
Book Synopsis Treatise on Awakening Mah=ay=ana Faith by : John Jorgensen
Download or read book Treatise on Awakening Mah=ay=ana Faith written by John Jorgensen and published by Oxford Chinese Thought. This book was released on 2019 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dasheng qixin lun, or Treatise on Awakening Mah=ay=ana Faith , has been one of the most important texts of East Asian Buddhism since it first appeared in sixth-century China. It outlines the initial steps a Mah=ay=ana Buddhist needs to take to reach enlightenment, beginning with the conviction that the Mah=ay=ana path is correct and worth pursuing. The Treatise addresses many of the doctrines central to various Buddhist teachings in China between the fifth and seventh centuries, attempting to reconcile seemingly contradictory ideas in Buddhist texts introduced from India. It provided a model for later schools to harmonize teachings and sustain the idea that, despite different approaches, there was only one doctrine, or Dharma. It profoundly shaped the doctrines and practices of the major schools of Chinese Buddhism: Chan, Tiantai, Huayan, and to a lesser extent Pure Land. It quickly became a shared resource for East Asian philosophers and students of Buddhist thought. Drawing on the historical and intellectual contexts of Treatise's composition and paying sustained attention to its interpretation in early commentaries, this new annotated translation of the classic, makes its ideas available to English readers like never before. The introduction orients readers to the main topics taken up in the Treatise and gives a comprehensive historical and intellectual grounding to the text. This volume marks a major advance in studies of the Treatise, bringing to light new interpretations and themes of the text.
Book Synopsis Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye: Ouyang Jingwu and the Revival of Scholastic Buddhism by : Eyal Aviv
Download or read book Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye: Ouyang Jingwu and the Revival of Scholastic Buddhism written by Eyal Aviv and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye, Eyal Aviv offers an account of Ouyang Jingwu, a revolutionary Buddhist thinker and educator. The book surveys the life and career of Ouyang and his influence on modern Chinese intellectual history.
Book Synopsis Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician by : Jinhua Chen
Download or read book Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician written by Jinhua Chen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buddhist master Fazang is regarded as one of the greatest metaphysicians in medieval Asia. This study aims at correcting misinterpretations and shedding light on neglected areas, opening up for discussion the various structures of medieval East Asian monastic biography.
Book Synopsis A Handbook of Korean Zen Practice by : John Jorgensen
Download or read book A Handbook of Korean Zen Practice written by John Jorgensen and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sŏn (Japanese Zen) has been the dominant form of Buddhism in Korea from medieval times to the present. A Handbook of Korean Zen Practice: A Mirror on the Sŏn School of Buddhism (Sŏn'ga kwigam) was the most popular guide for Sŏn practice and life ever published in Korea and helped restore Buddhism to popularity after its lowest point in Korean history. It was compiled before 1569 by Sŏsan Hyujŏng (1520–1604), later famed as the leader of a monk army that helped defend Korea against a massive Japanese invasion in 1592. In addition to succinct quotations from sutras, the text also contained quotations from selected Chinese and Korean works together with Hyujŏng's explanations. Because of its brevity and organization, the work proved popular and was reprinted many times in Korea and Japan before 1909. A Handbook of Korean Zen Practice commences with the ineffability of the enlightened state, and after a tour through doctrine and practice it returns to its starting point. The doctrinal rationale for practice that leads to enlightenment is based on the Mahayana Awakening of Faith, but the practice Hyujŏng enjoins readers to undertake is very different: a method of meditation derived from the kongan (Japanese koan) called hwadu (Chinese huatou), or "point of the story," the story being the kongan. This method was developed by Dahui Zonggao (1089–1163) and was imported into Korea by Chinul (1158–1210). The most famous hwadu is the mu (no) answer by Zhaozhou to the question, "Does a dog have a buddha-nature?" Hyujŏng warns of pitfalls in this practice, such as the delusion that one is already enlightened. A proper understanding of doctrine is required before practicing hwadu. Practice also requires faith and an experienced teacher. Hyujŏng outlines the specifics of practice, such as rules of conduct and chanting and mindfulness of the Buddha, and stresses the requirements for living the life of a monk. At the end of the text he returns to the hwadu, the need for a teacher, and hence the importance of lineage. He sketches out the distinctive methods of practice of the chief Sŏn (Chinese Chan) lineages. His final warning is not to be attached to the text. The version of the text translated here is the earliest and the longest extant. It was "translated" into Korean from Chinese by one of Hyujŏng's students to aid Korean readers. The present volume contains a brief history of hwadu practice and theory, a life of Hyujŏng, and a summary of the text, plus a detailed, annotated translation. It should be of interest to practitioners of meditation and students of East Asian Buddhism and Korean history.
Download or read book Reflecting Mirrors written by Imre Hamar and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2007 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the Huayan school of East Asian Buddhism in a Western language. This school, which received its name from the Chinese translation of the important Mahayana scripture, the Buddhavatam sakasutra, flourished in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907) and spread to Korea and Japan as well. The reader gains an insight into the development of Huayan Buddhism: The compilation of its base text, the Buddhavatam sakasutra, the establishment of Huayan tradition as a special form of East Asian Buddhism and its visual representations. The book consists of five chapters: 1. State of Field, 2. The Buddhavatam. sakasutra, 3. Huayan in China, 4. Hwaom/Kegon in Korea and Japan, and 5. Huayan/Hwaom/Kegon Art. The following scholars contributed to this volume: Aramaki Noritoshi, Jana Benicka, Choe Yeonshik, Bernard Faure, Frederic Girard, Imre Hamar, Huang Yi-hsun, Ishii Kosei, Kimura Kiyotaka, Charles Muller, Jan Nattier, Otake Susumu, Joerg Plassen, Wei Daoru, Dorothy Wong, Zhu Qingzhi. Included are bibliographies of secondary sources on Huayan Buddhism in Western languages, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
Book Synopsis Entry Into the Inconceivable by : Thomas Cleary
Download or read book Entry Into the Inconceivable written by Thomas Cleary and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entry Into the Inconceivable is an introduction to the philosophy of the Hua-yen school of Buddhism, one of the cornerstones of East Asian Buddhist thought. Cleary presents a survey of the unique Buddhist scripture on which the Hua-yen teaching is based and a brief history of its introduction into China. He also presents a succinct analysis of the essential metaphysics of Hua-yen Buddhism as it developed during China's golden age and full translations of four basic texts by seminal thinkers of the school.
Book Synopsis Benkemmitsu-nikyōron by : Kenneth R. White
Download or read book Benkemmitsu-nikyōron written by Kenneth R. White and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the translation and interpretation of the works of Kukai (744-845), the founder of the Japanese Shingon School of Buddhism.
Book Synopsis Gyōnen’s Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries by : Ronald S. Green
Download or read book Gyōnen’s Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries written by Ronald S. Green and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gyōnen’s Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries is the first English translation of this work and a new assessment of it. Gyōnen (1240-1321) has been recognized for establishing a methodology for the study of Buddhism that would come to dominate Japan. The three countries Gyōnen considers are India, China and Japan. Ronald S. Green and Chanju Mun describe Gyōnen’s innovative doctrinal classification system (panjiao) for the first time and compare it to other panjiao systems. They argue that Gyōnen’s arrangement and what he chose to exclude served political purposes in the Kamakura period, and thus engage current scholarship on the construction of Japanese Buddhism.
Book Synopsis Emptiness and Paradox in the Thought of Fa-Tsang by : Dale Stuart Wright
Download or read book Emptiness and Paradox in the Thought of Fa-Tsang written by Dale Stuart Wright and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mahāyāna Buddhism by : Paul Williams
Download or read book Mahāyāna Buddhism written by Paul Williams and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to provide in one volume an up-to-date and accurate account of the principles of Mahayana Buddhism as they are found in both the Indo-Tibetan and East Asian forms of Mahayana.Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread to Central Asia, Tibet, Mongolia, China, Japan and other countries of East Asia. In Tibet and East Asia, Mahayana eventually became the prevalent form of Buddhism. Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably over the last twenty-five years, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and also in the attraction of Westerners towards Tibetan Buddhism and r aug. This book aims to provide in one volume an up-to-date and accurate account of the principles of Mahayana Buddhism as they are found in both the Indo-Tibetan and East Asian forms of Mahayana. It seeks to introduce and reflect some of the recent scholarly work in the field, and in particular the book is concerned to convey the diversity and richness of Mahayana Buddhism, a diversity which prevents any attempt at simple definition.
Book Synopsis Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning, The by :
Download or read book Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning, The written by and published by BDK America. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic sutra of the Fa-hsiang School, this sūtra expounds the thought of the Yogacara or Mind-Only School (Vijnanavada), stating that all phenomena are manifestations of the mind. It belongs to the middle period of Indian Mahayana Buddhism and is considered to have been composed at the start of the fourth century A.D. It is divided into 8 chapters, and gives a detailed exposition of the philosophy of the Yogacara School. Judging from the fact that the greater part of this sutra is quoted in the Yogacarabhumi, and that numerous citations from it are to be found in such works as the Mahayanasamgraha and Jo-yui-shiki-ron, it is clear that it exerted considerable influence in later times.
