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Book Synopsis Wisdom Teachings of the Mahāyāna by : Sangharakshita
Download or read book Wisdom Teachings of the Mahāyāna written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2023-08-16 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much knowledge of the Dharma do we need? Sangharakshita’s answer might surprise some: ‘a lot less than we think’, but we need to use the knowledge we do have well. This is the teaching of the four main works in this volume. Based on seminars conducted in 1976 and 1978, each offers a lesson in how to think critically about Mahāyāna Buddhist teachings, and how to apply them to day-to-day life. They are The Way to Wisdom, on the five spiritual faculties; Living Ethically and Living Wisely, on Nāgārjuna’s Precious Garland, and Know Your Mind, which explores a Tibetan Abhidharma text.
Download or read book Heart of Wisdom written by Kelsang Gyatso and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2000 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart of Wisdom is based on an oral commentary to the Essence of Wisdom Sutra (the Heart Sutra), which was given by the author at Manjushri Mahayana buddhist Centre in England. The Heart Sutra, one of the best known and most popular of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, contains the essence of Buddha`s teachings on emptiness and the methods to develop the wisdom that understands this ultimate reality. In this highly acclaimed explanation of the Sutra, Geshe Kelsang reveals its explicit and implicit meanings with both clarity and authority, and relates them to the five Mahayana paths that lead to full enlightenment. Seen in modern light, Buddha had been able to perceive, even see the vast spatial distances between atoms and between sub-atomic particles filled with electrons and even sub-eletrons in a state of high vibration. This atomic condition corresponds to a similar pattern in the brains of living beings and to interstellar and interplanetary gaps. The subject of emptiness as the author explains deals with perceptions leading to concept of formation and creation of a world of sense ideas which is merely a random arranging of material resources in an otherwise empty space filled with vibrations of these very particles. This is a rather difficult subject handled facilely by the author.
Book Synopsis Wisdom Beyond Words by : Sangharakshita
Download or read book Wisdom Beyond Words written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the Buddha's lifetime, people have been trying to express the ultimate meaning of Buddhism in a form that makes complete rational sense. The Prajnaparamita or 'Perfection of Wisdom' teachings offer a giddying counterbalance to this exercise. Emerging 2000 years ago as the core-teachings of Mahayana Buddhism, texts such as the Ratnaguna-samcayagatha, the Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra gave new impetus to the ideal of the Bodhisattva, one whose energies are dedicated to the attainment of enlightenment for the sake of all beings.
Download or read book Wisdom Energy written by Thubten Yeshe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-14 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisdom Energy is a simple and compelling introduction to Buddhism by two Tibetan lamas renowned for their insight and skill in teaching Westerners. Containing an entire meditation course, it goes to the heart of basic Buddhist practice and discusses the meaning and purpose of meditation, the causes of dissatisfaction and unhappiness, and the methods for subduing them and gaining control over our minds and lives. Originally published in 1976, Wisdom Energy still preserves the power, humor, and directness of the lamas's first teaching tour of North America, giving the reader the feeling of an intimate audience with two highly respected teachers.
Book Synopsis Buddhist Mahayana Texts by : E. B. Cowell
Download or read book Buddhist Mahayana Texts written by E. B. Cowell and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 1894-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhist Mahayana Texts by E. B. Cowell: E. B. Cowell presents a comprehensive collection of Mahayana Buddhist texts, offering readers a profound insight into the teachings and philosophy of this influential branch of Buddhism. Through carefully selected texts and thoughtful commentary, Cowell invites readers to explore the wisdom and spiritual depth of Mahayana Buddhism. Key Aspects of the Book "Buddhist Mahayana Texts": Mahayana Teachings: Cowell introduces readers to the core teachings and principles of Mahayana Buddhism, providing a deeper understanding of its spiritual essence. Textual Analysis: The book offers scholarly commentary and analysis of the selected texts, enriching readers' engagement with the ancient wisdom. Spiritual Exploration: "Buddhist Mahayana Texts" provides an opportunity for readers to embark on a spiritual journey through the profound teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. E. B. Cowell was a distinguished scholar and orientalist known for his expertise in Sanskrit literature and Buddhist philosophy. Born in 1826, Cowell's passion for Eastern studies led him to contribute significantly to the translation and interpretation of ancient texts. In "Buddhist Mahayana Texts," Cowell's expertise enables readers to delve into the spiritual depths of Mahayana Buddhism and gain insights into the profound wisdom of this ancient tradition.
Book Synopsis The New Heart of Wisdom by : Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Download or read book The New Heart of Wisdom written by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and published by Tharpa Publications. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special presentation of Buddha's teachings by the author of Modern Buddhism, offers truly liberating insights and advice for the contemporary reader. It reveals the profound meaning of the very heart of Buddha’s teachings - the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. The author shows how all our problems and suffering come from our ignorance of the ultimate nature of things, and how we can abandon this ignorance and come to enjoy pure, lasting happiness by developing a special wisdom associated with compassion for all living beings. 'Many people are very intelligent in accomplishing worldly attainments. This intelligence is not wisdom because worldly attainments such as a high position, reputation, wealth and success in business are deceptive. If we die tomorrow, they will disappear tomorrow, and nothing will be left for our future. Wisdom, however, will never deceive us. It is our inner Spiritual Guide, who leads us to the correct path. It is the divine eye through which we can see what we should know, what we should abandon, what we should practise and what we should attain.' -Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Download or read book Practicing Wisdom written by Dalai Lama and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the bestselling A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of the Night, Practicing Wisdom focuses on Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva. While the former includes only a brief introduction to Shantideva's complex and crucial ninth chapter on insight, Practicing Wisdom is a full and detailed follow-up commentary, making it an invaluable statement on the fundamental concept behind Buddhist thought and practice. Shantideva says at the beginning of the final chapter of his Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life: "All branches of the Buddha's teachings are taught for the sake of wisdom. If you wish to bring an end to suffering, you must develop wisdom." Shantideva's ninth chapter is revered in Tibetan Buddhist circles as one of the most authoritative expositions of the Buddha's core insight, and all other Buddhist practices are means to support the generation of this wisdom within the practitioner. In Practicing Wisdom, the Dalai Lama reaffirms his reputation as a great scholar, communicator, and embodiment of the Buddha's Way by illuminating Shantideva's verses, drawing on contrasting commentaries from the Nyingma and Gelug lineages, and leading the reader through the stages of insight up to the highest view of emptiness. These teachings, delivered in southern France in 1993, have been masterfully translated, edited, and annotated by Geshe Thupten Jinpa, the Dalai Lama's primary translator and founder of the Institute of Tibetan Classics.
Book Synopsis Ocean of Nectar by : Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Download or read book Ocean of Nectar written by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2000 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ocean of Nectar is first complete commentary in English to Chandrakirti`s classic Guide to the Middle Way, one of the most important scriptures in Mahayan Buddhism and regsrded to this day as the principal text on emptiness, the ultimate nature of reality. In this long-awaited major work Geshe kelsang provides an entirely new translation of Chandrakirti`s verse masterpiece and explains with outstanding clarity the philosophical reasoning establishing Budda`s most profound view of the middle way.
Book Synopsis The Wisdom of James by : John P. Keenan
Download or read book The Wisdom of James written by John P. Keenan and published by The Newman Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating book John Keenan offers a classical commentary on the New Testament Letter of James, section by section, informed by a thorough study of contemporary Jamesian scholarship. His approach is unique in theat it employs Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy as the interpretive lens to focus on this early Christian text. The author argues that the first chapter of James' letter presents wisdom as non-discriminative, in a manner very similar to Mahayana Buddhist teaching on wisdom. And James' insistence upon deeds of compasssion and justice recommends a notion of Christian practice that is quite close to the Mahayana ideal of Bodhisattva engagement in the world. Because of these areas of resonance, James in particularly amenable to a Mahayana reading-a reading that enables us to elicit fresh insights from the text.
Book Synopsis Visions of Mahayana Buddhism by : Nagapriya
Download or read book Visions of Mahayana Buddhism written by Nagapriya and published by Windhorse Publications (UK). This book was released on 2009 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare overview of a phase of Buddhism which has blossomed across Asia.
Book Synopsis Essence of the Heart Sutra by : Thupten Jinpa
Download or read book Essence of the Heart Sutra written by Thupten Jinpa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-09-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than two thousand years, the Heart Sutra has been part of the daily life of millions of Buddhists. This concise text, so rich and laden with meaning, concentrates the very heart of Buddhism into a powerful and evocative teaching on the interdependence of all reality. In Essence of the Heart Sutra, the Dalai Lama masterfully unpacks the Heart Sutra so that any reader can benefit from its teachings - teachings meant to help us release ourselves from suffering and live with true compassion. Comprised of his ""Heart of Wisdom"" talks, originally delivered to thousands of listeners in 2001, the book offers the Dalai Lama's commentary as well as his easy-to-follow overview of Buddhist philosophy that places the sutra within its historical and philosophical context. With additional contributions by scholar and translator Thupten Jinpa, Essence of the Heart Sutra is the authoritative presentation of a text seminal to the world's religious heritage.
Download or read book Heart of Wisdom written by Kelsang Gyatso and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HEART OF WISDOM is an explanation of one of the most popular Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, with essential advice on overcoming obstacles to both temporary and ultimate happiness. It is an authoritative introduction to emptiness, the ultimate nature of reality. - combines a profound and authentic understanding of Buddha's wisdom teachings with practical methods to develop this wisdom
Book Synopsis Wisdom Beyond Words by : S. Sangharakshita
Download or read book Wisdom Beyond Words written by S. Sangharakshita and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2006 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is all very well to expect Buddhism to be meaningful to where we are here and now but where is here and when is now.?Ever since the Buddha`s lifetime people have been trying to express the ultimate meaning of Buddhism in a form that makes complete rational sense.They are unique, extraordinary teachings, addressing the practical, everyday concerns of Buddhists, but in a way that can leave the rational mind spinning.
Book Synopsis Mahayana Buddhism by : Paul Williams
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.
Download or read book The Wisdom of Buddha written by Buddha and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Siddartha Guatama, a Hindu prince, renounced the world in search of the meaning of life, he became known as the Buddha, or "the enlightened one." Through penance, asceticism, and meditation he created the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, the basic tenets of Buddhism. Collected here, taken from the sacred books of Buddhism, are the essential spiritual truths he taught.
Book Synopsis The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye by : Dalai Lama
Download or read book The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye written by Dalai Lama and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 1966-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahayana Buddhism explained by the present day spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, H. H. the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, in his first English-language book. "This overview..is notable for its completeness and clarity."---Katherine Rogers, author of The Garland of Mahamudra Practices. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet.
Book Synopsis Perfecting Wisdom by : The Dalai Lama
Download or read book Perfecting Wisdom written by The Dalai Lama and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a lecture given by the Dalai Lama on the wisdom chapter of A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, this book comments on Tibetan Buddhist philosophy in a clear and direct way. Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life is one of the most important texts in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhist practice. Its ninth chapter, the section on transcendent wisdom, is known among Buddhist scholars as a challenging exposition of Madhyamika philosophy and difficult to understand without a commentary. This extraordinarily clear discussion of the wisdom chapter is based on an oral teaching given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama before an audience of thousands of Tibetans and Westerners. This invaluable volume with its precise explanation of core issues of Tibetan Buddhism stands as a key work in Buddhist literature. This book was previously published under the title Transcendent Wisdom.
