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Author : Lindtner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788120803954
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Nagarjuniana written by Lindtner and published by . This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy McCagney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847686278
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Nāgārjuna and the Philosophy of Openness written by Nancy McCagney and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative study of the philosopher Nagarjuna, Nancy McCagney demonstrates that the concept of space ('akasa') in early Indian Mahayana Buddhism is the root metaphor for Nagarjuna's understanding of 'sunyata', or openness. Nagarjuna's use of the term 'sunyata' was new, and contrasted with the word's use in Pali Buddhist literature. By using the word to mean 'openness,' Nagarjuna was able to elucidate, through a deeper analysis of impermanence, a consistent philosophical foundation for the truth and efficacy of Gautama's Middle Way. McCagney's book will be important for those studying Indian philosophy, Buddhism, and the philosophy of religion.
Author : Chr Lindtner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Nagarjuniana written by Chr Lindtner and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nāgārjuna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (246 download)
Download or read book Nagarjuniana written by Nāgārjuna and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan Westerhoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199705119
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka written by Jan Westerhoff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha himself. Indeed, in the Tibetan and East Asian traditions, Nagarjuna is often referred to as the "second Buddha." His primary contribution to Buddhist thought lies is in the further development of the concept of sunyata or "emptiness." For Nagarjuna, all phenomena are without any svabhaba, literally "own-nature" or "self-nature," and thus without any underlying essence. In this book, Jan Westerhoff offers a systematic account of Nagarjuna's philosophical position. He reads Nagarjuna in his own philosophical context, but he does not hesitate to show that the issues of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy have at least family resemblances to issues in European philosophy.
Author : Nāgārjuna
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120802155
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Dialectical Method of Nāgārjuna written by Nāgārjuna and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost in India, this text was fortunately discovered by Rahula Sankrtyayana in a Tibetan monastery.
Author : Sara McClintock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614298688
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Nagarjuna's Precious Garland written by Sara McClintock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the eloquence and insight of the philosopher Nagarjuna, held by tradition to be a second Buddha, in this concise instruction for a king that is considered a masterpiece of Buddhist literature. In this profound work of five hundred verses, we encounter a presentation of Buddhism that integrates both the worldly and the transcendent. The clear and sagacious advice laid out on every page serves as a road map to one’s highest goal—whether that goal is a better life, here called the Dharma of ascendance, or the ultimate one of spiritual freedom, the Dharma of the highest good. The verses, written for an unnamed ruler, touch on questions of statecraft, but their broader themes speak to us today because they tackle the difficulty of integrating one’s spiritual journey with the social and political demands of daily life. Nagarjuna was an Indian Buddhist teacher, probably of the second century CE, who was renowned for his astute articulation of the philosophy of the Middle Way (Madhyamaka). His thoroughgoing critique of all forms of essentialism became a touchstone for Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, and throughout East Asia, and his importance for the development of the Mahayana tradition can scarcely be exaggerated. The translators here first rendered Nagarjuna’s letter for the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the work in Los Angeles in 1997. While that commemorative edition was translated from the Tibetan, the present volume prioritizes the surviving Sanskrit verses along with the only known Indian commentary, by the eleventh-century scholar Ajitamitra. This is the first complete translation in English of the Precious Garland that takes the Indian text and commentary as its primary authorities. In addition, the translators provide rigorous working editions of the Sanskrit and Tibetan verses they translate. This elegant and precise rendering of Nagarjuna’s work is certain to become the touchstone translation of this celebrated Buddhist text.
Author : Lhundub Sopa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614298092
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Nagarjuna's Advice for Buddhists written by Lhundub Sopa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern commentary by a beloved Tibetan teacher on a classical Indian Buddhist text and an introduction to Buddhism by one of the tradition’s most famous authors. A teaching on how to live a Buddhist life in contemporary society. Letter to A Friend, by the great Indian philosopher Nagarjuna, is one of the best-known introductions to Buddhism in classical Indian Buddhist literature. In this warm and generous commentary, one of the twentieth century’s most beloved teachers, Geshe Lhundup Sopa, shows how Nagarjuna’s advice on how to follow Buddhist ethics while living fully in the world speaks just as clearly to us today as it did to the Indian king for whom it was composed. Nagarjuna maintained that all Buddhists can embody the full teachings of the Buddha. Therefore, this book covers topics from simple virtues to the most profound truths of emptiness. Expertly compiled by his student, scholar Beth Newman, from talks given over a number of years, the commentary brings this ancient Buddhist teaching to a modern audience.
Author : Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861718577
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Freedom from Extremes written by Jose Ignacio Cabezon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is emptiness? This question at the heart of Buddhist philosophy has preoccupied the greatest minds of India and Tibet for two millennia, producing hundreds of volumes. Distinguishing the Views, by the fifteenth-century Sakya scholar Gorampa Sonam Senge, is one of the most important of those works, esteemed for its conciseness, lucidity, and profundity. Freedom from Extremes presents Gorampa's elegant philosophical case on the matter of emptiness here in a masterful translation by Geshe Lobsang Dargyay. Gorampa's text is polemical, and his targets are two of Tibet's greatest thinkers: Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelug school, and Dolpopa, a founding figure of the Jonang school. Distinguishing the Views argues that Dolpopa has fallen into an eternalistic extreme, whereas Tsongkhapa has fallen into nihilism, and that only the mainstream Sakya view - what Gorampa calls "freedom from extremes" - represents the true middle way, the correct view of emptiness. Suppressed for years in Tibet, this seminal work today is widely regarded and is studied in some of Tibet's greatest academic institutions. Gorampa's treatise has been translated and annotated here by two leading scholars of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, and a critical edition of the Tibetan text on facing pages gives students and scholars direct access to Gorampa's own words. Jose Cabezon's extended introduction provides a thorough overview of Tibetan polemical literature and contextualizes the life and work of Gorampa both historically and intellectually. Freedom from Extremes will be indispensable for serious students of Madhyamaka thought.
Author : Sara L. McClintock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614298467
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Nagarjuna's Precious Garland written by Sara L. McClintock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the eloquence and insight of the philosopher Nagarjuna, held by tradition to be a second Buddha, in this concise instruction for a king that is considered a masterpiece of Buddhist literature. In this profound work of five hundred verses, we encounter a presentation of Buddhism that integrates both the worldly and the transcendent. The clear and sagacious advice laid out on every page serves as a road map to one’s highest goal—whether that goal is a better life, here called the Dharma of ascendance, or the ultimate one of spiritual freedom, the Dharma of the highest good. The verses, written for an unnamed ruler, touch on questions of statecraft, but their broader themes speak to us today because they tackle the difficulty of integrating one’s spiritual journey with the social and political demands of daily life. Nagarjuna was an Indian Buddhist teacher, probably of the second century CE, who was renowned for his astute articulation of the philosophy of the Middle Way (Madhyamaka). His thoroughgoing critique of all forms of essentialism became a touchstone for Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, and throughout East Asia, and his importance for the development of the Mahayana tradition can scarcely be exaggerated. The translators here first rendered Nagarjuna’s letter for the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the work in Los Angeles in 1997. While that commemorative edition was translated from the Tibetan, the present volume prioritizes the surviving Sanskrit verses along with the only known Indian commentary, by the eleventh-century scholar Ajitamitra. This is the first complete translation in English of the Precious Garland that takes the Indian text and commentary as its primary authorities. In addition, the translators provide rigorous working editions of the Sanskrit and Tibetan verses they translate. This elegant and precise rendering of Nagarjuna’s work is certain to become the touchstone translation of this celebrated Buddhist text.
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Publisher : Odile Jacob
ISBN 13 : 2738175821
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (381 download)
Download or read book written by and published by Odile Jacob. This book was released on with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ben-Ami Scharfstein
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438418876
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book A Comparative History of World Philosophy written by Ben-Ami Scharfstein and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1998-02-27 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Comparative History of World Philosophy presents a personal yet balanced guide through what the author argues to be the three great philosophical traditions: Chinese, European, and Indian. The book breaks through the cultural barriers between these traditions, proving that despite their considerable differences, fundamental resemblances exist in their abstract principles. Ben-Ami Scharfstein argues that Western students of philosophy will profit considerably if they study Indian and Chinese philosophy from the very beginning, along with their own. Written with clarity and infused with an engaging narrative voice, this book is organized thematically, presenting in virtually every chapter characteristic views from each tradition that represent similar positions in the core areas of metaphysics and epistemology. At the same time, Scharfstein develops each tradition historically as the chapters unfold. He presents a great variety of philosophical positions fairly, avoiding the relativism and ethnocentrism that could easily plague a comparative presentation of Western and non-Western philosophies.
Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136520880
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Thought written by Paul Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as an accessible and reliable survey for students wishing to gain familiarity with the basic ideas of Buddhist philosophical and religious thought, and with some of the recent research in the field. It guides readers towards a richer understanding of the central concepts of classical Indian Buddhist thought, from the time of Buddha to the latest scholarly perspectives and controversies. Abstract and complex ideas are made understandable by the authors' clear and engaging style. The second edition has been fully revised in light of new scholarship, in particular on Mahāyāna Buddhism and Tantric Buddhism, an often neglected and inadequately understood topic. As well as a detailed bibliography this authoritative resource now includes recommended further reading, study questions, a pronunciation guide and extensive glossary of terms, all aimed at helping students to develop their knowledge and appreciation of Buddhist thought.
Author : Fernando Tola
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120810617
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)
Download or read book On Voidness written by Fernando Tola and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1995 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With translation on the concept of's unyata or voidness according to M adhyamika School of Buddhism.
Author : Donald S. Lopez
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887065897
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (658 download)
Download or read book The Heart Sutra Explained written by Donald S. Lopez and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for its terse declaration of the perfection of wisdom, the Heart Sutra is the most famous of Buddhist scriptures. The author draws on previously unexamined commentaries, preserved only in Tibetan, to investigate the meanings derived from and invested into the sutra during the later period of Indian Buddhism. The Heart Sutra Explained offers new insights on "form is emptiness, emptiness is form," on the mantra "gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha," and on the synthesis of Madhyamika, Yogacara, and tantric thought that characterized the final period of Buddhism in India. It also includes complete translations of two nineteenth century Tibetan commentaries demonstrating the selective appropriation of Indian sources.
Author : Dalai Lama
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861719514
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)
Download or read book The Meaning of Life written by Dalai Lama and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-06-10 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the traditional Buddhist allegorical image of the Wheel of Life and the teaching of the twelve links of dependent origination, the Dalai Lama deftly illustrates how our existence, though fleeting and often full of woes, brims with the potential for peace and happiness. We can realize that potential by cultivating a wise appreciation of the interdependency of actions and experience, and by living a kind and compassionate life. A life thus lived, the Dalai Lama teaches, becomes thoroughly meaningful for both oneself and for others.
Author : Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559394552
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)
Download or read book A Study of Svatantrika written by Donald S. Lopez Jr. and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive presentation of Svatantrika Madhyamika that analyzes issues and positions central to Indian philosophy during the final development of Buddhist thought in India. Written by one of the leading scholars and presenters of Buddhism in both academia and popular culture, A Study of Svatantrika presents one of the most influential philosophical schools of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, sometimes called the Autonomous School. For historical reasons, this school's voice was muted, but its impact on the articulation of Buddhist views throughout the Buddhist world of South and Central Asia cannot be overestimated.
