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Author: Tom Lowenstein
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781844833214
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Treasures of the Buddha presents, in stunning color photographs, a vivid portrait of Buddhism including its teachings and its great treasures -- from its place of origin in northern India and out among the different kingdoms and empires of central, southern and eastern Asia.
Author: Frithjof Schuon
Publisher: Smriti Books
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9788187967576
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Offers A Perspectives That Opens Unique Insights Into The Multi-Facets Spiritual Universe That Is Buddhism. Also Crucial Notions Of Suffering And Its Cessation, Void Form, Nirvana-Samsara Are Elucidated.
Author: Robert H. Sharf
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2005-11-30
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 0824861949
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The issue of sinification—the manner and extent to which Buddhism and Chinese culture were transformed through their mutual encounter and dialogue—has dominated the study of Chinese Buddhism for much of the past century. Robert Sharf opens this important and far-reaching book by raising a host of historical and hermeneutical problems with the encounter paradigm and the master narrative on which it is based. Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism is, among other things, an extended reflection on the theoretical foundations and conceptual categories that undergird the study of medieval Chinese Buddhism. Sharf draws his argument in part from a meticulous historical, philological, and philosophical analysis of the Treasure Store Treatise (Pao-tsang lun), an eighth-century Buddho-Taoist work apocryphally attributed to the fifth-century master Seng-chao (374–414). In the process of coming to terms with this recondite text, Sharf ventures into all manner of subjects bearing on our understanding of medieval Chinese Buddhism, from the evolution of T’ang "gentry Taoism" to the pivotal role of image veneration and the problematic status of Chinese Tantra. The volume includes a complete annotated translation of the Treasure Store Treatise, accompanied by the detailed exegesis of dozens of key terms and concepts.
Author: Frithjof Schuon
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Elucidates notions crucial to Buddhism and points out key differences between Western philosophical individualism and the serenity of Eastern metaphysics.
Author: Andreas Doctor
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1559394250
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Treasure tradition of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism posits that in the eighth century, various adepts hid spiritual instructions (gter ma, lit. “Treasures”) for the purpose of future discovery at auspicious times. Tibetan Treasure Literature discusses central themes and personalities in the history and practice of this tradition. It presents the first thorough survey of the revelations of the great visionary master Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829–1870), including translations of selected texts with detailed commentary by Khenpo Rinchen Namgyal, one of Chokgyur Lingpa’s foremost students. Also included is a discussion of the criteria for evaluating the authenticity of those beings who claim to have revealed such Treasures of Buddhist teaching, by the renowned master Ju Mipham (1846–1912).
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher: Parallax Press
Published: 2003-01-09
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 1935209329
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Two Treasures contains two sutras: The Sutra On The Eight Realizations Of Great Beings and The Discourse on Happiness. They explain in practical detail how to progress step-by-step towards realization of the Buddhist ideals of simplicity, generosity, compassion, and ultimately enlightenment. Entirely in accord with both the Mahayana and Theravada tradition, The Sutra On The Eight Realizations Of Great Beings contain eight essential subjects for meditation. Although simple in form, their content is extremely profound. With a new introduction by Thich Nhat Hanh (The Sutra On The Eight Realizations Of Great Beings was previously published as a stand-alone booklet, ISBN: 0-938077-07-4. The Discourse on Happiness was originally published as part of the Plum Village Chanting And Recitation Book, ISBN:0-938077-91-0).
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780195166415
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides accurate, accessible translations of three classics of medieval Indian Buddhist mysticism. Since their composition around 1000 CE, these poems have exerted a powerful influence on spiritual life.
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher: Parallax Press
Published: 2003-01-09
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 188837568X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Two Treasures contains two sutras: The Sutra On The Eight Realizations Of Great Beings and The Discourse on Happiness. They explain in practical detail how to progress step-by-step towards realization of the Buddhist ideals of simplicity, generosity, compassion, and ultimately enlightenment. Entirely in accord with both the Mahayana and Theravada tradition, The Sutra On The Eight Realizations Of Great Beings contain eight essential subjects for meditation. Although simple in form, their content is extremely profound. With a new introduction by Thich Nhat Hanh (The Sutra On The Eight Realizations Of Great Beings was previously published as a stand-alone booklet, ISBN: 0-938077-07-4. The Discourse on Happiness was originally published as part of the Plum Village Chanting And Recitation Book, ISBN:0-938077-91-0).
Author: Michael R. Cunningham
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This magnificent volume commemorates a historic exhibition that brought early Buddhist treasures from Japan's ancient capital, mostly from the Nara National Museum, on their first visit to the West. Here are 87 transcendent masterpieces: archaeological finds, paintings, sculpture, crafts, and calligraphy from the seventh through the fourteenth centuries, works that capture Buddhism's yearning for a state of grace and for communion with the divine.
