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The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle

Essays on Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka

By: David Seyfort Ruegg

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The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle

Essays on Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka

By: David Seyfort Ruegg

In a scholarly career spanning more than fifty years, David Seyfort Ruegg has produced seminal studies on a remarkable range of figures, texts, and issues in Indian and Tibetan thought. His essays on Madhyamaka---many of them classics in the field---are gathered together here for the first time, reminding us of Professor Ruegg's enduring contributions to the field of Buddhist studies."---Donald S. Lopez, University of Michigan --

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The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle

Essays on Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka

By: David Seyfort Ruegg

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The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle

Essays on Indian and Tibetan Madhyamaka

By: David Seyfort Ruegg

Madhyamaka, the "philosophy of the middle," systematized the Buddha's fundamental teaching on no-self with its profound non-essentialist reading of reality. Founded in India by Nagarjuna in about the second century CE, Madhyamaka philosophy went on to become the dominant strain of Buddhist thought in Tibet and exerted a profound influence on all the cultures of East Asia. Within the extensive Western scholarship inspired by this school of thought, David Seyfort Ruegg's work is unparalleled in its incisiveness, diligence, and scope. The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle brings together Ruegg's greatest essays on Madhyamaka, expert writings which have and will continue to contribute to our progressing understanding of this rich tradition.

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0861719360

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Buddhism: The origins and nature of Mahāyāna Buddhism ; Some Mahāyāna religious topics

By: David Peck

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Buddhism: The origins and nature of Mahāyāna Buddhism ; Some Mahāyāna religious topics

By: David Peck

This is the first ever published work covering the history of the careers services in the U.K. Its focus is wide-ranging and the research is thorough, with particular attention paid to the growth of a professional ethic among career advisers.

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Taylor & Francis

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041533229X

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Jñānagarbha on the Two Truths

An Eighth Century Handbook of Madhyamaka Philosophy

By: Malcolm David Eckel

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Jñānagarbha on the Two Truths

An Eighth Century Handbook of Madhyamaka Philosophy

By: Malcolm David Eckel

Jnanagarbha on the Two Truths is a concise and lucid introduction to the issues and personalities that dominated Indian Madhyamaka thought on the eve of its introduction to Tibet. As an example of the influential but little-known Svatantrika branch of the Madhyamaka School, Jnanagarbha's works shows quite vividly how the commitment to reason in the search for ultimate truth shaped not only the dialogue between Madhyamaka thinkers and members of other Buddhist schools, but also the evolution of the Madhyamaka tradition itself. David Eckel has translated Jnanagarbha's text in its entirety and provided an introduction that situates the text clearly in its historical and philosophical context. Extensive notes, a transliterated version of the Tibetan translation and a reproduction of the original Tibetan block-prints make this volume useful to scholars as well as to the interested general reader.

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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8120807782

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9788120807785

Jñānagarbha's Commentary on the Distinction Between the Two Truths

By: Jñānagarbha,Malcolm David Eckel

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Jñānagarbha's Commentary on the Distinction Between the Two Truths

By: Jñānagarbha,Malcolm David Eckel

The Mādhyamaka School of Indian Buddhist thought has had tremendous influence in the Buddhist world, particularly in Tibet, China and Japan: in the West it has become the subject of intense interest in the fields of comparative religion and philosophy. Many aspects of Mādhyamaka thought, however, remain obscure, especially during the period when Buddhist thought was first introduced to Tibet. Jñānagarbha's Commentary on the Distinction between the Two Truths is a concise and lucid introduction to the issues and personalities that dominated Indian Mādhyamaka thought on the eve of its introduction to Tibet. As an example of the influential but little-known Svātantrika branch of the Mādhyamaka School, Jñānagarbha's work shows quite vividly how the commitment to reason in the search for ultimate truth shaped not only the dialogue between Mādhyamaka thinkers and members of other Buddhist schools, but also the evolution of the Mādhyamaka tradition itself. David Eckel has translated Jñānagarbha's text in its entirety and provided an introduction that situates the text clearly in its historical and philosophical context. Extensive notes, a transliterated version of the Tibetan translation, and a reproduction of the original Tibetan blockprints make this volume useful to scholars as well as to the interested general reader.

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SUNY Press

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0887063012

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9780887063015

To See the Buddha

A Philosopher's Quest for the Meaning of Emptiness

By: Malcolm David Eckel

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To See the Buddha

A Philosopher's Quest for the Meaning of Emptiness

By: Malcolm David Eckel

Boston University Professor Malcolm David Eckel takes us on a contemporary quest to discover the essential meaning behind the Buddha's many representations. Eckel shows that the dimensions of early Indian Buddhism--popular art, conventional piety, and critical philosophy--all work together to express the same religious yearning for the fullness of emptiness that Buddha conveys.

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Princeton University Press

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0691037736

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9780691037738

A Saint in Seattle

The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche

By: David P. Jackson

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A Saint in Seattle

The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche

By: David P. Jackson

Exiled from his native land by the Communist Chinese, Tibetan lama Dezhung Rinpoche arrived in Seattle and continued his role as a teacher of teachers, mentoring some of the most prominent Western scholars of Tibetan Buddhism today.

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Simon and Schuster

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0861713966

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The Bodhisattva Ideal

Essays on the Emergence of Mahayana

By: Karel Werner,Jeffrey Samuels,Bhikkhu Bodhi,Peter Skilling,Bhikkhu Anālayo,David McMahan

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The Bodhisattva Ideal

Essays on the Emergence of Mahayana

By: Karel Werner,Jeffrey Samuels,Bhikkhu Bodhi,Peter Skilling,Bhikkhu Anālayo,David McMahan

This book brings together six essays on the origin and history of the bodhisattva ideal and the emergence of the Mahāyana. The essays approach the subject from different perspectives—from scholarly examinations of the terms in the Nikayas and Agamas to the relationship of the bodhisattva ideal and the arahant ideal within the broader context of the social environment in which Mahayana formed and further developments that lead to the formulation of the fully fledged bodhisattva path. As such, the collection provides a good overview for a wider Buddhist readership of the history of changes that eventually led to the emergence of the Mahayana. “Arahants, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas”, by Bhikkhu Bodhi“The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Theory and Practice”, by Jeffrey Samuels“Bodhi and Arahattaphala From Early Buddhism to Early Mahāyāna”, by Karel Werner“Vaidalya, Mahāyāna, and Bodhisatva in India: An Essay Towards Historical Understanding”, by Peter Skilling“The Evolution of the Bodhisattva concept in Early Buddhist Canonical Literature”, by Bhikkhu Anālayo“Orality, writing and authority in South Asian Buddhism: Visionary Literature and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Mahāyāna”, by David McMahan

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Buddhist Publication Society

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9552403960

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9789552403965

The Alchemical Body

Siddha Traditions in Medieval India

By: David Gordon White

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The Alchemical Body

Siddha Traditions in Medieval India

By: David Gordon White

Beginning in the fifth century A.D., various Indian mystics began to innovate a body of techniques with which to render themselves immortal. These people called themselves Siddhas, a term formerly reserved for a class of demigods, revered by Hindus and Buddhists alike, who were known to inhabit mountaintops or the atmospheric regions. Over the following five to eight hundred years, three types of Hindu Siddha orders emerged, each with its own specialized body of practice. These were the Siddha Kaula, whose adherents sought bodily immortality through erotico-mystical practices; the Rasa Siddhas, medieval India's alchemists, who sought to transmute their flesh-and-blood bodies into immortal bodies through the ingestion of the mineral equivalents of the sexual fluids of the god Siva and his consort, the Goddess; and the Nath Siddhas, whose practice of hatha yoga projected the sexual and laboratory practices of the Siddha Kaula and Rasa Siddhas upon the internal grid of the subtle body. For India's medieval Siddhas, these three conjoined types of practice led directly to bodily immortality, supernatural powers, and self-divinization; in a word, to the exalted status of the semidivine Siddhas of the older popular cults. In The Alchemical Body, David Gordon White excavates and centers within its broader Indian context this lost tradition of the medieval Siddhas. Working from a body of previously unexplored alchemical sources, he demonstrates for the first time that the medieval disciplines of Hindu alchemy and hatha yoga were practiced by one and the same people, and that they can only be understood when viewed together. Human sexual fluids and the structures of the subtle body aremicrocosmic equivalents of the substances and apparatus manipulated by the alchemist in his laboratory. With these insights, White opens the way to a new and more comprehensive understanding of the entire sweep of medieval Indian mysticism, within the broader context of south Asian Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Islam. This book is an essential reference for anyone interested in Indian yoga, alchemy, and the medieval beginnings of science.

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0226894991

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The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle

The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle

The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle

The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle

Buddhism: The origins and nature of Mahāyāna Buddhism ; Some Mahāyāna religious topics

Buddhism: The origins and nature of Mahāyāna Buddhism ; Some Mahāyāna religious topics

Jñānagarbha on the Two Truths

Jñānagarbha on the Two Truths

Jñānagarbha's Commentary on the Distinction Between the Two Truths

Jñānagarbha's Commentary on the Distinction Between the Two Truths

To See the Buddha

To See the Buddha

A Saint in Seattle

A Saint in Seattle

The Bodhisattva Ideal

The Bodhisattva Ideal

The Alchemical Body

The Alchemical Body

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