Buddhist Texts

by Conze, Edward; Horner, I. B.; Snellgrove, David; Waley, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9781851681075
• ISBN10: 1851681078
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-12-01
• Publisher: Oneworld Pubns Ltd

Summary

Covering the development of Buddhism through the ages, this collection ofxcerpts from all the important Buddhist scriptures is designed to servecholars and students, as well as readers who wish to explore for themselveshe original sources of one of the world's great religions. Translated intoargon-free English from Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese, theexts are accompanied by a glossary of English and foreign terms.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
The Teaching of the Elders
The Samgha	p. 17
The Order of Monks and Nuns	p. 17
Skill in Means	p. 33
Arahants	p. 42
The Buddhist Apocalypse	p. 45
The Dhamma	p. 51
The Five Faculties Collectively	p. 51
The Five Faculties Separately	p. 52
Conditioned Genesis Collectively	p. 65
Conditioned Genesis Separately	p. 70
The Object of Wisdom	p. 82
The Buddha and Tathagata	p. 103
The Mahayana
Basic Notions	p. 119
Criticism of the Hinayana Position	p. 119
The Bodhisattva	p. 127
The Six Perfections	p. 135
The Buddha	p. 139
The New Wisdom School	p. 146
The Perfection of Wisdom	p. 146
Rahulabhadra	p. 147
The Elusiveness of Perfect Wisdom	p. 149
The Doctrine of Perfect Wisdom	p. 152
Emptiness	p. 158
The Buddhism of Faith	p. 185
The Five Cardinal Virtues and the Definition of Faith	p. 185
The Acts and Rewards of Devotion	p. 186
The Objects of Devotion	p. 190
The Pure Land	p. 202
Yogacarins	p. 207
Mind-Only	p. 207
Twofold Egolessness and Emptiness	p. 211
The Irreality of the World	p. 212
The Buddha as the Basis of All	p. 216
The Tantras
The Tantras	p. 221
The Cleansing of Thought	p. 221
Supreme Enlightenment	p. 221
Saraha's Treasury of Songs	p. 224
The Attainment of the Realization of Wisdom and Means	p. 240
The Fivefold Manifestation	p. 249
An Evocation of Prajnaparamita	p. 252
The Mandala Conceived Within	p. 254
The Story of Tanti	p. 255
Mila Repa and the Novices	p. 257
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