Authors:Wong Mou-Lam, A F Price, W.Y. Evans-Wentz, Christm
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: sutra, classics, shambhala, hui, diamond, neng
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-11-08
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1590301374
ISBN-13: 9781590301371
The Diamond Sutra, composed in India in the fourth century CE, is one of the most treasured works of Buddhist literature and is the oldest existing printed book in the world. It is known as the Diamond Sutra because its teachings are said to be like diamonds that cut away all dualistic thought, releasing one from the attachment to objects and bringing one to the further shore of enlightenment. The format of this important sutra is presented as a conversation between the Buddha and one of his disciples. The Sutra of Hui-neng, also known as the Platform Sutra, contains the autobiography of a piv
Authors:Hsuan Hua, Hsuan Hua,
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Keywords: sutra, supplements, text, shurangama
Published: 2003-10-01
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 088139940X
ISBN-13: 9780881399400
An in-depth explanation on meditation, in the words of the Buddha himself Spoken in one afternoon, and later compiled into a sutra, the Buddha guides his cousin Ananda in the techniques of profound meditation. This volume contains the complete sutra text in English without any commentary. After nearly breaking his precepts on celibacy due to the charms of a prostitute, the monk Ananda requests the Buddhas instruction on Samadhi (concentration). In a question and answer format between the Buddha and Venerable Ananda and Pruna, we learn that living beings possess a universal mind. In order to fu
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: sutra, lotus
Number of Pages: 359
Published: 1993-04-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0231081618
ISBN-13: 9780231081610
Since its appearance in China in the third century, has been regarded as one of the most illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon. The object of intense veneration among generations of Buddhists in China, Korea, Japan, and other parts of the world, it has had a profound impact on the great works of Japanese and Chinese literature, attracting more commentary than any other Buddhist scripture. As Watson notes in the introduction to his remarkable translation, " is not so much an integral work as a collection of religious texts, an anthology of sermons, stories, and devotional manu
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: sutra, vimalakirti
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2000-08-15
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0231106572
ISBN-13: 9780231106573
One of the most popular Asian classics for roughly two thousand years, the Vimalakirti Sutra stands out among the sacred texts of Mahayana Buddhism for its conciseness, its vivid and humorous episodes, its dramatic narratives, and its eloquent exposition of the key doctrine of emptiness or nondualism. Unlike most sutras, its central figure is not a Buddha but a wealthy townsman, who, in his mastery of doctrine and religious practice, epitomizes the ideal lay believer. For this reason, the sutra has held particular significance for men and women of the laity in Buddhist countries of Asia, assur
Author: Red Pine
Publisher: Counterpoint
Keywords: sutra, diamond
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2002-11-18
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1582432562
ISBN-13: 9781582432564
No other text is as important to Buddhists, especially Zen Buddhists, and this translation includes commentary from major Chinese and Japanese historical sources. Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of "mind-to-mind transmission" without reliance on texts --in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired some of the greatest philosophical writings of any religion, and two such works lie at the center of Zen: The Heart Sutra, which monks recite all over the world, and The Diamond Sutra, said to contain answers to all questions of delus
Author: Red Pine
Publisher: Counterpoint
Keywords: sutra, heart
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2005-08-09
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1593760825
ISBN-13: 9781593760823
The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddhas teachings than any other scripture, and it does so without being superficial or hurried. Although the original author is unknown, he was clearly someone with a deep realization of the Dharma. For this new English translation, Red Pine, award-winning translator of Chinese poetry and religious texts, has utilized various Sanskrit and Chinese versions, refining the teachings of dozens of ancient teachers together with his own com
Author: Tozen
Publisher: Dragonyana Press
Keywords: sutra, dharmakaya
Number of Pages: 105
Published: 2006-10-10
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0976467518
ISBN-13: 9780976467519
A Sutra that reveals the maxim that "To know thyself before the arisal and cessation of all things" is the key to unlocking the mystery of the nirvanic entrance into the eternal kingdom of your own True Nature: the Dharmakaya; a breakthrough that inspires a deeper realization of the Buddhadharma. Included in the commentary of the text is the Black Dragon-Eye meditation mandala; a true vehicle that represents a proper entrance into the technique of Pi’Kuan or one-pointedness of Mind.
