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1 online resource (280 pages) |
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Preface -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- ch. 1. The Buddha -- 1. The unborn -- 2. The cosmic Buddha -- 3. His three bodies -- 4-6. The truth-finder as a way-shower -- 7. The Buddha's pity -- 8-10. The Buddha within -- ch. 2. The old wisdom schools -- The teaching of the elders -- 11. 'Go ye forth, O Bhikkhus!' -- 12. The Buddha's teaching -- 13. The first sermon -- 14. the fire sermon -- 15. From the Dhammapada -- What is not taught -- 16. From the Potthapada Sutta -- 17. Vacchagotta, the Wanderer, is answered -- 18. The Simsapa leaves -- 19. 'The word of the Buddha' concerning the noble truths and the eightfold path -- 20. The four noble truths -- 21. The four stages and the ten fetters -- No authority -- 22. The Buddha's address to the Kalamas -- 23. The test of true teaching -- Causality, Karma and rebirth -- 24-30. Causality -- 31. The doctrine of rebirth -- 32. What is reborn -- The Self and the not-self -- 33. The doctrine of no-self -- 34. The self is empty -- 25. The person as a chariot -- 36. When the fire goes out -- 37. Self dies with ignorance -- Three parables -- 38. The blind man and the elephant -- 39. Kisagotami and the mustard seed -- 40. The parable of the raft -- The Buddhist life -- 41. The purpose of the Buddhist life -- 42. Good works -- 43. Good moral habits -- 44. In this six-foot body -- 45. Getting rid -- 46. The greatest blessing -- 47. Progress is gradual -- 48, 49. The four sublime states of mind -- 50. Boundless goodwill -- 51, 52. Fellowship with beauty -- 53-55. The Arhat ideal -- 56. The Buddha's last words |
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ch. 3. Two further sutras of the old wisdom schools -- 57. From the Sutra of 42 sections -- 58. From 'The light of Asia' -- The new wisdom schools-- ch. 4. The new wisdom schools : India -- From the scriptures -- 59. What is the Maha-yana? -- From the Perfection of wisdom -- 60. Duality and non-duality -- 61. The heart sutra -- 62. From the Diamond sutra -- From the lotus sutra -- 63. The Buddha and the rain-cloud -- 64. Provisional and final nirvana -- 65. From the Exposition of Vimalakirti -- 66. The one principle of life -- From the Lankavatara sutra -- 67. Neither permanence nor impermanence -- 68. No world outside the mind -- 69. The two-fold egolessness -- 70. From the Treatise in twenty stanzas by Vasubandhu -- From the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana -- 71. The practice of faith -- From the Surangama sutra -- 72. The eye, the mind and the essence of mind -- 73. The control of sexual desire -- From the Path of light -- 74. The master of the banquet -- 75. Self-surrender -- 76. Remembrance -- 77. Anger unpremeditated -- 78. Regard for others -- 79. The perfect knowledge -- Some Mahayana themes -- The void -- 80. In praise of the void -- 81. The defilements stopped by emptiness -- 82. The Buddha-nature and the void -- Suchness -- 83. Suchness -- 84. The suchness of form -- 85. The truly so -- The Zen unconscious, suchness and the middle way -- 87. The store consciousness -- The Bodhisattva ideal -- 88. The Bodhisattva's vow -- 89-92. The Bodhisattva's nature -- 93, 94. The Bodhisattva's training -- 95, 96. The Bodhisattva's compassion -- 87. The Bodhisattva's transfer of merit -- 98. He does not seek deliverance -- 99-100. The Bodhisattva's skilful means -- The six perfections -- 101. The six perfections -- 102-103. The perfection of giving |
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ch. 5. The new wisdom schools : china and Japan -- The Tendai School -- 104. On the practice of meditation for beginners -- The Kegon School -- 105. True enlightenment -- 106. Jijimuge -- The Pure Land School -- 107. Concerning faith -- 108. Honen on salvation -- 109. The pure land -- 11. Mind-only -- Records of Zen masters -- 111. On trust in the heart -- 112. From the platform sutra of Hui-neng -- The Zen teaching of Huang Po -- 113. I. From the Chün Chou record -- 114. II. From the Wan Ling record -- 115. Gradual and sudden awakening -- 116. From the Shodoka of Yoka Daishi -- 117. From the path to sudden attainment of Hui Hai -- 118. From the Blue Cliff records (Hekigan Roku) -- 119. From the Gateless gate (Mumon Kwan) -- 120. Dai-O Kokushi 'On Zen' -- ch. 6. The Buddhism of Tibet -- 121. Milarepa and the novices -- 122. From the Precepts of the Gurus -- 123. From the Song of Saraha -- 124. From "The Buddha's laws among the birds' -- 125. From 'The voice of the silence' |
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ch. 7. Concentration and meditation -- 126. The advantages of meditation -- 127. The purpose of meditation -- 128. How to begin -- 129. The use of breathing -- 130. Virtue and meditation -- 131. The perfection of meditation -- 132. The four methods of mindfulness -- The fruits of meditation -- 133. Inward peace -- 134. Transparent luminosity of mind -- 135. The essence of mind -- 136. Beyond thought -- 137. Hakuin's Song of meditation -- ch. 8. The Buddhist order -- The ideal monk -- 138. The Buddha's advice to Sariputra -- 139. No falling back -- 140. Dai-O Kokushi's admonition to his disciples -- The monk's life -- 141. 'Mindful and self-possessed' -- 142. Tending the sick -- 143. Meeting together -- 144. The rules of the order -- 145. The ten precepts -- ch. 9. Nirvana -- Nos. 146-151. -- Sources -- Abbreviations used in list of sources -- Glossary -- Index |
| Summary |
A balanced selection from Buddhist writings, including scriptures used by the Zen School, with chapters on the Buddha, Tibetan Buddhism, Concentration and Meditation, the Buddhist Order, and Nirvana. With sources, glossary and index |
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Buddhism Scriptures - Collections |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Buddhism -- Sacred books.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Buddhism
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Buddhismus
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Weisheit
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| Genre/Form |
Sacred books
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Humphreys, Christmas, 1901-1983.
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| ISBN |
9781136773211 |
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1136773215 |
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9781315025971 |
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1315025973 |
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