The Diamond Sutra in Chinese Culture

The Diamond Sutra in Chinese Culture
Author: Yongyou
Publisher: Buddha's Light Publishing
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 193229337X

In The Diamond Sutra in Chinese Culture, Venerable Yong You examines the varied history of the Diamond Sutra and its profound effect upon Chinese Buddhism, as well as its wide-ranging impact on Chinese religion, culture, art, literature, folklore, and technology. Beginning from the introduction of the Diamond Sutra in China until the Song dynasty, Venerable Yong You delves deeply into the Dunhuang collections, comprised of the oldest Chinese Buddhist manuscripts in the world, to offer insightful new research and a compelling perspective on the influence of this very important text.

Meditator's Life of the Buddha

Meditator's Life of the Buddha
Author: Analayo
Publisher: Windhorse Publications
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1911407007

Analayo offers an inspiring biography of the Buddha, focusing on his meditative development and practice, including extracts from the early discourses, with commentary by the author. He conveys not only a focus on the Buddha as a meditator, but also that the book's readers are meditators, that this is a life of the Buddha providing inspiration and guidance for meditators. Each of the twenty-four chapters concludes with suggestions for meditative practice or conduct.

The Calendar

The Calendar
Author: University of Calcutta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 890
Release: 1919
Genre:
ISBN:

Calendar

Calendar
Author: University of Calcutta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1032
Release: 1927
Genre:
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Includes "Examination Papers".

The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism

The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism
Author: Mun-keat Choong
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783447042321

This book is a comparative examination of the main teachings contained in the Sutranga portion of the Pali Samyutta-nikaya (SN) and its counterpart in Chinese canon, a translation of a now lost Sanskrit Samyuktagama (Za-ahan-jing) (SA). The SN and SA are essentially two different versions of the same collection of discourses.This study builds on the work of Yin Shun, which demonstrates the historical importance of SN/SA in the formation of the early Buddhist canon. In particular, it is based on Yin Shun's recognition of the three-anga structure of SN/SA, and of the status of its Sutranga portion as of prime importance in the historical formation of this nikaya/agama, and as containing the most fundamental teachings of Buddha. The aim of this research is to reveal and clarify the similarities and differences between SN and SA, with regard to the principal Buddhist teachings contained in their Sutranga portion.

Buddhavacana and Dei Verbum

Buddhavacana and Dei Verbum
Author: Michael Fuss
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2023-08-07
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9004658599

Challenged by the teaching of Vatican II about the "seeds of the Word" in non-Christian religions, this book investigates the sacred character of the Saddharmapuṇḍarika Sūtra and its relation to the fundamental theological category of scriptural inspiration. In applying the methods of modern exegesis, the Sūtra in its ingenious composition is disclosed as a religious drama about the inspirational experience of the Buddha. The draft of a theology of inspiration along the guide lines of the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum of Vatican II elaborates a 'christology of the Word' as its core, which allows an extension of inspiration in analogical manner to non-Biblical scriptures. The contrast of Christ, the "Word incarnate", and Buddha, the "Inspired One", offers a new contribution to an inter- religious dialogue.

Buddhism in Central Asia III

Buddhism in Central Asia III
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2024-04-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004687289

The BuddhistRoad project has been creating a new framework to understand the dynamics of cultural encounter and religious transfer across premodern Eastern Central Asia. This framework includes a new focus on the complex interactions between Buddhism and non-Buddhist traditions and a deepening of the traditional focus on Buddhist doctrines between the 6th and 14th centuries, as Buddhism continued to spread along an ancient, local political-economic-cultural system of exchange, often referred to as the Silk Roads. This volume brings together world renowned experts to discuss these issues including Buddhism and Christianity, Islam, Daoism, Manichaeism, local indigenous traditions, Tantra etc. Contributors include: Daniel Berounský, Michal Biran, Max Deeg, Lewis Doney, Mélodie Doumy, Meghan Howard Masang, Yukiyo Kasai, Diego Loukota†, Carmen Meinert, Sam van Schaik, Henrik H. Sørensen, and Jens Wilkens.