The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
Author: W. Y. Evans-Wentz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2000-09-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199727236

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, which was unknown to the Western world until its first publication in 1954, speaks to the quintessence of the Supreme Path, or Mah=ay=ana, and fully reveals the yogic method of attaining Enlightenment. Such attainment can happen, as shown here, by means of knowing the One Mind, the cosmic All-Consciousness, without recourse to the postures, breathings, and other techniques associated with the lower yogas. The original text for this volume belongs to the Bardo Thödol series of treatises concerning various ways of achieving transcendence, a series that figures into the Tantric school of the Mah=ay=ana. Authorship of this particular volume is attributed to the legendary Padma-Sambhava, who journeyed from India to Tibet in the 8th century, as the story goes, at the invitation of a Tibetan king. Padma-Sambhava's text per se is preceded by an account of the great guru's own life and secret doctrines. It is followed by the testamentary teachings of the Guru Phadampa Sangay, which are meant to augment the thought of the other gurus discussed herein. Still more useful supplementary material will be found in the book's introductory remarks, by its editor Evans-Wentz and by the eminent psychoanalyst C. G. Jung. The former presents a 100-page General Introduction that explains several key names and notions (such as Nirv=ana, for starters) with the lucidity, ease, and sagacity that are this scholar's hallmark; the latter offers a Psychological Commentary that weighs the differences between Eastern and Western modes of thought before equating the "collective unconscious" with the Enlightened Mind of the Buddhist. As with the other three volumes in the late Evans-Wentz's critically acclaimed Tibetan series, all four of which are being published by Oxford in new editions, this book also features a new Foreword by Donald S. Lopez.

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
Author: W. Y. Evans-Wentz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2000-09-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199840148

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, which was unknown to the Western world until its first publication in 1954, speaks to the quintessence of the Supreme Path, or Mahāyāna, and fully reveals the yogic method of attaining Enlightenment. Such attainment can happen, as shown here, by means of knowing the One Mind, the cosmic All-Consciousness, without recourse to the postures, breathings, and other techniques associated with the lower yogas. The original text for this volume belongs to the Bardo Thödol series of treatises concerning various ways of achieving transcendence, a series that figures into the Tantric school of the Mahāyāna. Authorship of this particular volume is attributed to the legendary Padma-Sambhava, who journeyed from India to Tibet in the 8th century, as the story goes, at the invitation of a Tibetan king. Padma-Sambhava's text per se is preceded by an account of the great guru's own life and secret doctrines. It is followed by the testamentary teachings of the Guru Phadampa Sangay, which are meant to augment the thought of the other gurus discussed herein. Still more useful supplementary material will be found in the book's introductory remarks, by its editor Evans-Wentz and by the eminent psychoanalyst C. G. Jung. The former presents a 100-page General Introduction that explains several key names and notions (such as Nirvāna, for starters) with the lucidity, ease, and sagacity that are this scholar's hallmark; the latter offers a Psychological Commentary that weighs the differences between Eastern and Western modes of thought before equating the "collective unconscious" with the Enlightened Mind of the Buddhist. As with the other three volumes in the late Evans-Wentz's critically acclaimed Tibetan series, all four of which are being published by Oxford in new editions, this book also features a new Foreword by Donald S. Lopez.

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, Or, The Method of Realizing Nirvāṇa Through Knowing the Mind

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, Or, The Method of Realizing Nirvāṇa Through Knowing the Mind
Author: Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780195133158

To introduce this great published work on the Eastern, yoga-inspired method of attaining enlightenment, Evans-Wentz presents 100 pages of explanatory notes. Psychoanalyst C.G. Jung offers commentary on the differences between Eastern and Western thought, and Donald S. Lopez, Jr., writes the Foreword. 9 halftones.

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, Or, The Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, Or, The Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind
Author: Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1954
Genre: Buddhism
ISBN:

Psychological commentary, by C.G. Jung.--General introduction, by W.Y. Evans-Wentz.--An epitome of the life and teachings of Tibet's great guru Padma-Sambhava, according to the biography by his chief disciple Yeshey Tshogyal, based upon excerpts rendered into English by the late Sardar Bah℗adur S.W. Laden La, assisted by L℗ama Sonam Senge.--Here follows the [yogo of] knowing the mind, the seeing of reality, called self-liberation, from "The profound doctrine of self-liberation by meditation upon the peaceful and wrathful deities," by Padma-Sambhava, according to L℗ama Karma Sumdhon Paul's and L℗ama Lobzang Mingyur Dorje's English rendering.--The last testamentary teachings of the Guru Phadampa Sangay, according to the late L℗ama Kazi Dawa-Sandup's English rendering.

Self-liberation

Self-liberation
Author: Karma-gliṅ-pa
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Self-Liberation presents the essence of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha.

Why I Am Not a Buddhist

Why I Am Not a Buddhist
Author: Evan Thompson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2020-01-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0300226551

"A provocative essay challenging the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism, from one of the world's most widely respected philosophers and writers on Buddhism and science. Buddhism has become a uniquely favored religion in our modern age. A burgeoning number of books extol the scientifically proven benefits of meditation and mindfulness for everything ranging from business to romance. There are conferences, courses, and celebrities promoting the notion that Buddhism is spirituality for the rational; compatible with cutting-edge science; indeed, "a science of the mind." In this provocative book, Evan Thompson argues that this representation of Buddhism is false. In lucid and entertaining prose, Thompson dives deep into both Western and Buddhist philosophy to explain how the goals of science and religion are fundamentally different. Efforts to seek their unification are wrongheaded and promote mistaken ideas of both. He suggests cosmopolitanism instead, a worldview with deep roots in both Eastern and Western traditions. Smart, sympathetic, and intellectually ambitious, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in Buddhism's place in our world today."--Provided by publisher.