Groundless Paths: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of

Groundless Paths: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Nyingma Tradition
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The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the prajÃ±aparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the prajÃ±aparamita sutrasâ€”the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvasâ€”but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutrasâ€”emptinessâ€”and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood.

Groundless Paths contains the first in-depth study of the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries from the perspective of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. This study consists mainly of translations of Maitreya's famous text and two commentaries on it by Patrul Rinpoche. These are supplemented by three short texts on the paths and bhumis by the same author, as well as extensive excerpts from commentaries by six other Nyingma masters, including Mipham Rinpoche. Thus this book helps close a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the prajÃ±aparamita sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism.

Arya Maitreya's Ornament of Clear Realization, with its Indian and Tibetan commentaries, presents the complex dynamics of the path to liberation as a succession of realizations of the empty nature of all phenomena. This presentation is a powerful antidote to whatever two-dimensional views we might hold about spiritual experience and the journey to enlightenment.
Country USA
Brand Snow Lion
Manufacturer Snow Lion
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2012-08-14
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781559393751

Country	USA
Brand	Snow Lion
Manufacturer	Snow Lion
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2012-08-14
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781559393751

Groundless Paths: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Nyingma Tradition

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