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Gives a representative sample of the various kinds of meditations described in the earliest body of Buddhist scripture, the Pali canon. This book provides an introduction to their traditional context and practice and supplies explanation, context and doctrinal background to the subject of meditation.
Rechung-pa is a Tibetan folk-hero whose biography is a well-known literary work in Tibet. Tracing the life story of the student of the famous teacher Milarepa using rare manuscripts, this book compares significant episodes in the life of Rechung-pa as portrayed in a succession of texts and demonstrates the evolution of Rechung-pa's biography.
An introduction to the Buddhist philosophy of Emptiness. It explores the many themes in connection with the concept of Emptiness, a highly technical but very central notion in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. It examines the critique by the leading Nyingma school philosopher Mipham (1846-1912) formulated in his diverse writings.
Presents a study of the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali "Nikaaya" and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese "aagama" and its traditional interpretation. This work also clarifies early doctrinal developments of "Nirvana" and traces the word and related terms back to their original metaphorical contexts.
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