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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806975403321

Autore

Candrakirti

Titolo

Four illusions : Candrakirti's advice for travelers on the Bodhisattva path / / translation and introduction by Karen C. Lang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-19-028793-4

9786610482252

1-280-48225-7

1-4237-6319-X

0-19-515113-5

0-19-803442-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 240 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LangKaren C <1947-> (Karen Christine)

Disciplina

294.3/85

Soggetti

Madhyamika (Buddhism)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Notes on the Translation -- I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. Travelers on the Buddha's Path -- 2. Mortal Bodies -- 3. The Body in Pain -- 4. The Danger of Corporeal Passions -- 5. The King as the Embodiment of Egotism -- II. TRANSLATION -- 6. Rejecting the Illusion of Permanence -- 7. Rejecting the Illusion of Pleasure -- 8. Rejecting the Illusion of Purity -- 9. Rejecting the Illusion of Egotism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

Candrakīrti, who lived in India in the 7th century CE, is a major Mahayana Buddhist scholar whose works are studied in modern western universities and traditional Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. This is a translation of the first four chapters of Candrakīrti's commentary on Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas.