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200 10$aSkilful means $ea concept in Mahayana Buddhism /$fMichael Pye
205   $a2nd ed.
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge :$cTaylor & Francis Group,$d2003.
215   $a1 online resource (222 p.)
300   $aPrevious ed.: London : Duckworth, 1978.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Preface to the Second Edition; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; THE INITIAL TEACHING OF SKILFUL MEANS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA; STORIES ABOUT SKILFUL MEANS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA; MYTHOLOGY AND SKILFUL MEANS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA; SKILFUL MEANS IN THE TEACHING OF VIMALAKRTI; SKILFUL MEANS IN THE PERFECTION OF INSIGHT LITERATURE; SKILFUL MEANS IN PRE-MAHAYANA BUDDHISM; THE TERM HBEN IN MODERN JAPANESE; GENERAL OBSERVATIONS; BRIEF NOTE ON THE MAIN TEXTS USED; HISTORICO-CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE LOTUS SUTRA; OCCURRENCES OF FANG-PIEN IN THE LOTUS SUTRA
327   $aOCCURRENCES OF FANG-PIEN IN THE TEACHING OF VIMALAKRTIOCCURRENCES OF FANG-PIEN IN THE PERFECTION OF INSIGHT SUTRAS, ETC; SKILFUL MEANS IN THE RAMGAMASAMDHI SUTRA; Bibliography; Index
330   $a'Skilful Means' is the key principle of Mahayana, one of the great Buddhist traditions.  First described in the Lotus Sutra, it originates in myths of the Buddha's compassionate plans for raising life from the ceaseless round of birth and death.  His strategies or interventions are 'skilful means' - morally wholesome tricks devised for the purpose of enabling nirvana or enlightenment.  Michael Pye's clear and engaging introductory guide investigates the meaning and context of skilful means in Mayahana Buddhist teachings, whilst tracing its early origins in ancient Japanese and Theravada though
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