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| Author(s) : Lang, Karen |
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| ISBN : 0195151135 | | EAN : 9780195151138 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 240 | | Size : 234 x 156mm | | Publisher : Oxford Univ Press, New York | | Published : 2003 |
Category : Mahayana Buddhism: General
Category 2 : Tibetan Buddhism: General
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Synopsis:
This work offers the first English translation of the first four chapters of the Indian master Chandrakirti's commentary on Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas, Catuhsataka. In these chapters he offers therapeutic advice to monastics and lay people on how to cope with death, suffering, lust, and egotism. Each chapter focuses on a different mistaken idea that must be conquered by the person who aspires to be a Buddha. Chandrakirti argues that people deceive themselves by believing in their immortality, in the pleasurable and pure nature of their bodies, and in the pride they take in themselves and their possessions.
Lang's translation captures the clarity and precision of the philosophical argument as well as the lively humour of the stories of promiscuous women, ruthless kings, and hapless fools he uses as examples. |
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