Inner Science of Buddhist Practice
Vasubandhu's Summary of the Five Heaps with Commentary by Sthiramati
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| Author(s) : Engle, Artemus B |
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| ISBN : 155939322X | | EAN : 9781559393225 | | Cover : Hardback | | Pages : 560 | | Size : 234 x 160mm | | Publisher : Snow Lion Publications | | Published : 2009 |
Category : Tibetan Buddhism: Gelug
Category 2 : Mahayana Buddhism: General
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Synopsis:
This volume contains translations of texts by two great Indian Buddhist scholars: Vasubandhu's Summary of the Five Heaps, and Sthiramati's commentary on Vasubandhu's root text. The subject matter is the traditional Buddhist analysis of ordinary experience. These two works provide rich resources for a bridge connecting classical Buddhist and Western interpretations for the study of the psychology of spiritual development.
Engle's lengthy introduction explores how the material contained in the two translations can improve practice of the Tibetan teaching known as Lam Rim, or Stages of the Path. Each of the three divisions of the Lam Rim teaching is examined in an effort to demonstrate how an understanding of such doctrines as the five "heaps", or experiential constituents, can bring a deeper conviction regarding that portion of the instruction.
According to Buddhist doctrine, the mind of an ordinary person, even at birth, holds deeply ingrained predispositions that lead us to perceive the elements of everyday experience mistakenly and to believe, for instance, that entities persist through time, that the pleausres we pursue are genuinely satisfying, that our own personal being is governed by a real self, and that all physical and mental phenomena have a distinct, independent, and real essence. Our everyday language also only serves to reinforce and deepen these erring notions.
"Engle has done an excellent job of translating difficult texts and supporting his insightful analyses with relevant citations of authoritative Buddhist sutras and commentaries. This is a volume to be read and studied with care." Alan Wallace.
"A welcome contribution to the growing collection of solid English translations of works from the Indo-Tibetan Tengyur. His closely reasoned introcuction shows convincingly how mastery of the analytic psychology of the Abhidharma is essential to the understanding and practice of the Mahayana path. This book is essential reading." Robert Thurman. |
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