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Groundless Paths

The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Nyingma Tradition

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Author(s) : Brunnholzl, Karl

Publishers Price : £47.99

Wisdom Price : £21.60(save 55%)

Availability : Currently in stock

ISBN : 1559393750

EAN : 9781559393751

Cover : Hardback

Pages : 894

Size : 234 x 160mm

Publisher : Snow Lion Publications

Published : 2012

Category : Emptiness/Tenets
Category 2 : Tibetan Buddhism: Nyingma

Synopsis:
The Abhisamayalamkara, or Ornament of Clear Realization, summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) sutras. It comes to life through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the Prajnaparamita sutras - the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas, but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras - emptiness - and how it has to be understood on the progressive levels or realization of bodhisattvas. Thus, these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through Buddhahood.

This book contains the first in-depth study of the Abhisayamalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries from the perspective of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. This study consists mainly of translations of Maitreya's famous text and two commentaries on it by Patrul Rinpoche. These are supplemented by three short texts on the paths and bhumis (grounds) by the same author as well as extensive excerpts from commentaries by six other Nyingma masters, including Mipham Rinpoche. Thus, this book helps close a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the Prajnaparamita sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in Mahayana Buddhism.

"Groundless Paths completes Karl Brunnholzl's brilliant three volume study of Tibetan commentaries on the Ornament of Clear Realization. In this volume, the great nineteenth century master Patrul Rinpoche adds a Nyingma perspective to the Kagyu viewpoints found in Gone Beyond. Altogether, this collection is a marvelous resource for scholars and practitioners who wish to understand the depth and breadth of the Buddhist path." Andy Karr.

"Groundless Paths contains Dza Patrul Rinpoche's brilliant commentaries on the Abhisamayalamkara, masterfully translated and annotated by Karl Brunnholzl. This third volume completes the presentation of the major Kagyu and Nyingma works on the Prajnaparamita literature in English for the first time." Elizabeth Callahan, translator.

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