Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Ten Bodhisattva Grounds (eBook)

The Dasabhumika Vibhasa

Nagarjuna (Autor)

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2020
834 Seiten
Kalavinka Press (Verlag)
978-1-935413-22-6 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;Nagarjuna's Treatise on the Ten Bodhisattva Grounds"e; is Bhikshu Dharmamitra's extensively annotated original translation of Arya Nagarjuna's "e;Dasabhumika Vibhasa"e; rendered from Tripitaka Master Kumarajiva's circa 410 ce Sanskrit-to-Chinese translation. It consists of 35 chapters that explain in great detail the cultivation of the ten highest levels of bodhisattva practice leading to buddhahood, focusing almost exclusively on the first two of the ten bodhisattva grounds. This is a work which has never been translated into English before.

Inhalt

General Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Outlining in This Work

List of Abbreviations

Directory to Chapter Subsections

Translator's Introduction

Introduction Endnotes

Nāgārjuna's Treatise on the Ten Grounds

Ch. 1 - The Introduction

Ch. 2 - Entering the First Ground

Ch. 3 - The Characteristics of the Ground

Ch. 4 - Purification of the Ground

Ch. 5 - The Explanation of the Vows

Ch. 6 - On Producing the Bodhi Resolve

Ch. 7 - On Training the Mind

Ch. 8 - On the Avaivartika

Ch. 9 - On the Easy Practice

Ch. 10 - Getting Rid of Karma

Ch. 11 - Distinctions with Regard to Merit

Ch. 12 - Distinctions with Regard to Giving

Ch. 13 - Distinctions with Regard to the Giving of Dharma

Ch. 14 - The Characteristics of the Refuges

Ch. 15 - The Five Moral Precepts

Ch. 16 - On Realizing the Faults of the Householder's Life

Ch. 17 - On Entering the Temple

Ch. 18 - The Jointly Shared Practices

Ch. 19 - The Four-fold Dharmas

Ch. 20 - Mindfulness of the Buddhas

Ch. 21 - Forty Dharmas Exclusive to Buddhas (Part 1)

Ch. 22 - Forty Dharmas Exclusive to Buddhas (Part 2)

Ch. 23 - Forty Dharmas Exclusive to Buddhas (Part 3)

Ch. 24 - Verses Offered in Praise

Ch. 25 - Teachings to Aid Mindfulness-of-the-Buddha Samādhi

Ch. 26 - The Analogy Chapter

Ch. 27 - A Summarizing Discussion of the Bodhisattva Practices

Ch. 28 - Distinctions in the 2nd Ground's Courses of Karmic Action

Ch. 29 - Distinctions Pertaining to Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas

Ch. 30 - Distinctions Pertaining to the Great Vehicle

Ch. 31 - Guarding the Moral Precepts

Ch. 32 - An Explanation of the Dhūta Austerities

Ch. 33 - Aids to Gaining the Fruits of Śīla

Ch. 34 - In Praise of the Moral Precepts

Ch. 35 - The Karmic Rewards of the Moral Precepts

Translation Endnotes

Bibliography

Glossary

About the Translator

Kalavinka Buddhist Classics' Fall, 2019 Title List

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Kalavinka Buddhist Classics
• Übersetzer: Bhikshu Dharmamitra, Kumarajiva
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Schlagworte: Avatamsaka Sutra • Bodhicitta • bodhisattva mind • Kumarajiva • mahayana buddhism • Nagarjuna • ten bodhisattva grounds
• ISBN-10: 1-935413-22-8 / 1935413228
• ISBN-13: 978-1-935413-22-6 / 9781935413226