Four illusions : Candrakirti's advice for travelers on the Bodhisattva path / translation and introduction by Karen C. Lang.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Candrakirti.

Contributor:

• Lang, Karen C. (Karen Christine), 1947-

Standardized Title:

• Bodhisattvayogācāracatuh'ṣataktīḳā. English. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Aryadeva, 3rd cent. Catuhsataka.
• Mādhyamika (Buddhism).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 240 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Candrakīrti, who lived in India in the 7th century CE, is a major Mahayana Buddhist scholar whose works are studied in modern western universities and traditional Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. This is a translation of the first four chapters of Candrakīrti's commentary on Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas.

Contents:

• Intro
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Notes on the Translation
• I. INTRODUCTION
• 1. Travelers on the Buddha's Path
• 2. Mortal Bodies
• 3. The Body in Pain
• 4. The Danger of Corporeal Passions
• 5. The King as the Embodiment of Egotism
• II. TRANSLATION
• 6. Rejecting the Illusion of Permanence
• 7. Rejecting the Illusion of Pleasure
• 8. Rejecting the Illusion of Purity
• 9. Rejecting the Illusion of Egotism
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• Y.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-233) and index.
• Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

• 0-19-028793-4
• 9786610482252
• 1-280-48225-7
• 1-4237-6319-X
• 0-19-515113-5
• 0-19-803442-3

OCLC:

65196418