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Four illusions : Candrakirti's advice for travelers on the Bodhisattva path / translation and introduction by Karen C. Lang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Candrakīrti.
- Standardized Title:
- Bodhisattvayogācāracatuh'ṣataktīḳā. English. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Āryadeva, active 3rd century. Catuḥśataka.
- Āryadeva.
- 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
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