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Questioning the Buddha : a selection of twenty-five sutras / Peter Skilling ; foreword by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Classics of Indian Buddhism
- Language:
- English
- Prakrit languages
- Sanskrit
- Tibetan
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhist literature, Tibetan--Translations into English.
- Buddhist literature, Tibetan.
- Buddhism--Doctrines.
- Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 654 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Somerville, MA, USA : Wisdom Publications, Inc., [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The Translations
- I Dogma, Dharma, and Ritual
- 1 Four Dharmas Not to Be Taken for Granted p. 163
- 2 The Benefits of Giving p. 171
- 3 The Exposition of Four Dharmas p. 181
- 4 The Merit of the Three Refuges p. 189
- 5 Four Dharmas Never to Be Abandoned p. 199
- 6 Advice for Bodhisatva Dharmaketu p. 207
- 7 Advice for Bodhisatva Jayamati p. 213
- 8 Sutra Comparing Bodhicitta to Gold p. 221
- 9 Bodhisatva Maitreya's Question about the Gift of Dharma p. 227
- 10 Four Summaries of the Dharma Spoken to the Naga King Sagara p. 235
- 11 The Stanza of Dependent Arising p. 247
- 12 The Heart Formula of Dependent Arising p. 269
- II Marvelous Children, Women, and Gods
- 13 Prediction of the Boy Brahmasri's Future Buddhahood p. 277
- 14 Ksemavati's Prediction to Future Buddhahood p. 285
- 15 The City Beggar Woman p. 297
- 16 An Old Woman's Questions about Birth and Death p. 315
- 17 The Questions of Srimati the Brahman Woman p. 331
- 18 The Questions of the Laywoman Gangottara p. 341
- 19 Brahma Sahampati's Question p. 353
- III Conversations with Kings
- 20 Advice to King Prasenajit p. 373
- 21 Passage to the Next Life p. 393
- 22 Instructions for King Bimbisara p. 409
- 23 Instructions for King Udayana p. 429
- IV The Range of the Buddhas
- 24 Buddhas as Rare as a Grain of Golden Sand p. 439
- 25 Predictions on the Eve of the Great Final Nirvana p. 451.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Contains:
- Kanjur. Selections. English.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Questioning the Buddha
- ISBN:
- 9781614294085
- 1614294089
- Publisher Number:
- 40030703541
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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