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Questioning the Buddha : a selection of twenty-five sutras / Peter Skilling ; foreword by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Skilling, Peter, translator, writer of commentary.
ProQuest ebook central.
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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