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Asanga, Paul J. Griffiths, Noriaki Hakamaya - The Realm of Awakening
| Category | Uncategorized |
|---|---|
| Pages | 424 |
| ISBN10 | 0195057317 |
| Tags | asanga chinese commentaries mahayana understanding |
| Description | Asanga, Paul J. Griffiths, Noriaki Hakamaya - The Realm of Awakening Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | 1989-12-14 | ISBN: | PDF | 424 pages | 32.64 MB Mahayana Buddhist thinking arose with the Prajnaparamita scriptures and formed the content of the foundational Mahayana schools of Madhyamika and Yogacara. The doctrinal formulations of these schools were the basis for all later Mahayana thinking in India and also for subsequent developments in China, Tibet, and Japan. Understanding them is essential for understanding any Mahayana doctrine. The translation and study that follows presents the tenth chapter of The Summary of the Great Vehicle (Mahayanasangraha) [MSl by the patriarch Asanga. This text attempts to present systematically and succinctly the Yogacara understanding of the Mahayana tradition, and its tenth chapter centers upon the theme of wisdom as the three bodies (trikaya) of Buddha, thereby presenting the Yogacara understanding of ultimate meaning. But the importance of this chapter of the MS is not restricted to developments in Indian Buddhism, for through commentaries and translations into a variety of languages it became inextricably intertwined with Buddhist thought in other cultural spheres. This is especially tru of China: the She-Iun and Fa-hsiang schools made much use of it, as did other presentations of the theme of original awakening in China and Japan. It has thus been judged important to include translations of these commentaries in order to aid in unraveling the tangled skein of Chinese Buddhist doctrinal developments. The various commentaries at times present Interestingly different interpretations of the same basic text, as do the different Chinese translations of the same text. The two commentaries presented in this study are both Indian texts and were originally written in Sanskrit, though neither survives in that language. The first, Vasubandhu's Mahayanasangraha-bhasya, survives only partially in Tibetan but is available. in three different Chinese translations (by Hsuean-tsang, Dharmagupta, and Paramartha). The second, Asvabhava's Mahayanasangrahopanibandhana, survives in Tibetan and Chinese versions, the latter by Hsuean-tsang. Taken together, the various trans-lations of these Indic commentaries constitute a body of material the study of which is indispensable for understanding the flow of Indian, Tibetan, and Chinese Mahayana Buddhist thought. Download: Code: -0195057317-.rar.html Asanga, Paul J. Griffiths, Noriaki Hakamaya - The Realm of Awakening |
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