The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal
Title | The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal PDF eBook |
Author | Anālayo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Bodhisattva (The concept) |
ISBN | 9783937816623 |
In this book, Bhikkhu Anālayo investigates the genesis of the bodhisattva ideal, one of the most important concepts in the history of Buddhist thought. He brings together material from the corpus of the early discourses preserved mainly in Pāli and Chinese that appear to have influenced the arising of the bodhisattva ideal. Anālayo convincingly shows that the early sources do not present compassionate concern for others as a motivating force for the Buddha's quest for awakening. He further offers an analysis of the only reference to Maitreya in the Pāli canon, showing that this reference is most likely a later addition. In sum, Bhikkhu Anālayo is able to delineate a gradual genesis of central aspects of the bodhisattva ideal by documenting (1) an evolution in the bodhisattva concept reflected in the early discourses, (2) the emergence of the notion of a vow to pursue the path to buddhahood, and (3) the possible background for the idea of a prediction an aspirant to buddhahood receives from a former buddha.
The Bodhisattva Ideal
Title | The Bodhisattva Ideal PDF eBook |
Author | Karel Werner |
Publisher | Buddhist Publication Society |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2013-12-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9552403960 |
This book brings together six essays on the origin and history of the bodhisattva ideal and the emergence of the Mahāyana. The essays approach the subject from different perspectives—from scholarly examinations of the terms in the Nikayas and Agamas to the relationship of the bodhisattva ideal and the arahant ideal within the broader context of the social environment in which Mahayana formed and further developments that lead to the formulation of the fully fledged bodhisattva path. As such, the collection provides a good overview for a wider Buddhist readership of the history of changes that eventually led to the emergence of the Mahayana. “Arahants, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas”, by Bhikkhu Bodhi“The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Theory and Practice”, by Jeffrey Samuels“Bodhi and Arahattaphala From Early Buddhism to Early Mahāyāna”, by Karel Werner“Vaidalya, Mahāyāna, and Bodhisatva in India: An Essay Towards Historical Understanding”, by Peter Skilling“The Evolution of the Bodhisattva concept in Early Buddhist Canonical Literature”, by Bhikkhu Anālayo“Orality, writing and authority in South Asian Buddhism: Visionary Literature and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Mahāyāna”, by David McMahan
Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva Path
Title | Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva Path PDF eBook |
Author | Analayo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2017-03-13 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783897334151 |
Teacher of the Devas
Title | Teacher of the Devas PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Elbaum Jootla |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Devas |
ISBN | 9789552401602 |
The Bodhisattvapiṭaka
Title | The Bodhisattvapiṭaka PDF eBook |
Author | Ulrich Pagel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
The Six Perfections
Title | The Six Perfections PDF eBook |
Author | Dale Stuart Wright |
Publisher | Oxford University Press on Demand |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0195382013 |
This book provides a guide to the six perfections, a set of Buddhist teachings designed to transform human character.
Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation
Title | Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation PDF eBook |
Author | Analayo |
Publisher | Windhorse Publications |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2015-07-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1909314625 |
Analayo investigates the meditative practices of compassion and emptiness by examining and interpreting material from the early Buddhist discourses. Similar to his previous study of satipaa'-a'-hana, he brings a new dimension to our understanding by comparing Pali texts with versions that have survived in Chinese, Sanskrit and Tibetan. The result is a wide-ranging exploration of what these practices meant in early Buddhism.