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The Holy Teaching Of Vimalakirti : A Mahāyāna Scripture

Vimalakirti

Publié en 1981

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This book presents the major teachings of Mahāyāna Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this Sūtra, called the “jewel of the Mahāyāna Sūtras,” has enjoyed immense popularity among Mahāyāna Buddhists in India, central and southeast Asia, Japan, and especially China, where its incidents were the basis for a style in art and literature prevalent during several centuries.

Language: English. Translator(s): Robert A. F. Thurman

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La Merveille de L'enseignement - L'hymne A La Production Dependante

Lama Tsongkhapa

Publié en 1993

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COMMENTAIRE DE KHEPA YONTEN GYATSO sur L'hymne à la production dépendante de lama Tsongkhapa.

Langue : français. Traducteur(s)/Traductrice(s) : TENZIN TRINLEY . Marie HENRY.

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L'abhidharmakosa Tome Iv

Vasubandhu

Publié en 1980

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Langue : français. Traducteur(s)/Traductrice(s) : Louis de la VALLEE POUSSIN. Volume 16 de Mélanges chinois et bouddhiques. Présentation par Étienne Lamotte.

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Le Traite de La Grande Vertu de Sagesse - Tome 2

Nagarjuna

Publié en 1949

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Dans ces deux volumes, (dans cette bibliothèque, les exemplaires n°280 et n°324), le professeur Etienne Lamotte poursuit son important travail de traduction des textes Bouddhistes Chinois dont l'original Sanskrit a été perdu. Ces deux ouvrages constituent un Traité du soutra de la grande sagesse (Prajnaparamita sutra) et non ce que la reconstruction du titre Sanskrit semble suggérer, à savoir Grand Traité de la sagesse, ce qui diffère encore sensiblement du titre français Le traité de la grande vertu de sagesse. Dans son introduction, le professeur Etienne Lamotte ne s'engage pas sur l'attribution de ce texte à Nagarjuna.

Langue : français. Traducteur(s)/Traductrice(s) : Etienne LAMOTTE.

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Le Sanghata Soutra

Bouddha

Publié en 2005

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Langue : français. Traducteur(s)/Traductrice(s) : CHARRIER C.

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The Perfection Of Wisdom In Eight Thousand Lines & Its Verse Summary

Conze Edward

Publié en 1994

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After the Torah, the Koran and the Gospels, the Indian literature of "The Perfection of Wisdom" has had the greatest impact on the religious consciousness of mankind. Its composition extended for over seven hundred years, and here we offer the reader the first two works which were composed in South India between 100 B.C. and A.D. 100. These documents are not only indispensable to those who wish to undersand the mentality of the East, they still carry a potent spiritual message; and those who desire to diminish their personal worries by the disciplined contemplation of spiritual truths could make no better choice. The Two Versions In this book the reader finds the same text presented in two versions, once in verse and once in prose. For early Mahayana’ Sutras that was quite a normal procedure. Generally speaking the versified versions are earlier, and in all cases they have been revised less than those in prose. The reason lies in that the verses are in dialect, the prose in generally correct Sanskrit. * The Ratnaguna: The verse form of this Sutra is handed down to us under the name of Prajnaparamita-Ratnaguanasamcayagatha (abbreviated as Rgs), which consists of 302 “Verses on the Perfection of Wisdom Which Is the Storehouse of Precious Virtues,” the virtuous qualities being, as the Chinese translation adds, those of the “Mother of the Buddhas.” The text has acquired this title only fairly late in its history, for references to it occur only at XXIX 3 (idam gunasamcayanam) and XXVII 6 (ayu vihara gune ratanam), i.e. in the latest portions of the text. But Haribhadra, its editor, has not made it up from these hints because two verses from it are quoted by Candrakirti (ca 600) under the title of Arya-Samcayagatha. * The Ashta: Now as to the Sutra itself. First its title. Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita (abbreviated as Ashta or A) means “The Perfection of Wisdom in-tight Thousand Lines,” or slokas.

Language: English. First published May 1973.

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The Sutra Of Golden Light : Being a translation of the Suvarnabhasottamasutra

Buddha

Publié en 2001

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During times when a war-torn world seems to have become a constant, The Sutra of Golden Light provides guidance for how individuals may direct their actions toward purifying the mind, and generating peace through their practice. Dated to the middle of the fifth century, and popularized by the famous scholar and pilgrim I-tsing, The Sutra of Golden Light is sometimes called the king of sutras, as it explains the chain of causation through which the essence of the Buddha's teachings are established according to manifestation rather than through inquiry only. From the introductory chapter: I will proclaim this blessing, the excellent, auspicious confession, whose aim is the ruin of all evils, producing the destruction of all evils, conferring every blessing, ruining every misfortune, the basis of omniscience, thoroughly adorned with every splendor. For those beings whose senses are defective, whose life is expended or failing, beset by misfortune, their faces averted from the gods, hated by dear, beloved people, oppressed in such places as households, or at variance with one another, tormented by the destruction of their property, both in grief and trouble, and in poverty, likewise in the plight of fear, in the affliction of planet or asterism, in the violent grip of demons, one who sees an evil dream full of grief and trouble should listen to this excellent sutra, when he has bathed well and is pure. For those who hear this sutra, the profound Buddha-region, with pure minds and good intentions, adorned with clean garments, and for all beings such most severe misfortunes are forever extinguished by the splendor of this sutra...

Language: English. Translator(s): R.E. Emmerick

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Madhyamaka Schools In India

Della Santina Peter

Publié en 1986

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A Study of the Madhyamaka Philosophy and of the Division of the System Into the Prāsaṅgika and Svātantrika Schools. This Volume traces the development of one of the most divisive debates in Buddhist philosophy in which leading parts were taken by Nagarjuna, Bhavaviveka and Candrakirti. The interesting debate between the Prasangikas and Svatantrikas has thus far received comparatively little attention. It has been largely assumed that the division between the two schools occurred as a result of the disagreements on the essentials of the Madhyamaka philosophical view. In the present work the author argues that the school split not over philosophy but over forensic methodology or, in other words, over the way in which the philosophy of emptiness was to be communicated to and vindicated for others. He draws substantially on the Tibetan sources to prove his viewpoint. He also makes use of Nagarjuna's Mulamadhya makakarika and Candrakirti's Prasannapadanamadhyamakavrtti. The volume extends not only the current understanding of the Madhyamaka system, but also offers a new and eminently reasonable interpretation of the nature of the divisions between the Prasangikas and Svatantrikas.

Language: English.

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La Perfection de Sagesse

Bouddha

Publié en 1996

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Les soutras de la Perfection de sagesse rapportent les paroles de l'Eveillé Shakyamuni appartenant à la seconde Roue de la Doctrine, un cycle d'enseignement à l'occasion duquel il a exposé l'irréalité des phénomènes. Historiens et savants placent autour du 1er siècle avant J.C. la rédaction des plus anciens textes de cet aspect du canon bouddhique. Lorsque le bouddhisme atteint le Tibet au VIIe siècle, commence une longue période de traduction, Indiens et Tibétains s'associant pour rendre dans la langue des seconds les soutras (la parole de l’Éveillé), et les shastras (les commentaires indiens), originellement écrits en sanscrit. Ce volume offre en premier lieu au lecteur et au chercheur les versions courtes des soutras de la Perfection de sagesse, fondement scriptural de la philosophie du Milieu dont le maître indien Nagarjuna a fait la synthèse du sens dans son Traité du Milieu. Une des autres sources principales de Nagarjuna pour sa distinction entre ce qui est définitif et interprétable dans les paroles de l’Éveillé, l'Enseignement d'Akshayamati, est présentée ensuite pour la première fois en Occident. Ces soutras dévoilent la pensée du Milieu dans la langue paradoxale, d'une grande richesse et abondance, propre à la littérature traditionnelle de l'Inde.

Langue : français. Traducteur(s)/Traductrice(s) : DRIESSENS Georges

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Les 4 Nobles Verites, Les 8 Vers de La Transformation de La Pensee, Les 3 Principes Du Chemin

Dalai-lama

Publié en 1982

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Les quatre nobles vérités et les huit vers de la transformation de la pensée de Lang Tangpa. Textes d'enseignements donnés en 1982.

Langue : français. Traducteur(s)/Traductrice(s) : Georges DREYFUS.

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The Changeless Nature - the Mahāyanottaratantrȧśāstra

Arya Maitreya ; Acarya Asanga

Publié en 1985

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"The Ultimate Mahayana Treatise on The Changeless Continuity of the True Nature". Lord Buddha taught the dharma in three main phases of teaching called the three dharmachakras or the three 'turnings of the wheel of dharma'. The first dharmachakra expounded the 'Four Truths of the Realised', the 'Eightfold Path of the Realised' and other fundamental principles, thereby making clear what suffering is, what causes such suffering, what really constitutes a definitive end (cessation) to suffering and what the means are for achieving this definitive end. The teachings given in this first phase are the easiest to understand. The second dharmachakra, also referred to as the 'middle turning' or the 'dharmachakra of no-characteristics', demonstrated the illusory nature of everything and placed the teachings of the first dharmachakra in a much less concrete perspective; suffering was no longer something to be doted with existential reality and the fundamental statements of voidness (śūnyatā) - 'form not existing', 'sound not existing' etc. - were postulated to show the void nature of everything. In the third dharmachakra the 'true nature' of everything was explained - not just voidness, in the sense of complete absence or negation, but a void nature, resplendent with all qualities, naturally present, which is the essence of all beings; their buddha-nature. Since this is the very nature of all beings then by working on it anyone of them can reveal the enlightened wisdom that is inherent to that nature. The subject matter of these three dharmachakras was commented upon and cross-referenced in the many treatises (śāstra) composed by buddhist scholars after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa. Maitreya composed five encyclopaedic śāstra of which this Mahāyāna Uttara Tantra Śāstra is one. Its teachings are those of the third dharmachakra. Many commentaries have been written for Maitreya's text, transmitted into this world by Aćarya Asaṅga. and the one chosen for this translation's standpoint is that of Jamgön Kongtrül the Great, whose commentary is in two main parts: an introduction to Maitreya's work and a commentary on the actual text of the original.

Language: English. Translator(s): Kenneth Holmes ; Katie Holmes.

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The Middle Length Discourses Of The Buddha : A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya

Buddha

Publié en 1995

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This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This collection--among the oldest records of the historical Buddha's original teachings--consists of 152 suttas or discourses of middle length, distinguished as such from the longer and shorter suttas of the other collections. The Majjhima Nikaya might be concisely described as the Buddhist scripture that combines the richest variety of contextual settings with the deepest and most comprehensive assortment of teachings. These teachings, which range from basic ethics to instructions in meditation and liberating insight, unfold in a fascinating procession of scenarios that show the Buddha in living dialogue with people from many different strata of ancient Indian society: with kings and princes, priests and ascetics, simple villagers and erudite philosophers. Replete with drama, reasoned argument, and illuminating parable and simile, these discourses exhibit the Buddha in the full glory of his resplendent wisdom, majestic sublimity, and compassionate humanity. The translation is based on an original draft translation left by the English scholar-monk Bhikkhu Nanamoli, which has been edited and revised by the American monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, who provides a long introduction and helpful explanatory notes. Combining lucidity of expression with accuracy, this translation enables the Buddha to speak across twenty-five centuries in language that addresses the most pressing concerns of the contemporary reader seeking clarification of the timeless issues of truth, value, and the proper conduct of life.

Language: English. Translator(s): Bhikkhu Nanamoli ; Bhikku Bodhi.

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