Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra With Commentary - Rilegato

Maitreya, Arya; Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Rinpoche; Asanga, Arya

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ISBN 10: 1559391286 ISBN 13: 9781559391283

Casa editrice: Snow Lion Pubns, 2000

Riassunto

All sentient beings without exception have buddha nature—the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, untouched by changing mental states. Thus there is neither any reason for conceit in deeming oneself better than others nor any reason for self-contempt, thinking of oneself as inferior and unable to reach enlightenment. This seeing is obscured by veils which are removable and do not touch the inherent purity and perfection of the nature of the mind as such. The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra, one of the Five Treatises said to have been dictated to Asanga by the Bodhisattva Maitreya, presents the Buddha's definitive teachings on how we should understand this ground of enlightenment and clarifies the nature and qualities of buddhahood.

Jamgön Kongtrül Lodro Thaye (1813–1899), the profoundly learned and realized master who compiled what are known as the "Five Great Treasures," wrote the outstanding commentary to the Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra translated here. Called The Unassailable Lion's Roar, it presents Maitreya's text as a background for the Mahamudra teachings in a way that is especially clear and easy to understand.

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche provided the annotations and the explanations on which the present translation is based. A renowned scholar and highly accomplished yogi, he is a living example of the ongoing tradition of oral transmission. He first visited the West in 1977 at the request of H.H. the Sixteenth Karmapa.

Rosemarie Fuchs has been a student of Khen Rinpoche since 1978, and this translation was done upon his advice.

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Recensione:

"The most exciting Buddhist publication of the season. . . . It has succeeded where five previous efforts failed: it finally makes it possible for non-Tibetan speakers to study in traditional contemplative fashion one of Buddhism's principal philosophical works. In previous editions the words were translated, but not in a form we could actually practice. Now, thanks to Rosemarie Fuchs and the other learned students of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, an important mahayana meditation practice is ours to use on the cushion in order to directly realize the teachings on the essence and source of buddhahood."—Shambhala Sun "This seminal text clearly details with great clarity the view which forms the basis for Vajrayana and especially Mahamudra practice. Thus it builds a bridge between the Sutrayana and Vajrayana levels of the Buddha's teaching elaborated here in Jamgon Kongtrul's commentary."—Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies

L'autore:

Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra With Commentary is the fruit of twenty years of study by Rosemarie Fuchs, a member of the Marpa Translation Committee. A devoted student of the very Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche since 1978, Fuchs translated the text upon Khen Rinpoche’s advice. She also translated The Third Karmapa's Mahamudra Prayer.

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• Editore: Snow Lion Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1559391286
• ISBN 13: 9781559391283
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 407
• Redattore: Kon-Sprul Blo-Gros-Mtha-Yas, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Fuchs Rosemarie