Four illusions : Candrakīrti's advice for travelers on the Bodhisattva path /
Candrakīrti, who lived in India in the 7th century CE, is a major Mahayana Buddhist scholar whose works are studied in modern western universities and traditional Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. This is a translation of the first four chapters of Candrakīrti's commentary on Aryadeva's 400 St...
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| Language Notes: | Translated from the Sanskrit. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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Table of Contents:
- Abbreviations
- Notes on the Translation
- I. INTRODUCTION
- 1. Travelers on the Buddha's Path
- 2. Mortal Bodies
- 3. The Body in Pain
- 4. The Danger of Corporeal Passions
- 5. The King as the Embodiment of Egotism
- II. TRANSLATION
- 6. Rejecting the Illusion of Permanence
- 7. Rejecting the Illusion of Pleasure
- 8. Rejecting the Illusion of Purity
- 9. Rejecting the Illusion of Egotism
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
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