Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way
With Commentary by Gyel-Tsap
$74.96
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2013
Summary
Gyel-tsap Dar-ma-rin-chen states that Aryadeva’s Four Hundred Stanzas was written to explain how, according to Nagarjuna, the practice of the stages of yogic deeds enables those with Mahayana motivation to attain Buddhahood. Both Nagarjuna and Aryadeva urge those who want to understand reality to induce direct experience of ultimate truth through philosophic inquiry and reasoning. Aryadeva’s text is more than a commentary on Nagarjuna’s Treatise on the Middle Way because it …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781559393027 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1559393025 |
| Author: | Geshe Sonam Rinchen, Ruth Sonam |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Snow Lion Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 550g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Textual Studies and Translations in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A fine and readable translation of an important work of Mahayana Buddhist thought. In the hands of Geshe Sonam Rinchen and Ruth Sonam, the Tibetan text translated in these pages truly becomes ‘the essence of good explanations.’“—José Ignacio Cabezón, XIV Dalai Lama Professor of Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara “A core text and an absolute must-have for Mahayana Buddhist studies shelves.“—Wisconsin Bookwatch
About The Author
Geshe Sonam Rinchen
Geshe Sonam Rinchen (1933-2013) studied at Sera Je Monastery and in 1980 received the Lharampa Geshe degree. He taught Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India, as well as in dharma centers around the world.
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