The Signless and the Deathless
On the Realization of Nirvana
$74.01
- Hardcover
244 pages
- Release Date
17 October 2023
Summary
An insightful examination of the end of suffering that draws much-needed attention to two overlooked factors of Nirvana: signlessness and deathlessness.
Nirvana is a critical part of the Buddhist path, though it remains a difficult concept to fully understand for Buddhist practitioners. In The Signless and the Deathless: On the Realization of Nirvana, scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo breaks new ground, or rediscovers old ground, by showing the reader that realizing Nirvana entail…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781614298885 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1614298882 |
| Author: | Bhikkhu Analayo |
| Publisher: | Wisdom Publications,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Wisdom Publications,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 244 |
| Release Date: | 17 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 494g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“The Signless and the Deathless is a new approach to a deeper understanding of the central goal of Early Buddhist practice: the breakthrough to Nirvana. Bhikkhu Analayo investigates in detail signless (animitta) concentration–that is, a state of mind free from distraction achieved by way of letting go all characteristic marks of things–and the deathless (amata/amrta)–that is, Nirvana as the complete transcendence of mental affliction by mortality, experienced while still alive. Ven. Analayo’s in-depth treatment of these crucial issues is most impressive and convincing because he is thoroughly familiar with early Buddhism both as a scholar and as a practitioner. His exposition is based on an exhaustive and thorough scholarly analysis of the relevant textual sources not only of the Pali canon but also of all other reciter traditions as far as they are still available in the original or in Chinese and Tibetan translation. To read this extraordinary book is a must not only for specialists but for anybody interested in a deeper understanding of the central issues of Buddhist teaching.”–Lambert Schmithausen
Bhikkhu Analayo
Bhikkhu Analayo is a scholar of early Buddhism and a meditation teacher. He completed his PhD research on the Satipatthanasutta at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2000 and his habilitation research with a comparative study of the Majjhima Nikaya in the light of its Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan parallels at the University of Marburg, Germany, in 2007. His over four hundred publications are for the most part based on comparative studies, with a special interest in topics related to meditation and the role of women in Buddhism.
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana was ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of twelve in Malandeniya, Sri Lanka. He’s the author of Mindfulness in Plain English, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness, and several more books, including his autobiography, Journey to Mindfulness. He currently lives at Bhavana Society Forest Monastery in West Virginia.
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