Search Results - "Visuddhimagga"

The path of purity : being a translation of Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga / by Buddhaghosa

Discourses of purity in transcultural perspective (300-1600)

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 10 Patterns of Intensification of the Laws on Ritual Purity in Medieval Jewish AshkenazSection 5 Concepts of Textual Purity; Chapter 11 Religious Texts and the Islamic Purity Regime; Section 6 Concepts of Genealogical Purity; Chapter 12 Sons of Damnation: Franciscans, Muslims, and Christian Purity; Chapter 13 Purifying the Pure: The Visuddhimagga, Forest-Dwellers and the Dynamics of Individual and Collective Prestige in Theravāda Buddhism; Chapter 14 Registers of Genealogical Purity in Classical Islam; Index.…”
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Theravada Buddhism : Continuity, Diversity, and Identity. by Crosby, Kate

Table of Contents: “…A Litany for Devotional Practices in Preparation for Meditation -- The Importance of Devotion to the Buddha in the Visuddhimagga -- Nondoctrinal Analyses of Buddha Worship -- The Relic and Image as Creators of Communities -- The Buddha in the Museum -- Summary -- References -- Part Two: Dhamma -- 3 Literature, Languages, and Conveying the Dhamma -- Overview -- The Pali Canon -- Oral Performance and Transmission, and the Writing Down of the Canon -- Texts of the Pali Canon and Their Translations into English -- Manuscripts, Councils, Printing, and Digital Dhamma -- The Decline of the Dhamma…”
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The message and the book : sacred texts of the world's religions by Bowker, John, 1935-

Table of Contents: “…The Gurus: Adi Granth, Guru Granth Sahib and Dasam Granth7 JAINS -- Agamas, Suttas and Tattvartha Sutra -- 8 BUDDHISM (for Buddhism in Korea, see Korea) -- The Buddha: The First and Final Addresses -- Sacred Texts of Buddhists: The Pali Canon and the Canons of Tibet, China and Japan -- Lives of the Buddha: Jatakas, Buddhacarita and Lalitavistara -- The Sangha: Vinaya Pitaka, Dhammapada -- Dharma/Dhamma: Abhidhamma, Visuddhimagga, Milindapañha -- Mahayana: Sutras -- Perfection of Wisdom: Ashtasahasrika Sutra, The Diamond-Cutter Sutra, The Heart Sutra, and Nagarjuna…”
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Buddhist Phenomenology : a Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun. by Lusthaus, Dan

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Seven Asamj̣ñi-samāpatti and Nirodha- samāpattiKarma and Āsavas; Impurities and Contaminants; Saññā-vedayita-nirodha in Nikāyas; Visuddhimagga; Abhidhammattha Sangaha of Bhadanta Anuruddhācariya; Abhidharmakośa; Passages from Yogācāra texts; Ch'eng wei-shih lun on Nirodha-samāpatti; Postscript; Chapter Eight Summary of the Four Models; Part Three Karma, Meditation, and Epistemology; Chapter Nine Karma; General Description; Karma Does Not Explain Everything; Is Buddhism a Psychologism?…”
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