Buddhahood Embodied Sources of Controversy in India and Tibet

Name: Buddhahood Embodied Sources of Controversy in India and Tibet
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ISBN: 9780585088716

ISBN-10: 0585088713

ISBN-13: 9780585088716

Edition: N/A

Authors: John J. Makransky

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To enter the Mahayana Buddhist path to enlightenment is to seek both to become free from our dualistic, deluded world and to remain actively engaged in that world until all others are free. How are these two apparently contradictory qualities to be embodied in the attainment of buddhahood (dharmakaya)? How can one's present practice accomplish that? These questions underlie a millennium old controversy over buddhahood in India and Tibet that centers around a cherished text, the Abhisamayalamkara. Makransky shows how the Abhisamayalamkara's composite redaction, from Abhidarma, Prajnaparamita, and Yogacara traditions, permitted its interpreters to perceive different aspects of those…

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List price: $73.50
Publisher: Ebsco Publishing
Binding: E-Book
Language: English