Splendid Vision Reading a Buddhist Sutra

Name: Splendid Vision Reading a Buddhist Sutra
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ISBN: 9780231156691

ISBN-10: 0231156693

ISBN-13: 9780231156691

Edition: 2012

Authors: Richard Cohen

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Featuring the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century Indian Mahayana Buddhist scripture known for its rich ritual magic and worship of bodhisattva-goddesses, this volume explicates the sutra's cultural significance as a source of extraordinary value, cosmic truth, and existential meaning. The ancient author of the "Splendid Vision Sutra" promises every imaginable reward to those who heed its words and rites, whether one's desire is to become king, enjoy heavenly pleasures for thousands of millennia, or attain the spiritual summit of advanced bodhisattvahood. Richard S. Cohen carefully analyzes this religious rhetoric, developing a heuristic model of…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.83" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English



Preface


Introduction to the Translation


Gilgitï¿½s Splendid Vision


Sutra as Readymade: A Rationale for Reading


Regarding the Translation


Translation


The Assembly


Setting the Scene


Shakyamuni's Discourse


Vajrapani's Discourse


Manjushri's Questions-Shakyamuni's Answers


Verses


Avalokiteshvara's Discourse


Anopama's Discourse


Shanldiini's Discourse


Bhima's Discourse


Reprising the Merit of the Sutra


Verses, Second Set


The Concluding Discourse


Conclusion


Interpretive Essay


Reading Sutras in Theory and in Practice


The Splendid Vision as Scripture: Setting the Scene


Authority: From India to Rome and Back Again


The Play of Power


Conclusion: On Impertinence


Glossary


Notes


Works Cited


Index