Siddhartha Gautama, the great Indian philosopher, is believed to
have attained "Enlightenment" sometime in the middle of the 5th
century before the Common Era, while meditating under a "Bodhi"
tree. From that time of Enlightenment until his death, by which he
entered "Nirvana," he traveled by foot around the countryside of
India, teaching others his philosophy of the Middle Path. The
foundations of Buddhist tradition and practice are often called the
Three Jewels: "the Buddha," "the Dharma" (teachings), and "the
Sangha" (community).
Presented in this modern special edition is a unique selection of
the ancient texts which would follow the path of the Silk Road from
India to China to Japan, and evolve into the school of thought
known today as Zen Buddhism. This path follows the Indian Mahayana
verses from the "Dhammapada," to a collection of Buddhist sutras
(scriptures) transcribed from Chinese texts, and finally concludes
with the Threefold Lotus, the three Pure Land sect sutras favored
in Japan.
Excerpt from "Zen Buddhism - The Path to Enlightenment - Special
Edition" Reprinted by permission - All rights reserved.
The Buddha said: ""There are two aims which he who has given up the
world ought not to follow after - devotion, on the one hand, to
those things whose attractions depend upon passions, a low and
pagan ideal, fit only for the worldly-minded; ignoble,
unprofitable; and the practice on the other hand of asceticism,
which is painful, ignoble, and unprofitable.
There is a Middle Path discovered by the Tathagata a path which
opens the eyes, and bestows understanding, which leads to peace, to
insight, to the higher wisdom, to Nirvana. It is the Noble
Eightfold Path...""
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