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"The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation" is a classic Buddhist
meditation instruction manual deeply rooted in the Indian Buddhist
"calming-and-insight" meditation tradition. Within its tradition,
it is the universally-acknowledged standard
beginning-to-intermediate meditation manual, one which offers
perhaps the most reliable, comprehensive, and practically-useful
Buddhist meditation instruction currently available in English. The
author of "The Essentials" is the sixth-century monk and meditation
master, Shramana Zhiyi (Chih-i), one of the most illustrious
figures in the history of Chinese Buddhism. Master Zhiyi is famous
for his role in the founding of the Tiantai teachings lineage and
for his authorship of a quartet of meditation manuals of which this
is one. The translator of this volume is the American monk, Bhikshu
Dharmamitra, a translator of numerous classic works from the Indian
and Chinese Buddhist traditions.
"The Six Gates to the Sublime" is a classic Buddhist meditation
instruction manual explaining the six practices crucial to success
in traditional Indian Buddhist breath-focused (anapana) meditation
and calming-and-insight (samatha-vipasyana) meditation. Correctly
implemented, these six "gates" lead the meditator to realization of
the fourth of the four truths (cessation), of which the "sublimity"
referenced in the title is one of the four canonically-described
practice aspects. This classic was written by the sixth-century
monk and meditation master, Shramana Zhiyi (Chih-i), one of the
most illustrious figures in the history of Chinese Buddhism. Master
Zhiyi is famous for his role in the founding of the Tiantai
teachings lineage and for his authorship of a quartet of meditation
manuals of which this is one. The translator of this volume is the
American monk, Bhikshu Dharmamitra, a translator of numerous
classic works from the Indian and Chinese Buddhist traditions.
This is The Bodhisambhara Shastra ("Treatise on the Provisions for
Enlightenment"), written by Arya Nagarjuna, the early Indian monk
(ca 2nd c.) who is one of the most famous figures in the history of
Indian Mahayana Buddhism. This work describes the essential
prerequisites for achieving the complete enlightenment of a buddha
while also describing the most important practices to be undertaken
by bodhisattvas. The text is accompanied here by an abridged
version of its only commentary, originally written by the early
Indian Bhikshu Vasitva, a monk who lived sometime in the middle or
first half of the first millennium. This volume includes
facing-page source text for the stanzas in both traditional and
simplified scripts. Abridgement, notes, and translation by the
American monk, Bhikshu Dharmamitra.
This is a very detailed commentary on the meaning of each stanza
comprising Arya Nagarjuna's Bodhisambhara Shastra ("Treatise on the
Provisions for Enlightenment") wherein Nagarjuna explains the
essential prerequisites for achieving the enlightenment of a buddha
and explains as well the most important practices to be undertaken
by bodhisattvas. This is the only extant commentary on one of the
most important works of Arya Nagarjuna, the 2nd century Indian monk
who figured most importantly in articulating the terrains of the
Bodhisattva Path. This commentary was composed by the early Indian
monk, Bhikshu Vasitva, sometime in the middle or first half of the
first millennium. Translation and clarifying notes are by the
American monk, Bhikshu Dharmamitra. This volume includes
facing-page source text in both traditional and simplified scripts.
This text is a translation of chapters 17-30 of Arya Nagarjuna's
immense "Exegesis on the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra"
(Mahaprajnaparamita-upadesa). It is a free-standing section of that
commentary exclusively devoted to analyzing and explaining the
various levels of practice of the bodhisattva's six perfections. In
it, Nagarjuna sets forth numerous stories, analogies, and analyses
as he reveals the deepest meaning of giving, moral virtue,
patience, vigor, meditative discipline, and transcendent wisdom,
the six primary qualities cultivated by a bodhisattva in
progressing toward buddhahood. The translation is by the American
monk, Bhikshu Dharmamitra. This volume includes facing-page source
text in both traditional and simplified scripts as well as
extensive text-structure outlining provided by the translator.
In this volume, Bhikshu Dharmamitra presents his translations of
the three earliest editions of Arya Nagarjuna's "Letter from a
Friend" (Suhrllekha), a work on the layman's practice of the
Buddhist path. This text was written by Nagarjuna in the form of a
letter of spiritual counsel to the early Indian monarch, King
Satakarni. These three editions were produced in the middle part of
the first millennium by Tripitaka Masters Gunavarman, Sanghavarman,
and Yijing. English translations and notes by Bhikshu Dharmamitra.
This volume includes facing-page source text in both traditional
and simplified scripts.
This is Tripitaka Master Paramartha's earliest (ca 550 ce) complete
edition of The Ratnavali, one of Arya Nagarjuna's most important
works. In its five 100-verse chapters, Nagarjuna presents both
abstruse teachings and practical advice to lay and monastic
practitioners while also describing in considerable detail the
short-term and long-term terrains of the Bodhisattva Path. This
very early edition is particularly useful in shedding light on
difficult passages in the much-later Tibetan "revised translation"
edition, the only other complete edition of this work. Translation
by the American monk, Bhikshu Dharmamitra. This volume includes
facing-page source text in both traditional and simplified scripts.
This volume consists of 130 stories and short Dharma anecdotes
selected from Nagarjuna's immense commentary on The Great
Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Mahaprajnaparamita-upadesa). Each story
is "framed" by the inclusion of Nagarjuna's introductory and
summarizing Dharma discussions which place the stories in the
context of the Bodhisattva Path to buddhahood. The translation and
story selection are by the American monk, Bhikshu Dharmamitra. This
volume includes facing-page source text in both traditional and
simplified scripts.
This is a treatise on the meaning of "The Sutra on Generating the
Resolve to Become a Buddha." It was written by the famous early
Indian shastra master and bodhisattva, Shramana Vasubandhu (ca 300
ce). In this text, Vasubandhu discourses on the causality behind
the origination of the bodhisattva vow (bodhicitta) and on each of
the six perfections through which that vow reaches its fruition in
buddhahood. This volume includes facing-page source text in both
traditional and simplified scripts, variant-readings from other
editions, and translator's notes. The translation is by the
American monk, Bhikshu Dharmamitra, a translator of numerous
important classic Buddhist works.
This volume continues the detailed examination of the British
Library Kharosthi scrolls--extremely fragile and brittle fragments
of manuscript on birch-bark rolls. Although their provenance is
uncertain, there are strong indications that they came from Hadda
in eastern Afghanistan and were most likely written in the early
first century A.D. during the reign of the Saka rulers, making them
the oldest known Buddhist manuscripts. Fragments 16 and 25 are two
long, relatively narrow fragments that obviously belong to the same
scroll. Two texts were written on the scroll, each by a different
scribe. The first text, referred to as the Gandhari London
Dharmapada, represents an anthology of verses well known in the
Buddhist tradition. The second text is a series of stories
concerning previous births of the Buddha and of some of his
disciples. For more information go to the Early Buddhist Manuscript
Project web site at http://www.ebmp.org/
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