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The Prajnaparamita Sutra in 8,000 Lines--the basic scripture of all
schools of Mahayana Buddhism--sets forth the Bodhisattva path to
enlightenment in conversations between the Buddha and three of his
disciples. Lex Hixon's "contemplative expansion" of 40 passages
from the original Sutra yields a text of devotional beauty that is
at once dramatic and uplifting.
Written in the eighth century, "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" is
the most important of many mortuary texts of the Nyingma sect of
Tibetan Buddhism and is commonly recited by or to a person facing
imminent death. Robert A. Thurman's expert translation--with
in-depth commentary, supplementary and background information, and
even the occasional illustration--presents the Buddhist tradition
in terms that even the most inexpert of readers can understand.
What emerges in the pages is Buddhism's profound message that
death, far from being an end point, is actually a primary step on
the path to liberation. "Escrito en el siglo VIII, "El libro
tibetano de los muertos "es el mas importante de varios textos
mortuorios de la secta Nyingma del budismo tibetano, y normalmente
es recitado por o se le recita a una persona a punto de morir. La
traduccion experta de Robert A. Thurman--la cual incluye
comentarios exhaustivos, informacion suplementaria y de fondo y
hasta algunas ilustraciones--presenta esta tradicion budista en
terminos que hasta el mas inexperto de los lectores podra entender.
Lo que resalta en estas paginas es el mensaje profundo del budismo
que la muerte, lejos de ser un punto final, es un paso primario en
la senda hacia la liberacion."
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