Buddhist Insight: EssaysThe present volume selcts twenty-four of Prof. Wayman`s published research papers around the topic of Buddhist Insight, and includes only strong, well developed papers consistent with the topic. Students of Buddhism and general Indian religion will find here a rich offering of genuine research with the best of sources and Wayman`s own thoughtful presentations and original organization of the information. The papers begin with Buddha as Savior among the latest and end with the earliest in this volume, Twenty one Praises of Tara.The Hindu and Buddhist Studies illustrate Wayman`s comparative approach by showing both sides in their strong independence, and sensitively revealing their relation. |
Contents
Foreword by Alex Wayman | 1 |
Hindu and Buddhist Studies | 7 |
Ancient Buddhist Monasticism | 29 |
Aspects of Meditation in the Theravada and Mahiśāsaka | 75 |
The Bodhisattva Practice according to the Lam | 99 |
The Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths | 123 |
The Mirror as a PanBuddhist MetaphorSimile | 129 |
The Buddhist Theory of Vision | 153 |
No Time Great Time and Profane Time in Buddhism | 269 |
The Role of Art among the Buddhist Religieux | 287 |
Secret of the Heart Sutra | 309 |
Asangas Treatise the Paramarthagāthā | 335 |
Asangas Treatise on the Three Instructions | 353 |
Two Traditions of IndiaTruth and Silence | 369 |
The HinduBuddhist Rite of Truthan Interpretation | 391 |
The Significance Mantras from the Veda down | 413 |
Dependent Originationthe IndoTibetan Tradition | 163 |
Nescience and Insight according to Asangas | 193 |
The Twenty Reifying Views Sakkāyadiṭṭhi | 215 |
Who Understands the Four Alternatives of | 225 |
The Intermediatestate Dispute in Buddhism | 251 |
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