Abhidharma Buddhism to 150 A.D.Karl H. Potter Astavakragita (The Song of the Self Supreme) contains the Sanskrit text of Astavakragita (both in Nagari and Roman script), its English translation, Exegesis and Glossarial Index. It presents in twenty chapters the substance of Astavakra`s teaching in respect of the Cosmic Self in the form of his dialogue with Janaka, the seer-king of Videha. The teaching is based on the Upanisadic creed of Absolute monism (Advaitavada) that identifies the Self with the non-dual Ultimate Reality. But the contribution of Astavakra is also immense, for he has introduced the element of emotional experience or the mystical feeling as the means for realizing the non-dual nature of the Self. Written in a lucid style and dealing systematically with the subject matter, the book will hold a unique position among the contemplative classics of the world. |
Contents
Ropbert E Buswell Jr and Padmanabh S Jaini | 73 |
A Few Early Abhidharma Categories | 129 |
Dhammasangani K H Potter | 168 |
Dharmaskandha Fred Greiner | 179 |
Sangītiparyaya Christian Lindtner | 203 |
Prajñaptibhāṣya | 217 |
Kathāvatthu James P McDermott | 265 |
Mahāniddesa Grace G Burford | 305 |
Yamaka Karen C Lang | 327 |
Patthāna K H Potter | 337 |
Dhātukāya Robert E Buswell Jr | 345 |
Abhidharmsāra Charles Willemen | 451 |
Kawamura Robert E Buswell Jr | 511 |
NOTES | 569 |
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Culaniddesa Grace G Burford | 313 |
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Abhidharma Abhidharmakosa action adept Anguttara arise Aśoka associated attained awareness Buddha Buddhist cause cessation Chapter classifications commentary concentration Concerning conditioning factors consciousness contaminants Dārṣṭāntika defilements dependent origination destroyed Dhammasangani dharma Dharmaskandha Digha discussion dissociated doctrine eightfold path elements enlightenment equanimity existence explained faculties false views feeling fetters five aggregates four noble truths frustration historical Buddha identification ignorance immaterial realm impermanent impure initial thought insight intoxicants Jñānaprasthāna karma karmic knowledge liberation Mahāsānghika Mahāvibhāṣā Mahāyāna Majjhima material and immaterial maturation means meditative mental Milinda monk moral Nāgasena neutral nonreturner once-returner opponent holds Pali Text Society passages perfected person practice Pudgalavādin realization realm of desire rebirth reborn rejoinder result root Sakavādi Samyutta Sarvāstivādin Section sense sensual seven spiritual stage stream-enterer supporting object sustained thought sutras Sutta teachings Theravada Theravadins things tion trance translation TRIPLET types understanding Vasumitra Vibhanga visual wisdom wrong views Yogācāra
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Page 51 - Just as a mother would protect her only child, At the risk of her own life : even so let him cultivate a boundless heart towards all beings.
Page 13 - I ate so little, my limbs became like the knotted joints of withered creepers, my buttocks like a bullock's hoof, my protruding backbone like a string of beads, my gaunt ribs like the crazy rafters of a tumble-down shed.
Page 48 - As I am, so are they; as they are, so am I; thus one should identify oneself with all that lives, and should not kill, nor hurt any living being.