Gone Beyond (Volume 1): The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The

Gone Beyond (Volume 1): The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition

The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the Prajnaparamita Sutrasâ‚¬"the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvasâ‚¬"but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutrasâ‚¬"emptinessâ‚¬"and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood.

Gone Beyond contains the first in-depth study of the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries in the Kagyu School. This study (in two volumes) includes translations of Maitreya's famous text and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa Goncho Yenla (the first translation ever of a complete commentary on the Abhisamayalamkara into English), which are supplemented by extensive excerpts from the commentaries by the Third, Seventh, and Eighth Karmapas and others. Thus it closes a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the Prajnaparamita Sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism.

The first volume presents an English translation of the first three chapters of the Abhisamayalamkara and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa. The second volume presents an English translation of the final five chapters and its commentary by the Fifth Shamarpa.
Country USA
Brand Snow Lion
Manufacturer Snow Lion
Binding Hardcover
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2011-07-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781559393560

Country	USA
Brand	Snow Lion
Manufacturer	Snow Lion
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2011-07-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781559393560

Gone Beyond (Volume 1): The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition

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