This reader aims to encourage the study of Buddhist canonical literature in Pali; to provide a reliable overview of Siddhattha Gotama's teaching through sixteeen texts; to create critical practitioners of Buddhism who will be able to distinguish the principles of the Buddha's basic teachings and to distinguish them from historical changes...more details Format:Paperback Pages:342
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Glenn Wallis
ISBN:9780791454121
Wallis (religion, U. of Georgia) examines the Manjusrimulakalpa, The Primary Ritual Ordinance of Manjusri , an eighth century Indian work written in a somewhat unconventional form of Sanskrit. In studying this text...more details Format:Paperback Pages:265
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Glenn Wallis
ISBN:9780791454114
Mediating the Power of Buddhas offers a fascinating analysis of the seventh-century ritual manual, the Manjusrimulakalpa. This medieval text is intended to reveal the path into a ritual universe where the power of a buddha abides. Author Glenn Wallis traces the strategies of the Manjusrimulakalpa to enable its committed reader to perfect the promised ritual...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:265