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This is Nagarjuna's Bodhisambhara Shastra ("Treatise on the Provisions for Enlightenment"). It describes the essential prerequisites for the complete enlightenment of a buddha. It is accompanied here by an abridged version of its only commentary, originally written by the early Indian Bhikshu Vasitva. Abridgement, notes, and translation by Bhikshu Dharmamitra. Includes facing-page source text for the stanzas in both traditional and simplified scripts. (See the "Book Excerpt" links below for a complete description of the contents.)

Bodhisattva stages (Mahayana Buddhism)

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"The Ten Grounds Sutra" (Trilingual) is an annotated English Translation by Bhikshu Dharmamitra of Tripitaka Master Kumārajīva’s circa 410 ce Sanskrit-to-Chinese translation of the Daśabhūmika Sūtra. This sutra describes in great detail the ten highest levels of bodhisattva practice on the path to buddhahood.

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Bodhisattva (The concept)

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The early history of the Mahāyāna movement has drawn a great deal of attention from scholars over the last half century. Among the various suggestions made about its origins are that it was initially a lay movement, a path of greater stringency for monastics, a stūpa cult, a practice of forest recluses, or even the result of influences from outside the Buddhist tradition. In this study Gil Fronsdal examines the Daoxing jing, a second-century Chinese translation of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines. The Daoxing jing is the earliest version of the Perfection of Wisdom scripture, one of the most important foundational texts of the Mahāyāna movement. In this study Fronsdal challenges many contemporary presumptions, including those about the characteristics of the aspiration for buddhahood and what it means to be a bodhisattva, and offers insight into the early formation of a strain of thought and practice that contributed to what eventually became the Mahāyāna as we know it today.

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Le Lalitavistara sūtra ou Sūtra du développement des jeux du Bodhisattva représente l'une des biographies traditionnelles du Buddha historique. Connu en Asie dès les premiers siècles de l'ère chrétienne, puis en Europe à partir du XIXe siècle, ce classique de la littérature bouddhique fut traduit plusieurs fois en chinois sous les dynasties Jin et Tang et inspira les artistes du Gandhāra (Pakistan) comme ceux de Borobudur (Indonésie). Basé sur la lecture du texte sanskrit et de ses traductions chinoises, le commentaire proposé dans ce volume permet de se familiariser avec cette œuvre unique issue de la doctrine nouvelle du mahāyāna, ou grand véhicule, tout en perpétuant des épisodes biographiques du Buddha des écoles anciennes. Sont ainsi abordés les différents genres littéraires, la structure du sūtra, les sources textuelles et mythologiques qui ont inspiré son auteur, ainsi que les thèmes de la souffrance, de l’impermanence, des jeux du Bodhisattva, etc. Ce parcours d’ensemble invite à mieux comprendre la manière dont la vie du Buddha a été écrite.

Asian Studies --- Literature --- bodhisattva --- bouddhisme --- Inde --- mahāyāna