Studies in the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra: One of the Most Important Texts of Mahayana Buddhism, in which Almost All Its Principal Tenets are Presented, Including the Teaching of ZenThe title Lankavatara might mean entering Lanka (Perhaps referring to the temporary Mahayana period of Ceylon), suggesting that the doctrine of this scripture are possibly consistent with earlier Buddhism preserved in the Pali language. Suzuki has greatly helped the reader of the basic scripture by discussing the main ideas. He tells how to study this scripture, compares it with the popular Zen Buddhism discusses such typical and important doctrines as Mind-only the Triple body of the Buddha and many minor topics. Suzuki is both an exacting scholar and an understanding exponent of these difficult concepts. He adds a Sanskrit-Chinese-English Glossary, and also an Index. This work is essential for grasping the main ideas of the scripture. |
Contents
ING OF ZEN BUDDHISM 89 63 | 89 |
A THE INTELLECTUAL CONTENTS OF THE BUD | 153 |
Svabhāvas | 162 |
The Theory of Mindonly cittamatra 179182 | 179 |
The Functioning of the Eight Vijñānas A 189195 | 189 |
The Function of Manas 195199 | 195 |
LIFE AND WORKS OF THE BODHISATTVA | 202 |
The Bodhisattva and Social Life 214217 | 214 |
False Discrimination Nobirth and Causation 264267 | 264 |
the doctrine of nocause ahetu nobirth anut | 271 |
II THE CONCEPTION OF NOBIRTH 383 | 283 |
III THE TRIPLE BODY OF THE BUDDHA | 308 |
The Dharmakaya in the Lankāvatāra 314319 | 314 |
Dharmatabuddha | 320 |
IV THE TATHAGATA | 339 |
V OTHER MINOR SUBJECTS 357371 | 357 |
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abiding abode according Ālaya Ālayavijñāna appearances Arhat attained awakened belong birth Bodhi Bodhidharma Bodhisattva Bodhisattvahood Buddha Buddhahood Buddhist causation cause Chinese translations Citta Cittamātra consciousness Dharma Dharmakaya Dhyana doctrine dualism duality emptiness enlightenment evil existence external world false discrimination five Dharmas forms gata gāthās habit-energy idea ignorant individual inmost inner intellectual jñāna karma kāvatāra knowledge known Kshanti Lankavatāra logical Mahamati Mahāyāna Mahayana Buddhism Manas manifested Manovijñāna māyā means mind Mind-only nature Nirvana Nishyanda no-birth non-being non-existence object one's Pāramitās Paratantra Parikalpita perceived philosophers Prajñā Pratyekabuddhas Rāvana realisation reality realm regarded Sagathakam Samadhi Sanskrit Sanskrit text sattva self-nature self-realisation self-substance sense sentient Skandhas spiritual Śrāvakas Subhūti Sung supreme wisdom sutra Svabhāvas T'ang tāra Tatha Tathagata Tathāgata-garbha Tathagatahood tathata teaching things thought thusness tion transcendental Triple Body truth unborn understanding vāsanā Vijñānas vijñapti Vijñaptimātra vikalpa Vipāka vows world of particulars Yogācāra Zen Buddhism