Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, c1991.
Call number
Commentary / Nagao
ISBN
0791401871 / 9780791401873
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Key Words: Madhyamika : Yogacara
Description: Important technical terms used in the Mahayana textual tradition, whose exact understanding is imperative for the study of Mahayana Buddhism, are skillfully presented, making the book indispensable to scholars of Buddhist studies.
Table of Contents: Introduction
1. Buddhist Subjectivity
2. An Interpretation of the Term "Samvrti " (Convention) in Buddhism
3. The Bodhisattva Returns to this World
4. The Silence of the Buddha and its Madhyamic Interpretation
5. What Remains in Sunyata : A Yogacara Interpretation of Emptiness
6. The Buddhist World View as Elucidated in the Three-nature Theory and Its Similies
7. Connotations of the Word Asraya (Basis) in the Mahayana-Sutralamkara
8. Usages and Meanings of Parinamana
9. Tranquil Flow of Mind: An Interpretation of Upeksa
10. On the Theory of Buddha Body (Buddha-kaya )
11. Logic of Convertibility
12. Ontology in Mahayana Buddhism
13. From Madhyamika to Yogacara : An Analysis of MMK, XXIV. 18 and ME I.1-2
14. Ascent and Descent: Two-Directional Activity in Buddhist Thought
15. Emptiness
16. Yogacara —A Reappraisal
Appendix—Sources of Essays
Location: COLLECTION: Religious Studies -- AREA: Religious Studies -- SECTION: Commentary / Filing name: Nagao
Topics: In TinyCat -- See "Tags" above for our libraries topic areas. See "Subjects" below for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) (note you can tour our library via Tags or LCSH, but LCHS are not available for all items in our holdings).
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Description: Important technical terms used in the Mahayana textual tradition, whose exact understanding is imperative for the study of Mahayana Buddhism, are skillfully presented, making the book indispensable to scholars of Buddhist studies.
Table of Contents: Introduction
1. Buddhist Subjectivity
2. An Interpretation of the Term "Samvrti " (Convention) in Buddhism
3. The Bodhisattva Returns to this World
4. The Silence of the Buddha and its Madhyamic Interpretation
5. What Remains in Sunyata : A Yogacara Interpretation of Emptiness
6. The Buddhist World View as Elucidated in the Three-nature Theory and Its Similies
7. Connotations of the Word Asraya (Basis) in the Mahayana-Sutralamkara
8. Usages and Meanings of Parinamana
9. Tranquil Flow of Mind: An Interpretation of Upeksa
10. On the Theory of Buddha Body (Buddha-kaya )
11. Logic of Convertibility
12. Ontology in Mahayana Buddhism
13. From Madhyamika to Yogacara : An Analysis of MMK, XXIV. 18 and ME I.1-2
14. Ascent and Descent: Two-Directional Activity in Buddhist Thought
15. Emptiness
16. Yogacara —A Reappraisal
Appendix—Sources of Essays
Location: COLLECTION: Religious Studies -- AREA: Religious Studies -- SECTION: Commentary / Filing name: Nagao
Topics: In TinyCat -- See "Tags" above for our libraries topic areas. See "Subjects" below for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) (note you can tour our library via Tags or LCSH, but LCHS are not available for all items in our holdings).
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Physical description
xiv, 304 p.; 24 cm
Description
Nagao invariably focuses on the core of Mahayana Buddhism--the path of the Bodhisattva, the doctrine of sunyata, and the system of Trisvabhava are explained. Important technical terms used in the Mahayana textual tradition, whose exact understanding is imperative for the study of Mahayana Buddhism, are skillfully presented, making the book indispensable to scholars of Buddhist studies.
Original language
Japanese