Michael Pye

Skilful Means (eBook, PDF)

A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Skilful means' is the key principle of Mahayana, one of the great Buddhist traditions. I illuminates a core working philosophy essential for any complete understanding of Buddhism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134380633
• Artikelnr.: 42980723

Autorenporträt

Michael Pye is Professor of the Study of Religions at the University of Marburg. He is a former President of the International Association for the History of Religions (1995-2000), and has taught at the Universities of Lancaster and Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Conventions
Preface to the Second Edition
1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
2 THE INITIAL TEACHING OF SKILFUL MEANS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA
3 STORIES ABOUT SKILFUL MEANS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA
4 MYTHOLOGY AND SKILFUL MEANS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA
5 SKILFUL MEANS IN THE TEACHING OF VIMALAKhRTI
6 SKILFUL MEANS IN THE PERFECTION OF INSIGHT LITERATURE
7 SKILFUL MEANS IN PRE-MAHAYANA BUDDHISM
8 THE TERM HiBEN IN MODERN JAPANESE
9 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
APPENDIX A: BRIEF NOTE ON THE MAIN TEXTS USED
APPENDIX B: HISTORICO-CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE LOTUS SUTRA
APPENDIX C: OCCURRENCES OF FANG-PIEN IN THE LOTUS SUTRA
APPENDIX D: OCCURRENCES OF FANG-PIEN IN THE TEACHING OF VIMALAKhRTI
APPENDIX E: OCCURRENCES OF FANG-PIEN IN THE PERFECTION OF INSIGHT SUTRAS
ETC
APPENDIX F SKILFUL MEANS IN THE SURAMGAMASAMADHI SUTRA
Bibliography
Index