The Skill in MeansMotilal Banarsidass Publ., 1994 - 128 pages This rare sutra, ancient but timely, has long been treated with circumspection because of its liberal attitude toward sexuality and other ethical concerns. One of the original statements of the early Mahayana School, it is here collated from Chinese and Tibetan translations, and from passages that remain in the original Sanskrit. Originally part of a larger sutra on the six perfections that included the well-known perfection of Wisdom sutra, the Skill in Means sutra explicates the other five perfections of the bodhisattva. The translator has traced its source to verses of the Ratnagunasamcaya-gatha that have no counterpart in the Perfection of Wisdom. The Skill in Means is also found as part of the Ratnakuta collection of sutras, under the title The Question of Jnanottara`.In Part One, this Sutra establishes the liberal, even anti-monastic observance of Bodhisattva ethics, especially in matters of sexual involvement, introducing `skill in means` into the fabirc of Buddhist ethical life. Parts Two and Three constitute a reinterpretation of the life of the Buddha, demonstrating his motivation by `skill in means`; this is a primary source for the Buddhology of the Mahayana.The older and newer versions are translated side by side; extant Sanskrit passages are included. An introduction places the text in historical and literary prospective. There are copious notes, indexes and a bibliography. |
Table des matières
1 | |
The Skill in Means of Boddhisattvas | 23 |
PART | 51 |
PART THREE | 71 |
The Ten Karmic Connections 71 | 91 |
113 | |
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alms Ananda Apadāna auditors and independent Bareau birth Bodhisattva great hero Bodhisattva King Bodhisattva takes Bodhisattva's skill brahman youth Jyotipāla bring sentient Buddhahood Buddhist caused by past Conze desire-attachment Devadatta dharma divine doctrine Edited eons ethics five hundred Foucher full awakening fully perfected Buddha giving gnosis gods hell hero Jñānottara hundred-thousand ibid Jātaka karma karmic connections Kasyapa Lamotte Lotus Mahāyāna sūtras Māra master Ananda maturity Māyā monastic monks Mpps nāga Nanamoli nirvāṇa obstacle caused Pali past deeds perfected Buddha Kāśyapa perfection of wisdom Priyamkara Ratnakūta rebirth reborn right and full Śākya Śākyamuni Sbhv Senart sentient shaven head skill in means śramana store of merit sutra Tathāgata Tatz teaching thorn of acacia thought of omniscience thought of supreme thousand Thus-Come Thus-Come-One Thus-Come-One's skill Tibetan transgression translation Tusita Upaya Venerable Lord versions vinaya wholesome womb Worthy yakṣas
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Page 113 - The Superhuman Personality of Buddha and its Symbolism in the Mahäparinirvänasütra of the Dharmaguptaka.