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Nagarjuna.pdfNÄgÄrjuna and the Philosophy of UpÄya1965 viewsThe purpose of this article is to offer a different account of Nagarjuna than is found in contemporary Western scholarship. It will not ask what it means for causality, truth, the self, or consciousness to be "empty" in a very general sense, but rather how NÄgÄrjuna's philosophy relates to the soteriological practices of Buddhism and what it means for those practices to be "empty" of inherent nature. Rather than describing NÄgÄrjuna as a metaphysician this study will situate him squarely within the early Mahayana tradition and the philosophical problem of practice that is expressed through the doctrine of “skill-in-means†(upÄya-kausalya).
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Nagarjuna-upaya.pdfNÄgÄrjuna and the Philosophy of UpÄya 1874 viewsThe purpose of this article is to offer a different account of NÄgÄrjuna than is found in contemporary Western scholarship. It will not ask what it means for causality, truth, the self, or consciousness to be "empty" in a very general sense, but rather how NÄgÄrjuna’s philosophy relates to the soteriological practices of Buddhism and what it means for those practices to be "empty" of inherent nature. Rather than describing NÄgÄrjuna as a metaphysician this study will situate him squarely within the early MahÄyÄna tradition and the philosophical problem of practice that is expressed through the doctrine of “skill-in-means†(upÄya-kauÅ›alya). It should become evident in what follows that the doctrine of upÄya has little in common with Western metaphysics. It is unconcerned with problems regarding causality, personal identity, consciousness, logic, language, or any other issues that are unrelated to specific problems surrounding the nature and efficacy of Buddhist practice. Given that every major tradition in Buddhism stresses the indispensable nature of practice, it is highly unlikely that Nagarjuna’s philosophy is concerned with metaphysical issues or that his doctrine of “emptiness†can be separated from the soteriological practices of Buddhism.
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09_Seon_Poems_web.pdfVolume 9. Seon Poems: Selected Works1873 viewsSeon Poems: Selected Works.
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MHRGKKBFMBGe.pdfMYO-HO-REN-GE-KYO1867 viewsWonderful-Dharma-Lotus-Flower-Sutra:
Kan-ze-on Bo-satsu Fu-mon-bon-ge.
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - All-Sidedness
(in Overcoming Anxiety-Hindrances).
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02_Chinul_web.pdfVolume 2. Chinul Selected Works1817 viewsA Collection of Korean Buddhism in English. It's translated and compiled by great Scholars including Robert Buswell.
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08_Seon_Dialogues_web.pdfVolume 8. Seon Dialogues1575 viewsSeon Dialogues
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BuHinSonShin~1.pdfBU HIN SON SHIN DO-RO-NI1532 viewsSarva Durgati PariÅ›odhana Uá¹£nÄ«á¹£a Vijaya DhÄraṇī
All Bad-conditions Purifying [Buddha]-Crown Victory Prayer.
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DaihiShinDarani~1.pdfDAIHI SHIN DARANI1493 viewsMahÄ Karuá¹‡Ä DhÄranÄ« or Great Compassion-causing Devotion.
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04_Hwaom_I_web.pdfVolume 4. Hwaom 1 The Mainstream Tradition1479 viewsA Collection of Korean Buddhism in English. It's translated and compiled by great Scholars including Robert Buswell.
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11_Exposition_web.pdfVolume 11. Exposition of the Sutra of Brahma's Net1476 viewsExposition of the Sutra of Brahma's Net.
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