Establishing appearances as divine: Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo on reasoning, Madhyamaka, and purity
"A highly esteemed Buddhist treatise on realizing your divine nature. This concise treatise by the eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist philosopher Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo sets out to prove the provocative point that everything that appears is actually deity manifest. Many books on Tibetan Buddhism...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Tibetan |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Boston
Snow Lion
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Edition: | 1. Paperback ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Red Hat Sect
/ Mādhyamika
/ History 1000-1100
B Red Hat Sect / Cognition theory / Mantra / Sutra |
| Further subjects: | B
Rñiṅ-ma-pa (Sect)
Doctrines
B Roṅ-zom Chos-kyi-bzaṅ-po active 11th century B Spring B Religion Buddhism Tibetan |
| Summary: | "A highly esteemed Buddhist treatise on realizing your divine nature. This concise treatise by the eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist philosopher Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo sets out to prove the provocative point that everything that appears is actually deity manifest. Many books on Tibetan Buddhism address the important themes of mind training, compassion, and proper conduct, but this book goes beyond that in its aim to bring the reader face to face with his or her divine and pure nature. Transformation not only of one's identity but also of one's environment is an important principle in Tantric Buddhist philosophy. In Tantric scriptures one is instructed to visualize oneself as a deity, a divine identity who resides in a perfect sphere. By repeatedly training in this visualization, one perfects the transformation and ultimately becomes the deity itself. Establishing Appearances as Divine seeks to unravel the interplay between rationality, truth, and divinity, bringing to light the view that underlies Tantric Buddhist practices"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes Tibetan text and its English translation. - Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1559394196 |