Cultural Heritage of Ladakh

History

Snellgrove, David L.

World

Prajñā Press

The Lankavatara Sutra draws upon the concepts and doctrines of Yogacara and Buddha-nature. The most important doctrine issuing from the Lankavatara Sutra is that of the primacy of consciousness (Skt. vijñana) and the teaching of consciousness as the only reality. In the sutra, the Buddha asserts that all the objects of the world, and the names and forms of experience, are merely manifestations of the mind: On the contrary my teaching is based upon the recognition that the objective world, like a vision, is a manifestation of the mind itself; it teaches the cessation of ignorance, desire, deed and causality; it teaches the cessation of suffering that arises from the discrimination of the triple world. Because the world is seen as being "mind-only" or "consciousness-only", all phenomena are void, empty of self (atman) and illusory: There are four things by the fulfilling of which an earnest disciple may gain self-realisation of Noble Wisdom and become a Bodhisattva-Mahasattva: First, he must have a clear understanding that all things are only manifestations of the mind itself; second, he must discard the notion of birth, abiding and disappearance; third, he must clearly understand the egolessness of both things and persons... As to the first; he must recognise and be fully convinced that this triple world is nothing but a complex manifestation of one's mental activities; that it is devoid of selfness and its belongings; that there are no strivings, no comings, no goings. He must recognise and accept the fact that this triple world is manifested and imagined as real only under the influence of habit-energy that has been accumulated since the beginningless past by reason of memory, false-imagination, false-reasoning, and attachments to the multiplicities of objects and reactions in close relationship and in conformity to ideas of body-property-and-abode. As to the second; he must recognise and be convinced that all things are to be regarded as forms seen in a vision and a dream, empty of substance, un-born and without self-nature; that all things exist only by reason of a complicated network of causation... As to the third; he must recognise and patiently accept the fact that his own mind and personality is also mind-constructed, that it is empty of substance, unborn and egoless.

Lankavatara Sutra

Suzuki, Daisetz Tietaro

The Blue Cliff Record  is a translation of the Pi Yen Lu,  a collection of one hundred Zen koans accompanied by commentaries and appreciatory verses from the teachings of the Chinese Zen masters. Compiled in the twelfth century, it is considered to be one of the greatest treasures of Zen literature and an essential study manual for students of Zen.

The Blue Cliff Record

Religion & Spirituality

Cleary, Thomas and J.C. Cleary

Buddhism

The abhidharma is a collection of Buddhist scriptures that investigates the workings of the mind and the states of human consciousness. In this book, Chogyam Trungpa discusses the development of ego as it is explained in the abhidharma.
From the Buddhist perspective, the creation of ego is a neurotic process based on fundamental ignorance of our true situation. This book shows how an examination of the formation of the ego leads to a realization of confusion and also provides an opportunity to develop real intelligence. The practice of meditation is represented as the means that enable us to see our psychological situation clearly and directly. 
Glimpses of Abhidharma" is a provocative interpretation of ego and psychology, presented in a highly personal and humanistic context.

Glimpses of abhidharma: From a seminar on Buddhist psychology (Dharma ocean series)

Trungpa, Chögyam

Selected Sayings from the Perfection of Wisdom

Conze, Edward

Dogen's Formative Years in China: An Historical Study and Annotated Translation of the Hokyo-Ki.

Biographies & Memoirs

Kodera, Takashi James

Leaders & Notable People

A collection of essays and lectures examining Buddhism in general and Zen in particular, with discussions of related topics such as Japanese art and culture and the relationship between Zen Buddhism and Western psychology

The awakening of Zen

Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation

sGam.po.pa

Himalayan Pilgrimage: A Study of Tibetan Religion by a Traveller Through Western Nepal

Travel

Asia

Drawn from inscriptions and texts among the primary sources of Tibet, India, China and Central Asia, as well as a wealth of secondary sources through the ages and the authors' personal experiences, this is a definitive survey of Tibetan history, religion and its rich, complex culture. In Snellgrove's words, the book serves to "keep in public view the clear historical right of the Tibetan people to self-determination". It contains a new preface and an obituary describing the life and career of Hugh Richardson (1905-2000), by co-author David Snellgrove.

A cultural history of Tibet

Snellgrove, David and Hugh Richardson

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