Bodhisattva Precepts - Paperback

Bodhisattva Precepts - Paperback

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Bodhisattva Precepts - Paperback

Bodhisattva Precepts - Paperback

$34.19
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by Rulu (Author)

The spiritual training of a Buddhist comprises the Three Learning: precepts, meditation, and wisdom. Observance of precepts is the foundation of one's spiritual journey to Buddhahood. Classified into three clusters-restraining precepts, precepts for doing good dharmas, and precepts for benefiting sentient beings-Bodhisattva precepts are called the three clusters of pure precepts. This book, Rulu's third, presents seven sūtras in English, all translated from texts in the Chinese Buddhist Canon. Five of these seven English translations have never before been published in book form. Sūtras 1 and 2 cover the ten good karmas; Sūtra 3 teaches repentance of sins; Sūtra 4 expounds the Mahāyāna Vinaya; Sūtras 5-7 each contain time-honored Bodhisattva precepts. Sūtra 6 is the well-known Brahma Net Sūtra; Sūtra 7, Sūtra of the Upāsaka Precepts, also covers the six pāramitās in detail. Buddhist terms are explained in the glossary. The translator's introduction presents sets of Buddhist precepts and describes the arrival of the Hīnayāna Vinaya in China. It explains the development of the Vinaya School, a Mahāyāna school originated in China, and summarizes its tenets. It compares voice-hearer precepts with Bodhisattva precepts, and discusses five texts of the latter. It also touches on selecting those Bodhisattva precepts that suit our modern times. Such precepts will be fewer in number but complete in spirit. Buddhist or non-Buddhist, those who seek to benefit themselves and others need to learn and observe such Bodhisattva precepts.

Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: January 31, 2012

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