- Hardcover: 360 pages
- Publisher: Jain Pub Co (Jan 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0895819929
- ISBN-13: 978-0895819925
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 612 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #982,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Maitreya's Abhisamayalamkara is the most widely studied book in Tibet, where it was brought from India many centuries ago. It is used in all the monasteries to teach the path to Buddhahood, in accordance with the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. It teaches this in outline form, so it requires a commentary to be understood. The oldest extant commentary is Arya Vimuktisena's Vrtti. Haribhadra, the most influential Indian commentator, drew upon this to write his Aloka. Virtually all of the many famous Tibetan teachers who wrote their own commentaries on the Abhisamayalamkara relied on Haribhadra as their primary source.
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Important new translation, Jun 24 2008
By A. Reader - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Abhisamayalamkara with Vrtti and Aloka, Volume 1: First Abhisamaya (Hardcover)
Students of Tibetan Buddhism in the English-speaking world have long known of the importance of Maitreya's Abhisamayalamkara, "Ornament for the Clear Realizations," a central text in the monastic curriculum. Due to its complexity, however, no English translation of it has appeared on the market. The truth is, as shown by Edward Conze's 1954 translation in the Rome Oriental Series, it is practically incomprehensible without a commentary. Thanks to the devoted labors of Gareth Sparham, this longstanding need is now being met, and in spades. We are not getting just any commentary; we are getting the single most influential one in existence, the Aloka of Haribhadra. This itself is based on an earlier commentary, the oldest one known, the Vrtti by Arya Vimuktisena. We are getting that, too. Together, they provide us with the most essential source material available for understanding Maitreya's cryptic text.And if that is not enough, Gareth Sparham is translating separately the detailed Tibetan commentary by Tsong kha pa, under the title, Golden Garland of Eloquence.Of course, these volumes are not easy reads. They demand much of the reader. This can hardly be helped, due to the technical nature of their subject matter. Their subject matter is nothing less than a detailed map of the path to Buddhahood. For some readers, this is worth the effort required to study them.
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Important new translation, Jun 25 2008
By A. Reader - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Abhisamayalamkara with Vrtti and Aloka - Volume 2: Second and Third Abhisamaya (Hardcover)
With volume 2 we reach the halfway mark of Maitreya's Abhisamayalamkara, "Ornament for the Clear Realizations," with its two major Indian commentaries. (See my review of vol. 1.) Gareth Sparham has also separately translated the detailed Tibetan commentary on this by Tsong kha pa, the Golden Garland of Eloquence. These demanding books are for the serious student of the Buddhist path to enlightenment.
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