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Nagarjuna.pdfNÄgÄrjuna and the Philosophy of UpÄya2700 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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09_Seon_Poems_web.pdfVolume 9. Seon Poems: Selected Works2697 viewsSeon Poems: Selected Works.
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02_Chinul_web.pdfVolume 2. Chinul Selected Works2671 viewsA Collection of Korean Buddhism in English. It's translated and compiled by great Scholars including Robert Buswell.
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Nagarjuna-upaya.pdfNÄgÄrjuna and the Philosophy of UpÄya 2659 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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MHRGKKBFMBGe.pdfMYO-HO-REN-GE-KYO2605 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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08_Seon_Dialogues_web.pdfVolume 8. Seon Dialogues2403 viewsSeon Dialogues
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BuHinSonShin~1.pdfBU HIN SON SHIN DO-RO-NI2353 viewsSarva Durgati PariÅ›odhana Uá¹£nÄ«á¹£a Vijaya DhÄraṇī
All Bad-conditions Purifying [Buddha]-Crown Victory Prayer.
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11_Exposition_web.pdfVolume 11. Exposition of the Sutra of Brahma's Net2258 viewsExposition of the Sutra of Brahma's Net.
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DaihiShinDarani~1.pdfDAIHI SHIN DARANI2238 viewsMahÄ Karuá¹‡Ä DhÄranÄ« or Great Compassion-causing Devotion.
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04_Hwaom_I_web.pdfVolume 4. Hwaom 1 The Mainstream Tradition2202 viewsA Collection of Korean Buddhism in English. It's translated and compiled by great Scholars including Robert Buswell.
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