Groundless Paths
The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Nyingma Tradition
$87.08
- Hardcover
904 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2013
Summary
The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the prajnaparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the “hidden meaning” of the prajnaparamita sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realiz…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781559393751 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1559393750 |
| Author: | Karl Brunnholzl |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Snow Lion Publications |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 904 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 1.28kg |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 160mm x 55mm |
| Series: | The Prajnaparamita Sutras |
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“Groundless Paths contains Dza Patrul Rinpoche’s brilliant commentaries on the Abhisamayalamkara, masterfully translated and annotated by Karl Brunnh
“Groundless Paths completes Karl Brunnhölzl’s brilliant three-volume study of Tibetan commentaries on the Ornament of Clear Realization. In this volume, the great nineteenth-century master Patrul Rinpoche adds a Nyingma perspective to the Kagyü viewpoints found in Gone Beyond. Altogether, this collection is a marvelous resource for scholars and practitioners who wish to understand the depth and breadth of the Buddhist path.“—Andy Karr, author of Contemplating Reality
”Groundless Paths contains Dza Patrul Rinpoche’s brilliant commentaries on the Abhisamayalamkara, masterfully translated and annotated by Karl Brunnhölzl. This third volume completes the presentation of the major Kagyü and Nyingma works on the prajñaparamita literature in English for the first time.“—Elizabeth Callahan, translator of The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Part Three
About The Author
Karl Brunnholzl
Karl Brunnhölzl, MD, was trained as a physician and also studied Tibetology. He received his systematic training in Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Marpa Institute for Translators, founded by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Since 1989 he has been a translator and interpreter from Tibetan and English. He is presently involved with the Nitartha Institute as a teacher and translator.
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