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The Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School


Free Download The Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School By Torei Enji, Daibi of Unkan, Yoko Okuda
1996 | 564 Pages | ISBN: 0804830878 | PDF | 42 MB
Based on the teachings of the great Zen Master Hakuin Zenji, The Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School is an essential guide to Rinzai Zen training. It was written by Torei Enji Zenji (1720-1792), Hakuin’s dharma successor. In this book, Master Torei begins by providing a concise history of the Rinzai school and lineage. He then details all the important aspects of Zen practice, most notably great faith, great doubt, and great determination. He also provides explanations of koan study and zazen (meditation) as a means of attaining true satori (enlightenment). This edition includes extensive commentary by Master Daibi, providing both essential background information and clarification of several Buddhist concepts unfamiliar to the general reader. The result is an invaluable record of traditional Zen training.

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The Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation The Samten Migdron by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, a 10th-century Tibetan Buddhist Text


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English | ISBN: 0197609902 | 2023 | 544 pages | EPUB | 841 KB
This book presents an English translation of the Samten Migdron (Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation) by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, a seminal 10th-century Tibetan Buddhist work on contemplation. This treatise is one of the most important sources for the study of the various meditative currents that were transmitted to Tibet from India and China during the early dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet. Written from the vantage point of the Great Completeness (Dzogchen) and its vehicle of effortless spontaneity, it discusses, in the manner of a doxography, both sutra-based-including Chan-and tantric approaches to meditation.

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