Mahāyāna Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice

Ananda arise asamskṛta atoms bhiksus bhūmis birth in Pure bodhi bodhisattvas body Buddha Amitāyus Buddha-land Buddhist Candrakīrti cause Chinese ching cognition commentary compassion concept consciousness cultivation defilements dhar dharmakaya Dharmakīrti dharmas Dignāga doctrine enlightenment entities essence existence external Fa-tsang faith Four Stations Hīnayāna hsiang Hua-yen impermanent Indian insight jñāna Kamalaśīla kinds knowledge lack logical Madhyamika Mahāyāna meditative object mendicant monks ment merits which glorify Nāgārjuna nature negation nirvāņa nonduality nonexistence obstruction origination pa'i pāramitā path perception perfection phenomenal philosophy phrase practice prajñā Prasangika preached Pure Land purify reality realize refers Rgyal-tshab samatha samsara Sanskrit Sautrāntika schools self-subsistent sensations sentient seventeen merits shih skandhas skillful means stage Stations of Mindfulness sūtra svalakṣaṇa Taishō Taishō vol tathāgata tathāgatagarbha teaching theory things thought Tibetan tion trance transferring merits translation true emptiness truth ultimate unreal Upadesa Vaibhāṣika Vasubandhu verse says vipaśyanā wisdom Yogācāra yogin