Teachings of Vimalakirti: Demonstration through Magic and Miracles
Sangharakshita
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Book ID : 32541
ISBN-10 : 81-7822-269-1 / 8178222691
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2007
Edition : (First Indian Edition)
Language : English
160p., Figs., Bib., Index, 21 cm. (First pub. in 1995)
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Vimalakirti is a Bodhisattva who appears as a layman in order to help ‘all living beings’. A worker of wonders, he reveals distant universes, feeds thousands of beings with a single bowl of nectar, and wins a philosophical debate with a thunderous silence. Because he is enlightened, the means he uses are highly skilful yet utterly inconceivable. How can we understand and communicate the Buddha’s teaching, learn to practise the spiritual life in association with others, and finally gain our freedom? These are the practical issues, directly relevant to modern life, and illustrated through myth 7 and symbol, which this book explores. Sangharakshita’s commentary illuminates the original text, and can also be read as a teaching in its own right, so vividly does it evoke the spiritual power of Vimalakirti, and the significance of his teachings. The Vimalakirti Nirdesa contains pieces of doctrinal exposition which touch upon some of the most profound philosophical themes of Buddhism. Setting no limits upon spiritual potential of the individual, it encourages all beings to aspire for the highest conceivable-even the highest inconceivable goal of all spiritual life-supreme perfect Enlightenment.
