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Advayavada Buddhism - a sub-group of Mahayana
http://www.euronet.nl/~advaya/index.htmAn Outline History of Mahayana Buddhism
http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/buddhism/mahayana_tantric_tibetan.html
Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana and Its Commentary: The Principle and Practice of Mahayana Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki - book
Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism by Asvaghosa - This guide to a complex system of Buddhism is so authoritative that it has been employed in the instruction of Buddhist priests. Translated by a distinguished scholar, the text discusses the essentials of Mahayana Buddhism, including how humans can transcend their finite state, practices and techniques to assist in the awakening and growth of faith.
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Bodhisattva Vow: The Essential Practices of Mahayana Buddhism by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - book - A guide to compassionate living, this resource explains how to take and keep the Bodhisattva vows, how to purify downfalls, and how to practice the Bodhisattva’s deeds of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, and wisdom.
Basic Points Unifying the Theravada and the Mahayana by Ven. Walpola Rahula
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.serve.com/cmtan/buddhism/Misc/unify.html
Bibliography of Recent Work on Chinese Buddhism by John R. McRae
http://departments.colgate.edu/greatreligions/pages/buddhanet/mahayana325/mcrae.txt
Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary by Arya Maitreya - This text is regarded as a Buddhist classic. Since all sentient beings have Buddha nature, there is no reason for conceit nor for self-contempt. These miisunderstandings are removable and do not touch the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, our buddha nature. This book presents in great detail and clarity the view which forms the basis of any Vajrayana or tantric practices.
Buddhism for the West: Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana; A Comprehensive Review of Buddhist History, Philosophy, and Teachings by Dorothy C. Donath - book
Buddhist Mahayana Texts ( Sacred Books of the East) by E.B. Cowell (Editor) - Basic documents in Mahayana Buddhism, highly important in history of religions. The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha, Larger Sukhavativyuha, more.
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Chinese Buddhist Children Stories
http://departments.colgate.edu/greatreligions/pages/buddhanet/mahayana325/budstory.txt
Chinese Buddhism by McRae
http://departments.colgate.edu/greatreligions/pages/buddhanet/mahayana325/chinbudd.txtConceptions of the Absolute in Mahayana Buddhism and Shinran by John Paraskevopoulos
http://www.nembutsu.info/absolute2.htm
Continuity of Madhyamaka and Yogacara in Indian Mahayana Buddhism (Brill's Indological Library, Vol. 6) by Ian Charles Harris - book - In the past European scholars have tended to treat both Madhyamaka and Yogacara as separate and fundamentally opposed trends in Mahayana Buddhist thought. Drawing heavily on early textual evidence this work questions the validity of such a "Mahayana schools" hypothesis. By down-playing the late commentorial traditions, the author attempts a general reappraisal of the epistemological and ontological writings of Nagarjuna, Asanga and Vasubandhu. He concludes that the overlap in all areas of doctrine is significant, but particularly with respect to the teachings on the levels of truth, the enlightened and unenlightened states, the status of language and the nature of reality. It is hoped that such investigations may provide the basis for a new theory on the proliferation of Indian Mahayana Buddhism as an organic process of assimilation to new audiences, and specific contemporary problems, rather than in the more schismatic manner favoured by past researchers.
Cultivating the Mind of Love: The Practice of Looking Deeply in the Mahayana Buddhist Tradition by Thich Nhat Hanh, Natalie Goldberg (Designer) - book - Thich Nhat Hanh shares heartfelt moments in his own development—drinking the clear water of a hermit's well; becoming a monk to practice for his generation, society, and the world, and falling in love. Cultivating the Mind of Love-interweaves these themes with an examination of Buddhist texts.
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Did Shakyamuni Buddha Preach the Mahayana? by Richard St. Clair
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//www.serve.com/cmtan/buddhism/Misc/budd_mahayana.html
Dragon Search: Buddhism: Mahayana Information and link concerning Mahayana Buddhism
http://www.dragon-search.com/Buddhism/Mahayana/
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Empty Vision: Metaphor and Visionary Imagery in Mahayana Buddhism (Curzon Critical Studies in Buddhism, 19) by David L. McMahan - book - This volume examines the complex functions of visual metaphor in Indian Mahayana Buddhism. McMahan argues that the symbolic role of sight in Mahayana Literature shapes the traditions epistemic paradigm and concepts of enlightenment, as well as its visionary literature, symbolic imagery and visualization practices.
Visual metaphors in a number of Mahayana sutras construct a discourse in which visual perception serves as a model for knowledge and enlightenment. In the Perfection of Wisdom(prajnaparamita) and other Mahayana literature, immediate access to reality is symbolized by vision and set in opposition to language and conceptual thinking, which are construed as obscuring reality. In addition to its philosophical manifestations, the tension between vision and language also functioned as a strategy of legitimation in the struggle of the early heterodox Mahayana movement for authority and legitimacy. This emphasis on vision also serves as a resource for the abundant mythical imagery in Mahayana sutras,imagery that is ritualized in Vajrayana visualization practices.
McMahan brings a wide range of literature to bear on this issue, including a rare analysis of the lavish imagery of the Gandavyuha Sutra in its Indian context. He concludes with a discussion of Indian approaches to visuality in the light of some recent discussions of 'ocularcentrism' in the west, inviting scholars to expand the current discussion of vision and its roles in constructing epistemic systems and cultural practice beyond its exclusively European and American focus. The book will be of interest to historians of religion and students and scholars of Buddhism and South Asia, as well as those interested in cross-cultural philosophy and cultural studies.
Essence of Mahayana Lojong Practice: An Oral Commentary to Geshe Langri Tangpa's Mind Training in Eight Verses by Sermey Geshe Lobsang Tharchin - book
Existence and Enlightenment in the Lankavatara Sutra: A Study in the Ontology and Epistemology of the Yogacara School of Mahayana Buddhism by Florin Sutton - book
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Figments and Fragments of Mahayana Buddhism in India: More Collected Papers by Gregory Schopen
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
http://www.fpmt.org/
Four Buddhist Books in Mahayana by Upasika Chihmann
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Great Path of Awakening: An Easily Accessible Introduction for Ordinary People: A Commentary on the Mahayana Teaching of the Seven Points of Mind Training by Jamgon Kongtrul, Ken McLeod (Translator) - book - Written by the nineteenth-century Tibetan scholar Jamgon Kongtrul, this book provides clear and concise instructions for working with fifty-nine traditional Buddhist maxims or slogans. This practice—made popular in such books as Start Where You Are by Pema Chödrön and Training the Mind by Chögyam Trungpa—is designed to awaken the heart and cultivate love and kindness toward oneself and others.
Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life: (Bodhicaryavatara) by Santideva, Vesna A. Wallace (Translator), B. Alan Wallace (Translator) - book - In the whole of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition there is no single treatise more deeply revered or widely practiced than A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. Composed in the eighth century by the Indian Bodhisattva Santideva, it became an instant classic in the curricula of the Buddhist monastic universities of India, and its renown has grown ever since. Santideva presents methods to harmonize one's life with the Bodhisattva ideal and inspires the reader to cultivate the perfections of the Bodhisattva--generosity, ethics, patience, zeal, meditative concentration and wisdom.
Guide to Online Schools - overview of Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana.
http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/library/buddhist-studies
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History of Indian Buddhism: From Sakyamuni to Early Mahayana by Hirakawa Akira, Paul Groner (Translator) - book - A History of Indian Buddhism, the summation of a lifetime of research on Indian Buddhism, is an exceptionally comprehensive discussion of Indian Buddhism. The text presents the debates on Indian Buddhism that have occured in the Japanese academic community and emphasizes issues that have often been treated only in passing in India and the West. Finally, the book includes bibliography which provides broad book of the study.
Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture by Vimalakirtinirdesa by Robert A.F. Thurman (Translator) - book - This book presents the major teachings of Maha¯ya¯na Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this Sutra, called the "jewel of the Maha¯ya¯na Sutras," has enjoyed immense popularity among Mahayana Buddhists in India, central and southeast Asia, Japan, and especially China, where its incidents were the basis for a style in art and literature prevalent during several centuries. Robert Thurman's translation makes available in relatively nontechnical English the Tibetan version of this key Buddhist scripture, previously known to the English-speaking world only through translations from Chinese texts. The Tibetan version is generally conceded to be more faithful to the original Sanskrit than are the Chinese texts. The Tibetan version also is clearer, richer, and more precise in its philosophical and psychological expression. The twelve books of the Sutra are accompanied by an introduction and an epilogue by Dr. Thurman and by three glossaries: Sanskrit terms, numerical categories, and technical terms.
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International Mahayana Institute - The International Mahayana Institute (IMI) is a community of Buddhist monks and nuns of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Lama Yeshe, the founder of FPMT, established the IMI in 1973. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is the current Spiritual Director of IMI.
http://imisangha.org/
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Kosala Mahayana Buddhist Center's Web Site
http://meditate-in-northcarolina.org/
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Lankavatara Sutra: A Mahayana Text by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki - Suzuki's pioneer translation of the Lankavatara Sutra was based on the Sanskrit text (1923) edited by Bunyu Nanjo. It is a remarkable coverage of Mahayana Buddhist topics, especially of the type often associated with the Yogacara school of Buddhism, yet is of interest to every one who desires an introduction to Mahayana Buddhism.
Lotus Garden Buddhist Study Center A Home for Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist Study - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://buddhism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A//hawaiian.net/~dsparks/Mahayana.html
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Madhyamika and Yogacara: A Study of Mahayana Philosophies: Collected Papers of G.M. Nagao (Suny Series in Buddhist Studies) by Gadjin M. Nagao, L.S. Kawamura (Editor) - Gadjin M. Nagao is Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Studies at Kyoto University, Japan. He is the author of The Foundational Standpoint of Madhyamika Philosophy, also published by SUNY Press. Leslie S. Kawamura is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Mahayana - from Wikipedia, an encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana
Mahayana Buddhism
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Buddhism/Mahayana.htm
Mahayana Buddhism by Richard Hooker
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/BUDDHISM/MAHAYANA.HTM
Mahayana Buddhism - BuddhaNet File Library
http://www.buddhanet.net/ftp08.htm
Mahayana Buddhism - explanation and history
http://www.patheos.com/Library/Mahayana-Buddhism.html
Mahayana Buddhism
http://selectsmart.com/RELIGION/MB.html
Mahayana Buddhism
http://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/Buddhism/mahayana_buddhists.htm
Mahayana Buddhism and Environmental Ethics: From the Perspective of the Consciousness-Only Doctrine - This is PDF
http://www.iop.or.jp/0111/yamamoto.pdf
Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations by Paul Williams - ‘The publication of Paul Williams’ Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations in 1989 was a milestone in the development of Buddhist Studies, being the first truly comprehensive and authoritative attempt to chart the doctrinal landscape of Mahayana Buddhism in its entirety. Previous scholars like Edward Conze and Etienne Lamotte had set themselves this daunting task, but it had proved beyond them. Williams not only succeeded in finishing the job, but did it so well that his book has remained the primary work on the subject, and the textbook of choice for teachers of university courses on Buddhism, for 20 years. It is still unrivalled. This makes a second edition all the more welcome. Williams has extensively revised and updated the book in the light of the considerable scholarship published in this area since 1989, at the same time enlarging many of his thoughtful discussions of Mahayana Buddhist philosophical issues. The result is a tour de force of breadth and depth combined. I confidently expect that Williams’ richly detailed map of this field will remain for decades to come an indispensable guide to all those who venture into it.’ - Paul Harrison, Stanford University, USA
Mahayana Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice by Minoru Kiyota (Editor) - It represents some of the best of contemporary scholarship in Mahayana buddhist studies and deal with the theory and practice of Mahayana meditation.
Mahayana Buddhist Tradition The Mahayana Buddhist tradition in India, China and Japan
http://departments.colgate.edu/greatreligions/pages/relg325.html
Mahayana Buddhist Tradition
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kawamura/Mahayana/Index.htm
Mahayana Buddhist Association (Cham Tse Ling)
http://www.fpmtmba.org.hk/
Mahayana Schools Buddhanet's Buddhist Web Links - explanation of the different schools.
http://www.buddhanet.net/l_maha.htm
Mahayana Tantra: An Introduction by Shri Dharmakirti - book
Mahayana Tradition - Its Origin and Spread
http://www.religioustolerance.org/budd_mah.htm
Major Characteristics of Mahayana Buddhism
http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Mahayana.htm
Manjushri Mahayana Buddhist Centre - Cumbria, England
http://www.manjushri.org.uk/
Meditations of a Tibetan Tantric Abbot: The Main Practices of the Mahayana Buddhist Path by Kensur Lekden, Jeffrey Hopkins (Translator) - "A remarkably intimate presentation of the Buddha's fundamental teachings...[with] deep compassion and profound wisdom." --Joshua Cutler, Director, Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center
"A remarkably intimate presentation of the Buddha's fundamental teachings. With great clarity and precision the words of a renowned Tibetan scholar flow easily to the reader in a stream of deep compassion and profound wisdom." --Joshua Cutler, Director, Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center
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New Mahayana: Buddhism for a Post-Modern World by Akizuki Ryomin, James W. Heisig (Translator), Paul L. Swanson (Translator) - In 1959 Newsweek reported of a young Zen monk and scholar threatening to shake Japanese Buddhism out of its lethargy by publishing the "secret answers" to the koan. Though he never did take that step, Akizuki Ryomin did make good on his promise to devote himself to "breaking the formalism that constricts Zen and exposing the fake masters." Now, many years later, he brings his ideas on reform together into a proclamation of a "New Mahayana.".
Notes on Mahayana Buddhism - Collapse of Mauryan Empire: 186 B.C.E.
http://www.drury.edu/ess/eastern/Mahayana.html
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Olympia Mahayana Buddhist Center - Olympia & Tacoma, Washington, USA
http://www.meditateinolympia.org/
Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro, Suzuki - Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
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Path of Light (a manual of maha-yana Buddhism) by L Barnett - This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Principle and Practice of Mahayana Buddhism: An interpretation of professor Suzuki's translation of Ashvaghosha's Awakening of Faith by Dwight Goddard - book
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Secrets of Chinese Meditation: Self-Cultivation by Mind Control As Taught in the Ch'An, Mahayana and Taoist Schools in China by K'Uan Lu Yu, Charles Luk - The Secrets of Chinese Meditation is a classic text that presents a rare opportunity: a chance to study the ancient and original sources which are the basis for most contemporary texts on consciousness development. Lu K'uaan Yu is one of the foremost interpreters of Chinese meditation practices. This concise volume is a presentation of different methods of meditation as practiced in China, including extracts from ancient and modern classics as well as practiced and detailed suggestions for meditation. Meditation is crucial for the development of consciousness, and the Taoist art of controlling the breath is a prerequisite for training in the martial arts. The Secrets of Chinese Meditation provides students with practical instructions for controlling the breath and calming the mind- the foundation of self-realization. The way to consciousness will be different for all individuals. This classic work is a source book that encourages you to knowledgeably choose the way most useful to your chosen path.
Shinjin: The Center of Experience by Jerry Bolick
http://departments.colgate.edu/greatreligions/pages/buddhanet/mahayana325/center.txt
Skilful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism by Michael Pye - book
Society for the promotion of the Mahayana The society exists to promote all aspects of Buddhist Mahayana teaching. On this page are links to transliterations of the Heart Sutra and part of the White Lotus Sutra (called "The Internet Lotus Sutra")
http://www.sila.ndo.co.uk/mahayana.htm
Spiritual Friends: Meditations by Monks and Nuns of the International Mahayana Institute by Thubten Dondrub (Editor) - This unique book — the first from the International Mahayana Institute — contains meditations written by eighteen nuns and monks of the IMI Sangha. These meditations center on different Buddhist themes and provide a good resource for the practicing meditator. The book also includes brief spiritual autobiographies that allow the reader to trace each contributor's entry into and study of Tibetan Buddhism. The generous and personal meditations offered in this book help us develop these potentials and thus are true friends to whom we can always turn.
Sunyata: The Essence of Mahayana Spirituality by Moti Lal Pandit - attempt to explain as to what were the essential causes that led to the rise of the mahayana.
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Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature by Alan Cole - This beautifully written work sheds new light on the origins and nature of Mahayana Buddhism with close readings of four well-known texts--the Lotus Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Tathagatagarbha Sutra, and Vimalakirtinirdesa. Treating these sutras as literary works rather than as straightforward philosophic or doctrinal treatises, Alan Cole argues that these writings were carefully sculpted to undermine traditional monastic Buddhism and to gain legitimacy and authority for Mahayana Buddhism as it was veering away from Buddhism's older oral and institutional forms. His sophisticated and sustained analysis of the narrative structures and seductive literary strategies used in these sutras suggests that they were specifically written to encourage devotion to the written word instead of other forms of authority, be they human, institutional, or iconic.
Tibetan Buddhism - Bon, Mahayana Buddhism and Tantrism Introduced
http://www.imperialtours.net/tibetan_buddhism.htmTashi Choling Mahayana Buddhist Meditation Society - Nelson, British Columbia
http://tcs.kics.bc.ca/Theravada - Mahayana Buddhism by Ven. W. Rahula
http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma3/theramaya.htmlTonglen and Mind Training - Database of commentaries on the 59 Mind Training proverbs by six major teachers.
http://lojongmindtraining.com/
Truth & Tradition in Chinese Buddhism: A Study of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism by Karl Kudviq Reichelt - This book gives an interpretation of Chinese Buddhism in a manner which is lucid, thoughtful and sympathetic. Such points are brought out which show as to why Buddhism is incomparable in its philosophy. The book also helps in understanding the tangled web of Buddhist history by setting into relief the great ideas, both philosophical and religious, around the person of Amida who, as it were, concretises into himself all such human aspirations and hopes that are constitutive of existence in the world. This is a reprint of the 1928 classic.
Two Buddhist Books in Mahayana by Upasika - book - English text with Chinese original. Translated and compiled by Upasika Chihmann (Miss P.C. Lee of China), bodhisattva in precepts = Jing tu si jing / Lü Bicheng nü shi yi ; Tan Xin jing shu. Contents: On entering into the inconceivable state of emancipation by the practice and vows of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra of the Mahavaipulya Buddha Avatamsaka Sutra -- An outline of Pure Land doctrine -- Synopsis of the Aparimitayus Sutra -- A part of the Amitayur Dhyana Sutra -- The Sukhavati-vyuha.
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The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara (Shambhala Dragon Editions) by Shantideve, Dalai Lama, Padmakara Translation Group (Translator) - One of the many Buddhist masters who have written profoundly and with clarity about the wellsprings of the Buddhist traditions is Shantideva, a seventh-century Buddhist scholar who taught at Nalanda, one of the great monastic universities of ancient India. Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara, one of the foundational texts of Tibetan Buddhism, deeply influenced the Dalai Lama, who once remarked that his own understanding of the bodhisattva path is based entirely upon Shantideva's text. Bodhisattvas are beings who renounce nirvana and vow to work for the welfare of all beings. The Bodhicharyavatara, which means "An Entry Into the Activities of Enlightenment," is an outline of the path that bodhisattvas should follow as they seek to teach others the path to nirvana. Thus, this collection contains meditation exercises and moral instruction for bodhisattvas to practice as they engage in their work. Shantideva's work is required reading for an understanding of Tibetan Buddhism, and the clarity and crispness of this new translation make it an accessible way into the world of Tibetan Buddhism.
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What Mahayana Buddhists Believe Central tenets of this faith, based on the questions in the Belief-O-Matic quiz.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8045_1.html
Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in the Mahayana Tradition by Dianna M. Paul - "In seeking to explore the interrelationships between, and mutual influence of, varieties of sexual stereotypes and religious views of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, Women in Buddhism succeeds in drawing our attention to matters of philosophical importance. Paul examines the 'image' of women which arise in a number of Buddhist texts associated with Mahayana and finds that, while ideally the tradition purports to be egalitarian, in actual practice it often betrayed a strong misogynist prejudice. Sanskrit and Chinese texts are organized by theme and type, progressing from those which treat the traditionally orthodox and negative to those which set forth a positive consideration of soteriological paths for women. . . . In Women in Buddhism, Diana Paul may be forcing our consideration of the problem of female enlightenment. Thus the main purport and accomplishment of her scholarship is revolutionary."--Philosophy East and West
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