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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
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A testimony to the invaluable contributions made by the women who were direct disciples of the Buddha—and a source of inspiration to Buddhist women today.It’s a common perception that the earliest textual records don’t contain many, if any, teachings by the Buddha’s female disciples; yet, this is not the case. In fact, the earliest discourses record a range of teachings from Buddhist women, lay and monastic. Unfortunately their important contributions have so far not received the attention they deserve. In Daughters of the Buddha, esteemed scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo examines the accounts of the first female disciples in the canonical scripture, taking the reader back to the earliest period in the history of Buddhism that can still be accessed today. He dedicates each of the twenty-one chapters in the volume to an individual and remarkable woman, sharing her particular insights and teachings with the reader. Both nuns and laywomen are featured in these pages, and their diversity of voices and richness of thought will serve as instruction and encouragement for modern scholars and practitioners alike.
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Engelska, 2018233 kr
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Join a rigorous scholar and Buddhist monk on a brisk tour of rebirth from ancient doctrine to contemporary debates.German Buddhist monk and university professor Bhikkhu Analayo had not given much attention to the topic of rebirth before some friends asked him to explore the treatment of the issue in early Buddhist texts. This succinct volume presents his findings, approaching the topic from four directions. The first chapter examines the doctrine of rebirth as it is presented in the earliest Buddhist sources and the way it relates to core doctrinal principles. The second chapter reviews debates about rebirth throughout Buddhist history and up to modern times, noting the role of confirmation bias in evaluation of evidence. Chapter 3 reviews the merits of current research on rebirth, including near-death experience, past-life regression, and children who recall previous lives. The chapter concludes with an examination of xenoglossy, the ability to speak languages one has not learned previously, and chapter 4 examines the particular case of Dhammaruwan, a Sri Lankan boy who chants Pali texts that he does not appear to have learned in his present life. Rebirth in Early Buddhism and Current Research brings together the many strands of the debate on rebirth in one place, making it both comprehensive and compact. It is not a polemic but an interrogation of the evidence, and it leaves readers to come to their own conclusions.
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Engelska, 2021145 kr
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Renowned scholar-monk writes accessibly on some of the most contentious topics in Buddhismguaranteed to ruffle some feathers.Armed with his rigorous examination of the canonical records, respected scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo exploresand sharply criticizesfour examples of what he terms ';superiority conceit' in Buddhism: the androcentric tendency to prevent women from occupying leadership roles, be these as fully ordained monastics or as advanced bodhisattvas the Mahayana notion that those who don't aspire to become bodhisattvas are inferior practitioners the Theravada belief that theirs is the most original expression of the Buddha's teaching the Secular Buddhist claim to understand the teachings of the Buddha more accurately than traditionally practicing Buddhists Ven. Analayo challenges the scriptural basis for these conceits and points out that adhering to such notions of superiority is not, after all, conducive to practice. ';It is by diminishing ego, letting go of arrogance, and abandoning conceit that one becomes a better Buddhist,' he reminds us, ';no matter what tradition one may follow.' Thoroughly researched, Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions provides an accessible approach to these conceits as academic subjects. Readers will find it not only challenges their own intellectual understandings but also improves their personal practice.
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Engelska, 2022231 kr
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A fascinating investigation into the formation and transmission of the early Buddhist oral tradition.For hundreds of years after his death, the Buddha’s teachings were transmitted orally, from person to person. In this volume, acclaimed scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo examines the impact of such oral transmission on early Buddhist texts, be these monastic rules, verses, or prose portions of the early discourses. He scrutinizes various oral aspects of these texts, surveying evidence for memory errors, the impact of attempts at systematization, and instances of additions and innovations. Finally, he explores the implications of the nature of these texts as the final product of centuries of oral transmission and evaluates the type of conclusions that can—and cannot—be drawn based on them.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
315 kr
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Engelska, 2023257 kr
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An insightful examination of the end of suffering that draws much-needed attention to two overlooked factors of Nirvana: signlessness and deathlessness.Nirvana is a critical part of the Buddhist path, though it remains a difficult concept to fully understand for Buddhist practitioners. In The Signless and the Deathless: On the Realization of Nirvana, scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo breaks new ground, or rediscovers old ground, by showing the reader that realizing Nirvana entails “a complete stepping out of the way the mind usually constructs experience.” With his extraordinary mastery of canonical Buddhist languages, Venerable Analayo first takes the reader through discussions in early Buddhist suttas on signs (Pali nimitta), the characteristic marks of things that signal to us what they are, and on cultivating concentration on signlessness as a meditative practice. Through practicing bare awareness, we can stop defilements that come from grasping at signs—and stop signs from arising in the first place. He then turns to deathlessness. Deftly avoiding the extremes of nihilism and eternalism that often cloud our understanding of Nirvana, Venerable Analayo shows us that deathless as an epithet of Nirvana “stands for the complete transcendence of mental affliction by mortality”—ours or others’—and that it is achievable while still alive. Advanced practitioners and scholars alike will value the work for its meticulous academic expertise and its novel way of explaining the highest of all Buddhist goals—the final end of suffering.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
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Engelska, 2024175 kr
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An incisive look into the early Buddhist teachings on emptiness, and a manual for bringing those teachings into our everyday lives.Before the growth of the Mahayana and the Perfection of Wisdom, the Buddha gave his own teachings, to his attendant Ananda, on the importance of emptiness (Pali sunnata, Sanskrit sunyata) in formal meditation and everyday practice. In this volume, renowned scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo explores these teachings and shows us how to integrate them into our lives. Bhikkhu Analayo draws from instructions found in the Greater and the Smaller Discourses on Emptiness (the Mahasunnatasutta and the Culasunnatasutta). In each chapter, he provides a translation of a pertinent excerpt from the discourses, follows this with clear and precise explanations of the text, and concludes by offering instructions for practice. Step by step, beginning with daily life and concluding with Nirvana, Bhikkhu Analayo unpacks the Buddha’s teachings on the foundational teaching of emptiness.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
223 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2025437 kr
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See the formative years of Mahayana Buddhist literature through the lens of the Perfection of Wisdom, expertly analyzed by the venerable scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo.In this work we have a rare perspective on the early history of Mahayana Buddhism and the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita), as far as this is still accessible in surviving texts. With his characteristic clarity and precision, Bhikkhu Analayo critically analyzes early Perfection of Wisdom literature based on the earliest extant versions of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita, or the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines, one in Chinese and the other in Gandhari—one of the oldest surviving Mahayana manuscripts discovered to date. In reading this text from the viewpoint of early Buddhist literature, the author shows that what has generally been considered a sharp rupture in the formation of the Mahayana turns out to be more of a gradual evolution. With his command of the languages of the ancient Buddhist world, scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo sifts through the layers of history and unveils new perspectives on the ideas and figures in early Perfection of Wisdom and Mahayana literature, covering such topics as the rhetoric of emptiness and the emerging bodhisattva ideal, as well as the status of women and the practice of self-immolation. In doing so, Bhikkhu Analayo reveals fresh insights into the gradual development that informs the emergence of early Perfection of Wisdom literature. This is a rare opportunity to peer through a window at the beginnings of Mahayana thought—before the traditions had coalesced into the familiar forms we see today.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
468 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2017
173 kr
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Analayo offers an inspiring biography of the Buddha based on the early discourses and focusing on his meditative development and practice. By focusing on the Buddha as a meditator, Analayo seeks to provide inspiration and guidance to all meditators, of any tradition and of any level of experience. Each of the twenty-four chapters concludes with suggestions to support meditative practice.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
183 kr
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An invaluable resource for Buddhist scholars, meditation teachers, and practitioners wishing to deepen their own practice of mindfulness. In this in-depth guide, the author examines all aspects of mindfulness practice, explores the history of mindfulness in the Buddhist tradition, and provides instructions for meditation practice.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
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Buddhist meditator and scholar Bhikkhu Analayo introduces the Buddhist backgrounds to mindfulness, ranging from mindful eating to its formal cultivation as satipatthana (the foundations of mindfulness). He also offers a historical survey of the development of mindfulness in different Buddhist traditions. Providing an accessible guide, he offers practical exercises on how to develop mindfulness.The orally transmitted early teachings examined here provide a range of perspectives on mindfulness, with a clear overarching focus on the role of mindfulness in the path to `awakening', to an understanding of reality as it is. Analayo shows how mindfulness is a central tool for recognizing the influence of greed, anger and delusion, and how to emerge from these to progress on the path of practice to liberation. He shows how mindfulness brings about a clear vision of reality, fostering a gradual freeing of the mind from these influences, and enabling us to be more fully in touch with what is taking place and remain in the present; we learn to slow down and come to our senses. As well as being directed within, Analayo demonstrates how mindfulness helps us discern how what we do impacts others, and thus naturally strengthens our compassion, helping us avoid harming others and ourselves. Mindfulness is something to be practised, and at the end of each chapter Analayo provides instructions for developing mindfulness step by step, bringing it into our personal experience.
Häftad, Tyska
259 kr
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Inbunden, Tyska, 2025
344 kr
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Spanska, 202599 kr
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Antes del desarrollo del budismo Mahāyāna y los Prajñāpāramitasūtras, el Buddha ofreció a sus discípulos profundas enseñanzas en torno a la vacuidad (suññata en pali; śūnyatā en sánscrito) y su importancia en la meditación formal y la práctica cotidiana.Anclado en su larga experiencia como monje y maestro de meditación, el Venerable Anālayo desgrana con meticuloso rigor las instrucciones del Gran discurso sobre la vacuidad (Mahāsuññatasutta) y el Pequeño discurso sobre la vacuidad (Cūḷasuññatasutta). En cada capítulo ofrece una traducción de un fragmento pertinente, que acompaña con explicaciones claras y precisas, y concluye con instrucciones dirigidas a la práctica.De esta forma, Morar en el vacío construye puentes entre las tradiciones budistas y nos ilumina sobre las primeras concepciones del budismo temprano acerca de la meditación en el vacío. Descifrando las enseñanzas fundacionales de la vacuidad, Bhikkhu Anālayo nos guía desde la cotidianidad hasta el logro del Nirvana.
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Spanska, 202299 kr
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"Este libro es el resultado de una rigurosa erudición textual que puede ser apreciada no solo por la comunidad académica, sino también por los practicantes budistas. Este libro sirve como un importante puente entre aquellos que desean aprender sobre el pensamiento y la práctica budistas y aquellos que desean profundizar en ello. Tanto como un monje comprometido con la meditación budista, así como un maestro que aplica la metodología histórico-crítica, Bhikkhu Anālayo está en posición de tender un puente entre estos dos que buscan profundizar su comprensión de estos textos."- 17º Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje"En este estudio, el Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo aporta un meticuloso análisis textual de los textos en pali, los ágamas chinos y material relacionado del sánscrito y del tibetano a los temas fundamentales de compasión y vacuidad. A pesar de que su análisis está basado en la aproximación académica, escribió este estudio como una valiosa guía para la práctica de la meditación. Los temas de compasión y vacuidad, a menudo son asociados con el budismo tibetano pero aquí, el Venerable Anālayo resalta claramente su importancia en los textos tempranos en pali y en las escuelas originarias."- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
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El erudito y maestro budista Anālayo explora la práctica de la atención plena en los dieciséis pasos del Sutta Ānāpānāsati. Se trata de un estudio autorizado y orientado a la práctica de un texto budista fundamental, útil para meditadores de cualquier tradición o formación.Anālayo presenta su comprensión de estas enseñanzas tempranas, derivada de su propia práctica meditativa y experiencia docente. Su objetivo es inspirar a los practicantes a utilizar lo que él ha encontrado útil para construir su propia práctica y llegar a ser autosuficientes."Descubre, a través de la interpretación única de los dieciséis pasos del Buda, el gozoso y liberador poder de la atención plena centrada en la respiración. ¡Una invitación a la transformación y al despertar!"– Shaila Catherine, autora de Focused and Fearless: A Meditator''s Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity
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Spanska, 201987 kr
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"Analayo ha escrito un estudio completo y exhaustivo sobre el discurso que dio el Buda sobre Satipatthana. Es una valiosa guía para toda persona interesada en la teoría y la práctica de la meditación".- Ruper Gethin, veterano conferenciante sobre religiones de la India en la Universidad de Bristol."Este libro llena un evidente vacío en los estudios del inicio del Budismo y nos ofrece un material detallado del "Sutta Satipatthana", el discurso budista fundacional sobre la práctica de la meditación". - Bhikkhu Bodhi, investigador y traductor."Aprendí mucho de este libro maravilloso y lo recomiendo por completo, tanto a meditadores con experiencia como a quienes empiezan a explorar el sendero". - Joseph Goldstein, autor de Un Único Dharma, el emergente budismo occidental."Este libro va dirigido no solo a practicantes de escuelas meditativas tradicionales sino sobre todo, a practicantes de mindfulness, que van a entender el origen de dicho movimiento y profundizar en esta técnica milenaria. Se convertirá en un texto clásico de culto para meditadores".- Javier García Campayo, director del Máster de Mindfulness de la Universidad de Zaragoza y autor de diversos libros sobre Mindfulness.
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
363 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2026265 kr
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Bridging early Buddhist thought and ancient Greek philosophy, In Love with Wisdom offers a fresh glimpse into the ethics and metaphysics of the time, revealing how figures like Heraclitus and Socrates were grappling with the same ideas as the early Buddhists.';Is it not also clear that by knowing themselves people experience the most good things, and by being deceived about themselves they suffer the most evils?' This question, posed by Socrates, cuts to the heart of both ancient Greek philosophy and early Buddhism. What does it mean to know oneself, and is there even a self to know? In Love with Wisdom invites readers into a cross-cultural dialogue between these two classical traditions, tied together by their shared commitment to inquiry and ethical living. In this unique collaboration, classicist Alexandra Pappas and venerable scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo open a new contemplative path by exploring how timeless Buddhist teachings echooften strikinglyin the earliest voices of Western philosophy. Beginning with the thoughts of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, and Socrates, Alexandra Pappas examines their ideas on impermanence, selfhood, the four elements, ethical living, and rebirth. Bhikkhu Analayo then takes up these same ideas through the lens of early Buddhism, revealing parallels and illuminating contrasts in unexpected places. Rather than focusing on historical influence or cross-cultural borrowing, the authors uncover shared human concerns and distinctive philosophical responses, enriching our understanding of early Buddhist thought by seeing it alongside other ancient explorations in a shared love of wisdom. Accessible to general readers and engaging for students of philosophy, classics, and Buddhism, In Love with Wisdom is a dialogue across time and tradition that sheds new light on familiar teachings and opens space for fresh reflection. It invites anyone curious about these early wisdom traditions to consider how practicing these ancient teachings can be informedand enrichedby looking to both Eastern and Western philosophies. Contents I Introduction People and Places Sources and Reception Impermanence: Heraclitus Introduction The River Fragments Fire and Other Expressions of Change Epistemology and the Senses Summary Being and Not Being: Parmenides Introduction The Proem The Way of Truth The Opinions of Mortals Summary The Four Elements and Ethical Purification: Empedocles Introduction The Four Elements and Love and Strife The Senses Ethics and Purification Summary Examining Life, Approaching Death: Socrates Introduction Socrates as Teacher Socrates on Ethics, Knowledge, and Truth Socrates's Trial and Death Summary II Introduction The Teachings of the Buddha The Ancient Setting The Buddha in Debate An Early Encounter between Greeks and Indians Impermanence: Early Buddhism The Early Buddhist Conception of Impermanence A Radicalization of Impermanence From Impermanence to Dukkha The Significance of Dukkha Not-self The Chariot Simile Summary Being and Not Being: Early Buddhism Beyond Being and Non-being Dependent Arising The Buddha's Investigation of Dependent Arising Three Links Preceding Birth Three Links Leading up to Craving Consciousness and Name-and-Form The Scope of the Pre-Awakening Investigation Summary The Four Elements and Ethical Purification: Early Buddhism The Four Elements The Buddha's Recollection of Past Lives The Divine Eye The Third Higher Knowledge Liberation Summary Examining Life, Approaching Death: Early Buddhism The Emergence of Mindfulness The Four Establishments of Mindfulness Mindfulness of Breathing Mindfulness Mindfulness as One's Refuge Mindfully Letting Go of Life Mindfully Passing Away Summary Conclusion Abbreviations Reference