The Great Collection Sutra: Volume One: A Translation Of The Mahasa?Nipata Sutra

This volume offers a complete translation of fascicles 1-13, or sections I-VII of the Mahavaipulya Mahasa?nipata Sutra, the Great Extensive Collection Sutra. This collection of closely-related sutras is probably one of the earliest compilations of Mahayana sutras and offers insightful thoughts on the nature of Buddha-nature, bodhisattva conduct, non-duality, silence, dhara?is, maras, and more. It was carefully translated by Dr Alexander James O'Neill, PhD (sections I-V), Aloka Dharmacak?us (section VI), and Charles D. Patton II (section VII). This volume contains translations of the following sections of Taisho no. 397: I. Jewelled Ornamentation (fascicle 1a) II. Dhara?isvararaja Bodhisattva (fascicles 1b-4) III. Ratnadarika (fascicles 6-7) IV. Animi?a Bodhisattva (fascicle 7) V. Sagaramati Bodhisattva (fascicles 8-11) VI. Avacya Bodhisattva (fascicle 12) VII. Anabhilapya Bodhisattva (fascicle 13)

• | Author: Charles D Patton, Ii, Dharmacak?Us Aloka, Alexander James O'Neill, Phd
• | Publisher: Dharmakaya Books
• | Publication Date: Aug 05, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 616 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1739472500
• | ISBN-13: 9781739472504