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Stairway to Nirvāna
James B. Apple
其他書名
A Study of the Twenty Saṃghas Based on the Works of Tsong kha pa
出版SUNY Press
主題Religion / Buddhism / TibetanReligion / Buddhism / GeneralPhilosophy / Eastern
ISBN07914786459780791478646
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RjK3m7lO-e8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋James B. Apple examines one of the formative subjects in traditional Buddhist studies, the Twenty Varieties of the Saṃgha. The Saṃgha (community) is one of the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Saṃgha) universally revered by all Buddhists. While the Saṃgha is generally understood as the community of Buddhist ordained monks and nuns, along with lay adherents, the Twenty Varieties of the Saṃgha concerns an exemplary community of the twenty types of Noble Beings (ārya-pudgala) who embody the Buddha's teachings. Focusing on the interpretation of the Saṃgha given by the fourteenth-century Tibetan scholar Tsong kha pa, Apple provides a comprehensive typology and analysis of the stages through which Noble Beings pass in their progress toward enlightenment through multiple lifetimes in various cosmological realms. He explains the cosmographic formations and complex structures of Buddhist spiritual cultivation, illustrating how Tibetan and Indian Buddhists conceptualize all possible states on the path to enlightenment.