A General Explanation of the Vajra Prajñā Pāramitā Sūtra
A General Explanation of the Vajra Prajñā Pāramitā Sūtra

Author: Hsüan Hua

Publisher: Dharma Realm Buddhist Association

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 208

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One of the most popular scriptures, the Vajra Sutra explains how the Bodhisattva relies on the perfection of wisdom to teach and transform beings. Then Subhutti, upon hearing the Sutra spoken, and deeply understanding its purport, wept and said to the Buddha, "How rare, World Honored One, is this Sutra so profoundly spoken by the Buddha. From the time I obtained the Wisdom Eye until the present I have never before heard such a Sutra. World Honored One, if someone hears the Sutra with a pure heart of faith then he realizes the real mark. That person should be known to have accomplished the foremost and most rare merit and virtue."

Buddhaghosha ́s Parables
Buddhaghosha ́s Parables

Author: T. Müller, F. Max Rogers

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 384604797X

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.

Through a Glass Darkly
Through a Glass Darkly

Author: John Charles Hawley

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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These essays, interdisciplinary in their approach, demonstrate the variegation of the religious imagination from the broadest historical and denominational scope. By examining the works of philosophers and theologians, of poets, painters, and novelists - from Saint Mark to Jacques Derrida and from Erasmus, Loyola, and Milton to Rouault and to Andrew Greeley - the essayists seek to answer the question Jesus posed to His disciples: "Who do you say that I am?" and to anticipate the equally contentious query: "How do you say who I am?" The essays together explore the religious imagination through the question of transcendence, using both the age-old Christian imagination and the contemporary world wherein the divisions between religious cultures are less fixed, an age of imaginative permeability where the absence of God is as present as the presence of God.

The Diamond Sutra
The Diamond Sutra

Author: Osho

Publisher: Fivestar

Published: 2023-06-29

Total Pages: 151

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Before Buddha there were religions but never a pure religiousness. Man was not yet mature. With Buddha, humanity enters into a mature age. All human beings have not yet entered into that, that's true, but Buddha has heralded the path; Buddha has opened the gateless gate. It takes time for human beings to understand such a deep message. Buddha's message is the deepest ever. Nobody has done the work that Buddha has done, the way he has done. Nobody else represents pure fragrance. Other founders of religions, other enlightened people, have compromised with their audience. Buddha remains uncompromised, hence his purity. He does not care what you can understand, he cares only what the truth is. And he says it without being worried whether you understand it or not. In a way this looks hard; in another way this is great compassion.