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LEADER: 01890cam a2200289 i 4500
001 2012002821
003 DLC
005 20121003081956.0
008 120120s2012 cau 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012002821
020 $a9781930485310 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBQ2097$b.A53 2012
082 00 $a294.3/823$223
084 $aPHI028000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aAnderson, Reb.
245 14 $aThe third turning of the wheel :$bwisdom of the Samdhinirmocana sutra /$cReb Anderson.
260 $aBerkeley, California :$bRodmell Press,$c2012.
300 $axiv, 226 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"In his previous book, Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts, Reb Anderson Roshi described how we must become thoroughly grounded in conventional truth through the practice of compassion before we can receive the teachings of the ultimate truth. In The Third Turning of the Wheel, he introduces us to the next stage of our journey by invoking the wisdom of the Samdhinirmocana Sutra. According to Anderson, the main purpose behind this enigmatic sutra is to reconcile the apparent contradictions between the original teachings of the historical Buddha and the later teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. Anderson reflects on the great metaphysical questions proposed in the Samdhinirmocana Sutra-the nature of ultimate reality, the structure of human consciousness, the characteristics of phenomena, the stages of meditation, and the essential qualities of a buddha-with the clarity of a scholar and the insight of a practitioner"--$cProvided by publisher.
630 00 $aTripiṭaka.$pSūtrapiṭaka.$pSaṃdhinirmocanasūtra$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY / Buddhist.$2bisacsh