The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment: A Complete Translation of the Bodhisattvabhumi

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Asanga Artemus B. Engle

The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment

A Complete Translation of the Bodhisattvabhumi

Asanga, Artemus B. Engle, H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama , The Dalai Lama

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English

Snow Lion Publications
15 March 2016

Buddhist worship, rites & ceremonies; Buddhist sacred texts; Tibetan Buddhism

Series: Tsadra

"Arya Asanga, famous for having been the conduit through which the teachings contained in the Five Texts of Maitreya were received and recorded, is also considered to be the author in his own right of several other foundational works of Yogacara philosophy. One of these, considered the definitive text of the Yogacara school of Buddhism, is the encyclopedic synthesis of Mahayana Buddhist doctrines and practices known as the Yogacarabhūmi, or ""Stages of Spiritual Practice."" The Bodhisattvabhūmi, or ""Stages of the Bodhisattva Path,"" is one portion of that massive work, though it is considered a stand-alone text in the Tibetan traditions--for example, it is counted among the six core texts of the Kadampas. However, despite the text's centrality to the Yogacara school and its seminal importance in the Tibetan traditions, it has remained unavailable in English except in piecemeal translations; Engle's translation will therefore be especially welcomed by scholars and students alike.

A complete translation of Asanga's classic work on the distinguishing qualities of bodhisattvas that describes how to awaken, develop, and perfect the mind of enlightenment in the Great Vehicle, or Mahayana, Buddhist tradition.

Arya Asanga, famous for having been the conduit through which the teachings contained in the Five Texts of Maitreya were received and recorded, is also considered to be the author in his own right of several other foundational works of Yogacara philosophy. One of these, considered the definitive text of the Yogacara school of Buddhism, is the encyclopedic synthesis of Mahayana Buddhist doctrines and practices known as the Yogacarabhūmi, or ""Stages of Spiritual Practice."" The Bodhisattvabhūmi, or ""Stages of the Bodhisattva Path,"" is one portion of that massive work, though it is considered a stand-alone text in the Tibetan traditions--for example, it is counted among the six core texts of the Kadampas. However, despite the text's centrality to the Yogacara school and its seminal importance in the Tibetan traditions, it has remained unavailable in English except in piecemeal translations; Engle's translation will therefore be especially welcomed by scholars and students alike."

By: Asanga
Foreword by: H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, The Dalai Lama
Translated by: Artemus B. Engle
Imprint: Snow Lion Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 17
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 57mm
Weight: 1.196kg
ISBN: 9781559394291
ISBN 10: 1559394293
Series: Tsadra
Pages: 800
Publication Date: 15 March 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

ASANGA was a fourth-century Indian adept and philosopher, author of the foundational works of the Yogacara school of Buddhist philosophy. ARTEMUS B. ENGLE received a PhD in Buddhist studies from the University of Wisconsin and has studied Tibetan Buddhism for more than forty years. He teaches Tibetan language and Buddhist doctrine at the Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Center in Howell, New Jersey, and has published numerous translations of works by Indian and Tibetan masters. He has been a Tsadra Foundation Fellow since 2005.

Reviews for The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment: A Complete Translation of the Bodhisattvabhumi

Art Engle's translation of Asanga's monumental Bodhisattva Stage is a major work of excellent scholarship-presented in a way that is also useful to practitioners. It is truly impressive and remarkable, the fine job he has done with this seminal and rather difficult work. Anyone who aspires to follow the way of the bodhisattva, the whole-hearted altruist who undertakes the evolutionary path through countless lives toward the perfectly blissful enlightenment of buddhahood, is well-advised to study this work in all its sparkling detail. I strongly recommend this wonderful jewel of a work. Robert A. F. Thurman Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University President, Tibet House US