Introduction
First Part
THE TEACHING OF THE ELDERS
By I. B. Horner
THE ORDER OF MONKS AND NUNS
Conversion of Anathapindika 17
Conversion of General Siha 20
Ordination of Pajapati the Great 23
Visakha, the Laywoman Supporter 26
Schism 28
SKILL IN MEANS 33
ARAHANTS 42
THE BUDDHIST APOCALYPSE 45
THE FIVE FACULTIES
The Five Faculties collectively 51
The Five Faculties separately 52
Faith 52
Vigour 54
Mindfulness 56
Concentration 60
Wisdom 64
CONDITIONED GENESIS
Conditioned Genesis collectively 65
Cond:tioned Genesis separately 70
Ignorance 70
Consciousness 70
Feelng 72
Craving 73
Grasping 74
Birth, Ageing and Dying 76
THE OBJECT OF WISDOM
Crossing Over 82
Emptiness 90
Nirvana 92
- THE BUDDHA AND TATHAGATA103
Second Part
THE MAHAYANA
By Edward Conze
CRITICISM OF THE HINAYANA POSITION
Bodhisattvas and Disciples 119
The Conversion of Sariputra 120
The two Nirvanas 124
THE BODHISATTVA
Descriptions 127
His Infinite Compassion 131
The Dedication of Merit 132
THE SIX PERFECTIONS
Definition 135
The six Perfections and the Body 136
The Perfection of Giving 136
The Perfection of Patience 137
The Perfection of Meditation 138
THE BUDDHA
The Tathagata as a Rain-cloud 139
The real Buddha 140
The Tathagatas' Coming and Going 143
The Dharma-body 143
Tathagata and Suchness 144
The 18 special dharmas of a Buddha 145
THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM 146
THE ELUSIVENESS OF PERFECT WISDOM 149
THE DOCTRINE OF PERFECT WISDOM 152
EMPTINESS
Preliminary Meditations 158
Definitions and Synonyms of Emptiness 163
Negations 172
Contradictions 175
Unreality of the World 177
Emptiness and Salvation 179
The Germ of Buddhahood in all Beings 181
FAITH 185
THE ACTS AND REWARDS OF DEVOTION 186
THE OBJECTS OF DEVOTION
The Buddha 190
Avalokitesvara 194
Tara 196
THE PURE LAND 202
MIND ONLY 207
TWOFOLD EGOLESSNESS 211
IRREALITY OF THE WORLD 212
THE BUDDHA AS THE BASIS OF ALL 216
Third Part
THE TANTRAS
By David Snellgrove
The Cleansing of Thought 221
Supreme Enlightenment 221
Saraha's Treasury of Songs 224
Anangavajra, The Attainment of the Realization of Wisdom and Means 240
Note on the Mandala 246
Advayavajra, The fivefold Manifestation 249
An Evocation of Prajnaparamita 252
The Mandala conceived within 254
The Story of Tanti 255
Mila Repa and the Novices 257
Fourth Part
TEXTS FROM CHINA AND JAPAN
By Arthur Waley
Introduction
- TEXTS ORIGINATING IN INDIA274
The Parable of Me and Mine 274
On the Curing of Illness contracted during Dhyana Practice 274
Meditation upon the Element Water 275
Judging the Character of a Dhyana Pupil 276
The Bracelets 278
All Words are true 278
Buddha's Doctrine 279
The Negation of Dhyana 280
Po Chu-i. Poem On Reading the Dhyana Sutra 281
Nationality 282
The Intermediate State 283
Devas repeople the Earth 283
Buddha's Pity 285
- TEXTS ORIGINATING IN CHINA AND JAPAN287
A Hinayana Sect in early China 287
The Truly So 290
From the Lives of the Nuns 291
On Trust in the Heart 295
From the Conversations of Shen-hui 299
A nice Mountain 302
Rain-making 302
- BIBLIOGRAPHY307
- SOURCES311
- GLOSSARY313
- ABBREVIATIONS323
See Bibliography pgs 307-311 for details on the translations.
