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- ISBN
- 9781614299998
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wisdom Publications
ISBN-10
1614299994
ISBN-13
9781614299998
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9072080832
Product Key Features
Book Title
Perfection of Wisdom in First Bloom : Relating Early Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita to Agama Literature
Number of Pages
520 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Buddhism / Theravada, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Buddhist, Buddhism / Sacred Writings
Publication Year
2025
Genre
Religion, Philosophy
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2 in
Item Weight
32.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-042417
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Bhikkhu Analayo has devoted much of his career to the study, translation, and explication of early Buddhism, with the result that he is eminently qualified for this undertaking. A deep and wide-ranging conversation between the Agamas and the Perfection of Wisdom, The Perfection of Wisdom in First Bloom challenges conventional scholarship and opens up new horizons. The 'new early Buddhism' of The Perfection of Wisdom in First Bloom is a step toward revitalizing an 'old early Buddhism' that has lost its bearings, encouraging us to gaze afresh and appreciate the beauty and diversity of the plants that flower in the abundant gardens of Buddhist ideas. New textual and ideational colligations/juxtapositions open new pathways of understanding. Clearly and persuasively written, well-grounded in the philology of the possible, The Perfection of Wisdom in First Bloom captures the spirit of the remarkable moment in which we all live.
Synopsis
See the formative years of Mahayana Buddhist literature through the lens of the Perfection of Wisdom , expertly analyzed by the venerable scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo. In this work we have a rare perspective on the early history of Mahayana Buddhism and the Perfection of Wisdom ( Prajnaparamita ), as far as this is still accessible in surviving texts. With his characteristic clarity and precision, Bhikkhu Analayo critically analyzes early Perfection of Wisdom literature based on the earliest extant versions of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita , or the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines , one in Chinese and the other in Gandhari--one of the oldest surviving Mahayana manuscripts discovered to date. In reading this text from the viewpoint of early Buddhist literature, the author shows that what has generally been considered a sharp rupture in the formation of the Mahayana turns out to be more of a gradual evolution. With his command of the languages of the ancient Buddhist world, scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo sifts through the layers of history and unveils new perspectives on the ideas and figures in early Perfection of Wisdom and Mahayana literature, covering such topics as the rhetoric of emptiness and the emerging bodhisattva ideal, as well as the status of women and the practice of self-immolation. In doing so, Bhikkhu Analayo reveals fresh insights into the gradual development that informs the emergence of early Perfection of Wisdom literature. This is a rare opportunity to peer through a window at the beginnings of Mahayana thought--before the traditions had coalesced into the familiar forms we see today.
LC Classification Number
BQ7364.A63 2025
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