Studies in the Lankavatara sutra
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Bibliographic Information
Studies in the Lankavatara sutra
（The Kegan Paul library of religion and mysticism, v.2）
Kegan Paul International, c2000
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楞伽經之研究
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"One of the most important texts of Mahayana Buddhism, in which almost all its principal tenets are presented, including the teaching of Zen"
Includes a Sanskrit-Chinese-English glossary (p. [373]-458) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Daisetz Suzuki discusses the influence of the Lankavatara Sutra in the expression of Zen ideas. He examines the legends that Bodhidharma, the supposed founder of Zen in China, took with him only the Lanka text, and that Bodhidharma was only one in a line of teachers of the Lanka Sutra in China. Suzuki explores the fundamental themes of the sutra -- the acceptance of the Void, the career of the Bodhisattva, and the unreality of perception.
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