Stairway to Nirvana
A Study of the Twenty Samghas Based on the Works of Tsong Kha Pa
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Word Count
63,000 words, Guess
Page Count
252 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100791473759
- ISBN-139780791473757
- Goodreads4541897
- Library of Congress Control Number2007016961
- OCLC Control Number123818288
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780791473757
- Open LibraryOL11150472M
Classifications
- LCCBQ7950.T757 A66 2008
- LCCBQ7950.T757A66 2008
Description
"James B. Apple examines one of the formative subjects in traditional Buddhist studies, the Twenty Varieties of the Samgha. The Samgha (community) is one of the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Samgha) universally revered by all Buddhists. Focusing on the interpretation of the Samgha given by the fourteenth-century Tibetan scholar Tsong kha pa, Apple provides a comprehensive typology and analysis of the stages through which Noble Beings pass in their progress toward enlightenment through multiple lifetimes in various cosmological realms. He explains the cosmographic formations and complex structures of Buddhist spiritual cultivation, illustrating how Tibetan and Indian Buddhists conceptualize all possible states on the path to enlightenment."--BOOK JACKET.
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