Untying the Knots in Buddhism
author: Alex Wayman
edition: 1997, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 631
ISBN-10: 8120813219
ISBN-13: 9788120813212
Topic: Buddhism
The Guru in Buddhism
This chapter describes The Guru in Buddhism located on page 205 in the book Untying the Knots in Buddhism. These essays deal with Buddhist Heroes such as Sakyamuni, Nagarjuna; Doctrine such as topics on suffering, karma, and voidness; Practice such as diet, purification and visualisations; and further theories of no-self, nescience and omniscience, etc. This chapter is part "Section II, Theory of the Heroes"
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Chenian Short Lectures in America [by Yogi C. M. Chen]
It does not only belong to Buddhism for the truth belongs to itself. Buddhism revealed this truth, the Dharma of non self. Hinduism masks the truth with the high self but in the non self of Buddhism there is no such obstruction and the truth stands naked and bright. Every other religion in the world has a high self or God but only Buddhism has the truth without any such prophylactics....
Read full contents: Chapter 2 - The Three Identifications
Bodhisattvacharyavatara [by Andreas Kretschmar]
Both Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism emphazise the importance of this direct link between devotion to one’s root guru, the downpour of the Buddha’s blessings, and the dawn of realization within one’s own mind-stream. While the sutra tradition considers the guru to be similar to the Buddha [sangs rgyas ’dra bo], the tantric tradition considers the guru to be the actual Buddha in person [sangs rgyas dngos]. The guru is regarded as the root of blessings....
Read full contents: Text Sections 38-44
Buddhist Practice [by Ari Kiev]
Q: What do you mean by merging the mind with the guru? A: The guru is an emanation of the buddha. If the buddha remained without form there would be no way of connecting with their blessing. So they manifest in human form so we can connect to them. When we make a connection of the guru with devotion, the obscurations of mind can be briefly cut through, so we can experience the nature of our mind....
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[Untying the Knots in Buddhism: index]
[About the Author (Alex Wayman)]
[Foreword]
[Preface]
[Introduction]