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 Three worlds Vedic and Buddhist
This chapter describes The Three worlds Vedic and Buddhist located on page 447 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 V, Hindu Buddhist Studies"
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas [by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw]
We shall see more about it when we come to the story of Sumedha. (* 8) Here the author adds an adjectival clause reading "whose supremacy in the three worlds is like the ruby-studded pinnacle of a palace." The three worlds here are the three realms of sensuality (kama), materiality (rupa) and immateriality (arupa). The first corresponds to the realm of five senses, comprising the four woeful states (apaya), the human world and the six celestial worlds....
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The gods of northern Buddhism [by Alice Getty]
We see from this that in Japan Vajrasattva is the Subduer oftlie Three Worlds; first, to destroy the enemies of Buddhism in the three worlds, and, secondly, when holding the bow and arrow, to warn living beings. It might be inferred from this that Trailokya-vijaya is a special manifestation of Vajrasattva when conquering the celestial and terrestrial worlds, as well as the under world. PLATE XXXIV a. Pu-H ien (Samantabhadra) b. Wen-shu (Manjusri) c....
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra [by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön]
The god Maheshvara has, as a whole, a thousand names, but here below in the phenomenal world, he has sixty and Rudra is one of them. The heretics T’ou houei (Pamshupata, Pashupata?) say that Ishvara transcends the three worlds (trailokyatikranta) and that he has three bodies: (i) a body of the law (dharmakaya) which fills the dharmadhatu; (ii) a body of enjoyment (sambhogakaya) that abides at the summit of the form realm (rupadhatu) in the palace of the Ishvaradevas....
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[Untying the Knots in Buddhism: index]
[About the Author (Alex Wayman)]
[Foreword]
[Preface]
[Introduction]