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Product: A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle: An Explanation of the Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras A full translation of an important Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise with a commentary by the famous Tibetan luminary Jamgön Mipham.
A monumental work and Indian Buddhist classic, the Ornament of the Mahāyāna Sūtras (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra) is a precious resource for students wishing to study in-depth the philosophy and path of Mahāyāna Buddhism. This full translation and commentary outlines the importance of Mahāyāna, the centrality of bodhicitta or the mind of awakening, the path of becoming a bodhisattva, and how one can save beings from suffering through skillful means.
This definitive composition of Mahāyāna teachings was imparted in the fourth century by Maitreya to the famous adept Asaṅga, one of the most prolific writers of Buddhist treatises in history. Asaṅga’s work, which is among the famous Five Treatises of Maitreya, has been studied, commented upon, and taught by Buddhists throughout Asia ever since it was composed.
In the early twentieth century, one of Tibet’s greatest scholars and saints, Jamgön Mipham, wrote A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle, which is a detailed explanation of every verse. This commentary has since been used as the primary blueprint for Tibetan Buddhists to illuminate the depth and brilliance of Maitreya’s pith teachings. The Padmakara Translation Group has provided yet another accessible and eloquent translation, ensuring that English-speaking students of Mahāyāna will be able to study this foundational Buddhist text for generations to come.

Product: Mahayana MAHAPARINIRVANA SUTRA The Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra is one of the Tathāgatagarbha sūtras of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It originated in the first century CE in southern India, and was substantially expanded by the Chinese translator Dharmakṣema in the fifth century CE. Its teachings on the Buddha-nature, and the possibility for all sentient beings to attain Buddhahood, had a great impact on East-Asian Buddhism.

Product: The Bodhisattva Path: Based on the Ugrapariprccha a Mahayana Sutra This book appears to be one of the earliest Bodhisattva scriptures to come down to us, and as such it offers a particularly valuable window on the process by which the Buddha's path came to be seen as a distinct vocational alternative.

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