The New Encyclopædia Britannica: In 32 Volumes. A-ak - Bayes, Volume 1Philip W. Goetz, Dale H. Hoiberg, Robert MacHenry Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 286
... wrote another commentary on the same text ; and by Santideva ( 7th - 8th centuries ) , who wrote two of the most popular works in all Mahāyāna liter- ature : the Sikṣā - samuccaya ( “ Summary of Training ” ) and the Bodhicaryavatāra ...
... wrote another commentary on the same text ; and by Santideva ( 7th - 8th centuries ) , who wrote two of the most popular works in all Mahāyāna liter- ature : the Sikṣā - samuccaya ( “ Summary of Training ” ) and the Bodhicaryavatāra ...
Page 289
... wrote a famous commentary in which he taught that rebirth in the Western Paradise is effected primarily by nembutsu . This must be supplemented , however , by the chanting of sutras , meditation on the Buddha , worshiping of buddha ...
... wrote a famous commentary in which he taught that rebirth in the Western Paradise is effected primarily by nembutsu . This must be supplemented , however , by the chanting of sutras , meditation on the Buddha , worshiping of buddha ...
Page 614
... wrote according to two distinct traditions . He wrote awdlau , or odes , in the manner of the later gogynfeirdd . ( Originally an awdl was a poem with a single end rhyme through- out ; later it contained sequences of lines with such end ...
... wrote according to two distinct traditions . He wrote awdlau , or odes , in the manner of the later gogynfeirdd . ( Originally an awdl was a poem with a single end rhyme through- out ; later it contained sequences of lines with such end ...
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