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Author(s): Michael Pye
ISBN(s): 9780415314275, 0415314275
Edition: 2
File Details: PDF, 10.48 MB
Year: 2004
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0415314275 
ISBN 13: 9780415314275
Author: Michael Pye

‘Skilful Means’ is the key principle of Mahayana, one of the great Buddhist traditions. First described in the Lotus Sutra, it originates in myths of the Buddha’s compassionate plans for raising life from the ceaseless round of birth and death. His strategies or interventions are ‘skilful means’ – morally wholesome tricks devised for the purpose of enabling nirvana or enlightenment. Michael Pye’s clear and engaging introductory guide investigates the meaning and context of skilful means in Mayahana Buddhist teachings, whilst tracing its early origins in ancient Japanese and Theravada thought. First published in 1978, and still the best explanation of the concept, it illuminates a core working philosophy essential for any complete understanding of Buddhism.

Skilful Means A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism 2nd Table of contents:

1. General Introduction

  • Buddhist Skilful Means

  • The Literature of Skilful Means

  • Problems of Terminology

  • Endnotes

2. The Initial Teaching of Skilful Means in the Lotus Sutra

  • Śāriputra’s Perplexity

  • The Opening Exposition

  • The Longer Exposition in Prose

  • The Longer Exposition in Verse (i)

  • The Longer Exposition in Verse (ii)

  • The Longer Exposition in Verse (iii)

  • Endnotes

3. Stories About Skilful Means in the Lotus Sutra

  • The Burning House

  • The Son Who Does Not Recognize Himself

  • The Rain-Cloud and Other Similes

  • Stories of Unexpected Treasure

  • The Magic City

  • The Buddha’s Life-Span and the Story of the Physician

  • Endnotes

4. Mythology and Skilful Means in the Lotus Sutra

  • Illumination of All Worlds

  • The Equivalence of All Buddhas

  • Transformations of a Bodhisattva

  • Endnotes

5. Skilful Means in the Teaching of Vimalakīrti

  • The Skill of a Buddhist Saint

  • Vimalakīrti’s Illness

  • Vimalakīrti and Mañjuśrī

  • Endnotes

6. Skilful Means in the Perfection of Insight Literature

  • Insight and Skilful Means

  • Skilful Means as a Way of Taking Things

  • Mādhyamika Connections

  • Endnotes

7. Skilful Means in Pre-Mahayana Buddhism

  • The Decision to Proclaim Dhamma

  • Buddhist Correlational Technique

  • The Persistence of Buddhist Meaning

  • Endnotes

8. The Term Hōben in Modern Japanese

  • Colloquial Japanese: uso mo hōben

  • Spectrum of Usage in Reference Works

  • Response of Buddhists to General Usage

  • Hōben in Sectarian Buddhism

  • Endnotes

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