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The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition / The Collected Teachings of the Tendai Lotus School

Translated by Leo M. Pruden and Paul L. Swanson
BDK America

This Volume is a collection of two titles.

The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition is a detailed account of the history and teaching of the Japanese Risshu school organized in a series of questions and answers on the precepts of morality, meditation, and wisdom.

The Collected Teachings of the Tendai Lotus School introduces the doctrine and practice of this Buddhist school in the form of a catechism. It is divided into two sections, one on doctrine, and one on practice. The section on doctrine contains a discussion of the Four Teachings, the Five Flavors, the One Vehicle, the Ten Suchlikes, Twelvefold Conditioned Co-arising, and the Two Truths. The section on practice discusses the Four Samadhis and the Three Categories of Delusions.

Paul L. Swanson (Translator)

Paul L. Swanson is director and permanent fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nanzan University.

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