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Four Illusions, Candrakirti's Advice for Travelers on the Bodhisattva Path
By: Candrakirti, Karen Lang, tr.

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Author: Candrakirti
Translator: Karen Lang
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0195151135 / 9780195151138
Publication Date: 2003

Product Code: 12319

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This book provides the first English translation of Candrakirti's commentary (ca. 6-7th century C.E.) on four illusions that prevent people from becoming Buddhas. Lang's translation captures the clarity of Candrakirti's arguments and the lively humor of the stories and examples he uses. Lang's introduction explores the range of Candrakirti's interests in religion, philosophy, psychology, politics, and erotic poetry.
Four Illusions, Candrakirti, Karen Lang, translator, OUP, Paperback, 256 pp., $30.00

Translation and Introduction by Karen C. Lang, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia

I. Introduction

1. Travelers on the Buddha's Path
2. Mortal Bodies
3. The Body in Pain
4. The Dangers of Corporeal Passion
5. The King as the Embodiment of Egotism

II. Translation

6. Rejecting the Illusion of Permanence
7. Rejecting the Illusion of Pleasure
8. Rejecting the Illusion of Purity
9. Rejecting the Illusion of Egotism

Bibliography
Index

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