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The Way of the Bodhisattva (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.27 — 7,908 ratings — published 700
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,635 ratings — published 1970
The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.12 — 535 ratings — published 100
The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.39 — 169 ratings — published 1993
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.21 — 50,017 ratings — published 1970
The Heart Sutra (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,926 ratings — published 2001
Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices)
by (shelved 5 times as mahayana)
avg rating 3.97 — 193 ratings — published 1989
Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with Commentary by Ju Mipham (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.51 — 102 ratings — published 1912
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,067 ratings — published 857
The Lotus Sutra (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,788 ratings — published 150
Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.52 — 21 ratings — published 1974
Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.26 — 50 ratings — published 1988
The Surangama Sutra: A New Translation with Excerpts from the Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.47 — 36 ratings — published 2012
The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.30 — 261 ratings — published 2012
Aryadeva's Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way: With Commentary by Gyel-Tsap (Textual Studies and Translations in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism)
by (shelved 3 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.50 — 42 ratings — published 2008
The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 3.96 — 85 ratings — published 1964
Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith (Oxford Chinese Thought)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.24 — 13,717 ratings — published 1994
Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-kha-pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.37 — 135 ratings — published 2008
Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.55 — 83 ratings — published 2000
The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech: A Detailed Commentary on Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.71 — 91 ratings — published 2007
The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.17 — 205 ratings — published
The Vimalakirti Sutra: A Bilingual Volume with Cross References between English and Chinese - Translated from the Chinese of Master Kumarajiva (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.82 — 17 ratings — published
The Threefold Lotus Sutra: A Modern Translation for Contemporary Readers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.50 — 50 ratings — published
A Treasury of Mahāyāna Sūtras: Selections from the Mahāratnakūta Sūtra (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 1983
Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.56 — 282 ratings — published 1986
Wake Up to What Matters: A Guide to Tibetan Buddhism for the Next Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 3.78 — 58 ratings — published
The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.29 — 17 ratings — published
Entry Into the Inconceivable: An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.21 — 42 ratings — published 1983
The Dispeller of Disputes: Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.39 — 57 ratings — published 250
The Surangama (Shurangama) Sutra - A New Translation with Excerpts from the Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.52 — 40 ratings — published 2009
The Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.40 — 272 ratings — published 1987
The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.28 — 283 ratings — published 1120
Nagarjuna's Letter To A Friend: With Commentary By Kangyur Rinpoche (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.35 — 156 ratings — published 100
Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,025 ratings — published 1830
What Makes You Not a Buddhist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,606 ratings — published 2006
The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.42 — 3,343 ratings — published 1987
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,942 ratings — published 1986
The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 3.96 — 939 ratings — published 2013
The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.22 — 54 ratings — published 1973
The Heart of Compassion: The Thirty-seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.64 — 337 ratings — published 2007
Hsin Hsin Ming (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.70 — 425 ratings — published 1973
The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-Neng (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,475 ratings — published 1969
The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-Fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.53 — 356 ratings — published 1100
From the Heart Essence of Longchenpa, the Chöd Practice: The Bellowing Laugh of the Dakini (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Ocean of Reasoning: A Great Commentary on Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.59 — 41 ratings — published 2006
Nothing Special: A Zen Buddhist Guide to Awakening Through Daily Life's Feelings, Relationships, and Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,358 ratings — published 1993
No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,510 ratings — published 2005
Marvelous Stories from the Perfection of Wisdom: 130 Didactic Stories from Arya Nagarjuna's Exegesis on the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (English and Chinese Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.89 — 9 ratings — published 2009
The Sun of Wisdom: Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mahayana)
avg rating 4.30 — 81 ratings — published 2003
“We live our lives based on the assumption that we directly perceive, and are accurately interpreting, objects with a fair amount of accuracy. Since we naturally assume that we are apprehending objects of cognition as best as possible, it does not occur to us that we are purposely twisting the object before our eyes to fit our own convenience.”
― Living Yogācāra: An Introduction to Consciousness-Only Buddhism
― Living Yogācāra: An Introduction to Consciousness-Only Buddhism
“The way to develop the altruistic intention
a. Seven points of cause and effect
1. Equanimity between fnend, enemy and stranger is the preliminary.
2. Seven points: recognizing sentient beings as your mother, remembening their kindness, wishing to repay it, heart-warming love, compassion, great determination, altruistic intention
b. Equalizing and exchanging self and others: equalizing self and others, disadvantages of selfishness, advantages of cherishing others, exchanging self and others, taking others’ suffering and giving them your happiness and its causes
c. Combining the above two methods into one”
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a. Seven points of cause and effect
1. Equanimity between fnend, enemy and stranger is the preliminary.
2. Seven points: recognizing sentient beings as your mother, remembening their kindness, wishing to repay it, heart-warming love, compassion, great determination, altruistic intention
b. Equalizing and exchanging self and others: equalizing self and others, disadvantages of selfishness, advantages of cherishing others, exchanging self and others, taking others’ suffering and giving them your happiness and its causes
c. Combining the above two methods into one”
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