Re: NEW BOOK> Āryadeva's Lamp that Integrates th e Practices (Wedemeyer)

Sat Apr 5 01:40:31 UTC 2008

Congratulations Christian!

This is a work that I have long wished to read in translation

John

On Apr 4, 2008, at 4:22 PM, Christian K. Wedemeyer wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> I am delighted to announce the publication of:
>
> Āryadeva's Lamp that Integrates the Practices: The Gradual Path of  
> Vajrayāna Buddhism according to the Esoteric Community Noble  
> Tradition
> Edited and translated with an introduction by Christian K. Wedemeyer
> New York: AIBS/CBS/THUS (Columbia University Press), 2007
> Hardcover - xxx+826pp.
> ISBN: 978-0-9753734-5-3
>
> (I'm not sure of the official price: Columbia Press offers it for  
> $55 on their site, I think AIBS lists it for $62, Amazon.com is  
> currently offering it for $36, marked down from $49. Quite a good  
> deal for an 800+pp. hardcover...)
>
> http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-9753734-5-3/aryadevas-lamp-that- 
> integrates-the-practices-caryamelapakapradipa
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Aryadevas-Lamp-Integrates-Practices- 
> Caryamelapakapradipa/dp/0975373455/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1? 
> ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207338689&sr=8-1
>
> Summary
>
> The /Lamp that Integrates the Practices/ is a systematic and  
> comprehensive exposition of the most advanced yogas of the Esoteric  
> Community (Guhyasamaja) Tantra as espoused by the Noble Tradition,  
> an influential school of interpretation within the Mahayoga  
> traditions of Indian Buddhist esoterism. Equal in authority to  
> Nagarjuna’s famous /Five Stages/ (Pañcakrama), Aryadeva’s work  
> is perhaps the earliest prose example of the “stages of the mantra  
> path” genre in Sanskrit. Its studied gradualism exerted immense  
> influence on later Indian and Tibetan tradition, and it is widely  
> cited by masters from all four major lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.
>
> This volume presents the /Lamp/ in a tri-lingual format: its  
> Sanskrit original critically-edited from recently-identified  
> manuscripts, a critical edition of the eleventh-century Tibetan  
> translation by Rin-chen Bzang-po (including notes on readings found  
> in “lost,” alternative translations), and a thoroughly-annotated  
> English translation.
>
> Includes an introductory study discussing the history of the  
> Guhyasamaja and its exegetical traditions, surveying the scriptural  
> and commentarial sources of the Noble Tradition, and analyzing in  
> detail the contents of the Lamp. Features a detailed, tri-lingual  
> glossary.
>
> Christian K. Wedemeyer is Assistant Professor of the History of  
> Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School
>
> Table Of Contents
>
> Series Editor’s Preface
> Author’s Preface
> Abbreviations and Sigla
>
> Part One: Introduction
>
> Prologue
>
> History of the Noble Tradition
>    Through the Glass of Modern Scholarship, Darkly
>    Traditional History: Treasures and Visions
>    Concluding Reflections
>
> Canon of the Noble Tradition: Scriptural Authorities and  
> Commentarial Literature
>    Root and Explanatory Tantras
>    Commentarial Literature
>    The Works of Nāgārjuna
>    The Works of Āryadeva
>    The Works of Nāgabodhi, Śākyamitra, and Candrakīrti
>
> The Lamp that Integrates the Practices and its Subject Matter
>    Nature and Purpose of the Work
>    Structure of the Work
>    Analytical Summaries of Individual Chapters
>
> Note on the Texts
>
> Part Two: Annotated English Translation
>
> Chapter I: Elimination of Doubts {[about] the Integration of  
> Enlightenment}
> Chapter II: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Body  
> Isolation
> Chapter III: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of  
> Speech Isolation
> Chapter IV: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of Mind  
> Isolation
> Chapter V: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of the  
> Discernment of the Consequences of Action (karma)
> Chapter VI: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of  
> Superficial Reality
> Chapter VII: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of  
> Ultimate Reality
> Chapter VIII: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of  
> Unlocated Nirvāṇa
> Chapter IX: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of  
> Practice With Elaboration
> Chapter X: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of  
> Practice Without Elaboration
> Chapter XI: Elimination of Doubts [about] the Integration of  
> Practice Completely Without Elaboration
>  Part Three: Critically-edited Sanskrit Text
>
> Chapter I: prabodhana-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter II: kāya-viveka-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter III: vāg-viveka-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter IV: citta-viveka-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter V: karmānta-vibhāga-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter VI: saṃvṛti-satya-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter VII: paramārtha-satya-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter VIII: apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa-dhātu-melāvana- 
> saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter IX: bodhisattva-carita-dharmodayābhisaṃbodhi-prapañcatā- 
> melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter X: niṣprapañca-caryā-melāvana-saṃśaya-paricchedaḥ
> Chapter XI: atyanta-niṣprapañca-caryā-melāvana-saṃśaya- 
> paricchedaḥ
>
> Part Four: Critically-edited Tibetan Translation of  
> Śraddhākaravarman and Rin-chen bZang-po
>
> Chapter I: spyod pa bsdus pa las the tshom yongs su gcod pa
> Chapter II: lus rnam par dben pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
> Chapter III: ngag rnam par dben pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
> Chapter IV: sems rnam par dben pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
> Chapter V: las kyi mtha’ rnam par ’byed pa bsdus pa’i the  
> tshom gcod pa
> Chapter VI: kun rdzob kyi bden pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
> Chapter VII: don dam pa’i bden pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
> Chapter VIII: mi gnas pa’i mya ngan las ’das pa’i khams bsdus  
> pa’i the tshom gcod pa
> Chapter IX: byang chub sems dpa’ sems dpa’ chen po’i spyod pa  
> chos ’byung ba’i mngon par byang chub pa’i spros pa
>            dang bcas pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
> Chapter X: spros pa med pa’i spyod pa bsdus pa’i the tshom gcod pa
> Chapter XI: shin tu spros pa med pa’i spyod pa bsdus pa’i the  
> tshom gcod pa
>
> Appendices, Bibliography, Index
>
> Appendix I: Glossary
>    English– Sanskrit–Tibetan
>    Sanskrit–Tibetan–English
>    Tibetan–Sanskrit–English
> Appendix II: Index of Scriptural Authorities Cited in the CMP
> Appendix III: Chart of the Hundred Clans
> Appendix IV: Chart of the Eighty Prototypes of the Subtle Mind
> Appendix V: Schema of Questions Posed in the CMP
> Bibliography
> Indexes
>    Index of Text Titles
>    Index of Sanskrit and Tibetan Proper Names
>    General Index
>
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