{"product_id":"suramgamasamadhisutra-etienne-lamotte-9780824833534","title":"Suramgamasamadhisutra: The Concentration of Heroic Progress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This English rendering has been done by Ms. Boin-Webb with the same deftness, accuracy, and attention to detail seen in her translations of Lamotte's L'Enseignement de Vimalakirti and his Histoire du bouddhisme indien, des origines à l'ére Saka. . . . In French this book was a gem of thoroughgoing and wholly admirable scholarship. It is no less so in its English setting.\" --Journal of the American Oriental Society \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Suramgamasamadhisutra is an early Mahayana Buddhist scripture. Within a narrative framework provided by a dialogue between the Buddha and the bodhisattva Drdhamati, it airs central issues of Mahayana Buddhism by means of philosophical discussion, edifying anecdote, marvelous feat, and drama. At its core is a description of the seeming conversion of Mara, the embodiment of all malign tendencies that obstruct advancement, and the prediction that he too will become a Buddha. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSamadhi (concentration) is understood to denote the altered mental states attainable through Buddhist meditation techniques, in particular that in which discursive thought is allayed and the mind is calm and capable of sustained awareness of a single object. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe present volume comprises the first full English translation of Kumarajiva's Chinese translation of the Suramgamasamadhisutra, with an extensive explanatory introduction and annotations. Etienne Lamotte's French version appeared in 1965 and now Sara Boin-Webb's English rendering of this work gives the English-speaking world access both to an important Buddhist scripture and a classic work of Buddhist studies scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Etienne Lamotte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824833538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824833534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 23","brand":"Etienne Lamotte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46233270026495,"sku":"9780824833534","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43dcf470-9a16-4c0b-90cf-c1dc8cdf4f34.jpg?v=1728992547","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/suramgamasamadhisutra-etienne-lamotte-9780824833534","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}