Path of Freedom(Vimuttimagga) Author(s) : Soma Thera and Kheminda Thera and Ehara, N R M
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ISBN : 9552400546
EAN : 9789552400544
Cover : Paperback
Pages : 368
Size : 180 x 260mm
Publisher :
Buddhist Publication SocietyPublished : 1995
Description:The Vimuttimagga is a manual of meditation, evidently based on the experience of Buddhist monk in ancient times and compiled for the guidance of those intent on a contemplative life. The work is compiled in accordance with the classical Buddhist division of the path into the three stages of virtue, concentration, and wisdom, culminating in the goal of liberation. It is widely believed that the Vimuttimagga may have been the model used by Acariya Buddhaghosa to compose his magnum opus, the Visuddhimagga, several centuries later. The older work is marked by a leaner style and a more lively sense of urgency stemming from its primarily practical orientation.
The Vimuttimagga is generally ascribed to the Arahant Upatissa, a famous Buddhist monk of Sri Lanka who lived in the first century C.E. The original Pali text of the work no longer exists, but fortunately a Chinese translation of it, made in the sixth century, has survived. It is from that work that the present translation into English has been made.
Synopsis:Probably written in Pali in Sri Lanka during the first century AD, the Vimuttimagga survived only in Chinese translation, from which the present rendering has been made. Ascribed to the Arahant Upatissa, the work is a meditation manual similar to the Visuddhimagga, but less analytical and more practical in its treatment of meditation.
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