Rédigé dans la langue même du Bouddha, «Le Chemin de la Pureté » constitue le noyau central des commentaires sans lesquels on ne peut comprendre les textes primitifs ni l'enseignement originel du bouddhisme. Ce texte n'est pas un exposé philosophique, mais une description pragmatique et complète des exercices qui permettent au pratiquant persévérant d'atteindre le but ultime. Il ne s'appuie pas sur des croyances, mais prône au contraire l'expérimentation directe dans la vie quotidienne com...

The Visuddhimagga (Pali; English: The Path of Purification), is the 'great treatise' on Theravada Buddhist doctrine written by Buddhaghosa approximately in the 5th Century in Sri Lanka. It is a manual condensing and systematizing the 5th century understanding and interpretation of the Buddhist path as maintained by the elders of the Mahavihara Monastery in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

‘Visuddhimagga’ or ‘The Path of Purity’, is among the most important scholarly works of Theravada Buddhism and, indeed, of the whole Buddhist tradition. It contains a survey of the main teachings of the historical Buddha, while also preserving some of the earliest commentaries on the Pali Canon.Written by the scholar monk Buddhaghosa in the 5th century CE, it is divided into three distinct sections, Part 1: Of Virtue, Part 2: Of Concentration, Part 3: Of Understanding. The author’s...

"Travel only with thy equals or thy betters if there are none, travel alone.""All that we are is made up of our thoughts; it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness will surely follow him, like a shadow which never leaves." THE DHARMAPADAThe Dharmapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form. It is one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the work is in th...

"Travel only with thy equals or thy betters if there are none, travel alone.""All that we are is made up of our thoughts; it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness will surely follow him, like a shadow which never leaves." THE DHARMAPADAThe Dharmapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form. It is one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of t...

An engaging new translation of a timeless fifth-century Buddhist meditation guide that teaches practices for becoming happier and freer by learning how to love everyoneSages and religious teachers the world over have taught us to love one another, extending our love and kindness beyond our immediate family and friends to strangers and even enemies. But such lofty aspirations can seem unrealistic and even perverse given how difficult and annoying other people can be...

El «Mahāparinibbānasutta» o «Gran Sutta de la Completa Extinción» es el testimonio literario más antiguo sobre la muerte del Buddha. Ocupa un lugar destacado en las letras indias por ser la narración en prosa más antigua entre las conservadas. A diferencia de otras obras principales de la literatura buddhista primigenia, no se vertebra sobre un diálogo filosófico, tampoco sobre un discurso del Buddha, sino que más bien se parece a un cuaderno de bitácora. La obra relata los últimos meses d...

An engaging new translation of a timeless fifth-century Buddhist meditation guide that teaches practices for becoming happier and freer by learning how to love everyoneSages and religious teachers the world over have taught us to love one another, extending our love and kindness beyond our immediate family and friends to strangers and even enemies. But such lofty aspirations can seem unrealistic and even perverse given how difficult and annoying other people can be...

"Travel only with thy equals or thy betters if there are none, travel alone.""All that we are is made up of our thoughts; it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness will surely follow him, like a shadow which never leaves." (The Dharmapada)The Dharmapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form. It is one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of...

What would a Buddhist theory of texts look like through the lens of the 5th-century thinker Buddhaghosa? In Voice of the Buddha, Maria Heim reads from the principal commentator, editor, and translator of the Theravada intellectual tradition, yielding fresh insight into all three collections of the early Pali texts: Vinaya, the Suttas, and the Abhidhamma. Buddhaghosa considered the Buddha to be omniscient, the Buddha's words to be "oceanic." Every word, passage, book--indeed the co...