The Lankavatara Sutra: an Epitomized Version

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Said to contain the words of the Buddha on the nature of ultimate wisdom, the Lankavatara was influential in the general doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism, in particular Zen. Translated by D.T Suzuki and edited by Dwight Goddard, this epitomized version was intended to make the sutra more widely accessible.;Foreword to the Provenance Edition; Foreword to the 1932 Edition; Preface by Dwight Goddard; Introduction; Glossary; Ch1 Discrimination; Ch2 False-Imagination and Knowledge of Appearances; Ch3 Right Knowledge or Knowledge of Relations; Ch4 Perfect Knowledge or Knowledge of Reality; Ch5 The Mind System; Ch6 Transcendental Intelligence; Ch 7 Self-Realisation; Ch8 The Attainment of Self-Realisation; Ch9 The Fruit of Self-Realistion; Ch10 DISCIPLESHIP: LINEAGE OF THE ARHATS; Ch11 BODHISATTVAHOOD AND ITS STAGES; Ch12 TATHAGATAHOOD WHICH IS NOBLE WISDOM; Ch13 Nirvana. Foreword to the Provenance Edition Foreword to the 1932 Edition Preface by Dwight Goddard Introduction Glossary Ch1 Discrimination Ch2 False-Imagination and Knowledge of Appearances Ch3 Right Knowledge or Knowledge of Relations Ch4 Perfect Knowledge or Knowledge of Reality Ch5 The Mind System Ch6 Transcendental Intelligence Ch 7 Self-Realisation Ch8 The Attainment of Self-Realisation Ch9 The Fruit of Self-Realistion Ch10 DISCIPLESHIP: LINEAGE OF THE ARHATS Ch11 BODHISATTVAHOOD AND ITS STAGES Ch12 TATHAGATAHOOD WHICH IS NOBLE WISDOM Ch13 Nirvana.