A collection of more than 100 short essays by Jayarava, a Western Buddhist. Reflections, commentary, and opinion on Buddhist texts, philology, ethics, psychology, and practice.
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Siddhaṃ writing on palm leaf from 11th century Nepal. A section of the Aṣṭasāhasrika Prajñāpārimtā SūtraIn my annotated translation of the Hundred Syllable mantra I tried to convey what the Sanskrit text of the mantra was and how it might...
Gāndhārī Alphabet in
the Kharoṣṭhī script
It was with some anticipation that I began to read Ronald Davidson's new review article in the Journal of Indian Philosophy on the meaning of dhāraṇī in Mahāyāna Buddhism - a subject in desperate...
In the Pāli texts his followers called him Bhagavan. Other people tended to call him Gotama or 'sāmaṇa' depending on whether they were being polite or impolite. Later is was established that his name was Siddhartha Gautama. In this essay I want to...
tadyathāI've been asked several times recently about the meaning and function of this word tadyathā - especially in the Heart Sūtra. I thought some brief comments on my Visiblemantra blog would suffice, but I found that the explanation got a bit...
taintless
true
beyond
subtle
very difficult to see
unenfeebled
certain
looked for
without attributes
free from the mental proliferation
peaceful
deathless
sublime
auspicious
a place of...
