This book, analyzing the doctrine of Prajnaparamita or Transcendental Wisdom is based on Tibetan exegetical literature viz. Abhisamayalamkara of Maitreya or as runs its full title, the Abhisamayalamkara-nama-Prajnaparamita-updesa-sastra which is considered by the learned Tibetan tradition to be the most important as, a summary of the Prajnaparamita-sutras, and as the text containing the special theory of the marga or the Path to the attainment of Nirvana according to the Mahayanistic standpoint. Maitreya according to Tibetan tradition was one among those present when the Sakya delivered his discourses on Prajnaparamitta, later on compiled by Kashyap, consisting of 21 volumes. Obermiller has taken recourse to those Indian and TibetanCommentaries which are held in great esteem by the learned Tibetan tradition and are considered to contain the most clear, thorough and full analysis of the subjects contained in the Abhisamayalamkara.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Harcharan Singh Sobit
Born in 1937 at Dhamial, District Rawal Pindi, now in Pakistan. Migrated to Delhi in 1947 after partition. Pursued interdisciplinary studies in a regular way. Passed M.A. in Punjabi Language and Literature (1961); L.L.B. (1978); M.A. in Philosophy (1980); all from University of Delhi. Awarded Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Buddhist Studies by the University of Delhi in 1983. Teaching Panjabi Language and Literature for last four decades. Retired as Reader, Head, Department of Panjabi, Dyal Singh College (Evening) University of Delhi. Published doctoral thesis ‘Nibbana in Early Buddhism’ based on Pali Sources from 6th B.C. to 5th A.D., in the year 1985; Studies in Buddhism and Sikhism in 1986; Studies in Panjabi Fiction in 1987; Edited E. Obermiller 1. Nirvana in Tibetan Buddhism and 2.Prajnaparamita in Tibetan Buddhism and published in 1988 and working on Buddha and Nanak: In Comparative Light. Presented papers creditably in the 9th International Buddhist Conference, held in December 1983, at Bodhgaya, Bihar; First International Conference on Buddhism and National Cultures, held in October, 1984 in New Delhi; International Symposium on India and World Literature, held in New Delhi, in February 1985; International Symposium on Folklore in Slavonic Fino-Ugrian and Indian Literature held in New Delhi in 1989. Edited Foundation Course of Panjabi off Idira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, in 1989. Published The Sikh Psyche : A Study of Fictional Writings of Bhai Vir Singh in 1990, Theravada Buddhism, in 1993; My Buddhist Writings in 1994; Ths Sikh Gurus in 1996; Mirror of Buddhism in 1997 and The Sant Nirankaris in 2003.
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