- The Perfection of Wisdom in First Bloom
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Acknowledgments and Dedication
- Introduction
- On Chapter 1
- The Bodhisattva Path
- The Stage of Evolution Evident in the Perfection of Wisdom
- Connotations of the Term “Bodhisattva”
- The Bodhisattva Ideal in Later Pāli Texts
- Śāriputra and Subhūti
- Śāriputra
- Subhūti
- The Rhetoric of Emptiness
- A Hermeneutic of Self-Contradiction?
- Emptiness of Persons or of All Phenomena?
- The Basic Procedure of the Rhetoric of Emptiness
- The Nature of a Sentient Being
- Insight into the Five Aggregates
- Fear and Samādhi
- Summary
- On Chapter 2
- On Chapters 3 and 4
- On Chapters 5 and 6
- On Chapters 7 to 9
- On Chapters 10 to 15
- On Chapters 16 to 20
- On Chapters 21 to 25
- On Chapters 26 to 30
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- References
- Image Credits
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
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The Perfection of Wisdom in First Bloom
Relating Early Relating Early Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā to Āgama Literature
