How Long to Read Buddhahood Embodied

How Long Does it Take to Read Buddhahood Embodied?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 52 minutes to read Buddhahood Embodied by John J. Makransky

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

To enter the Mahayana Buddhist path to enlightenment is to seek both to become free from our dualistic, deluded world and to remain actively engaged in that world until all others are free. How are these two apparently contradictory qualities to be embodied in the attainment of buddhahood (dharmakaya)? How can one's present practice accomplish that? These questions underlie a millennium-old controversy over buddhahood in India and Tibet that centers around a cherished text, the Abhisamayalamkara. Makransky shows how the Abhisamayalamkara's composite redaction, from Abhidharma, Prajnaparamita, and Yogacara traditions, permitted its interpreters to perceive different aspects of those traditions as central in its teaching of buddhahood. This enabled Indians and Tibetans to read very different perspectives on enlightenment into the Abhisamayalamkara, through which they responded to the questions in startlingly different ways. The author shows how these perspectives provide alternative ways to resolve a logical tension at the heart of Mahayana thought, inscribed in the doctrine that buddhahood paradoxically transcends and engages our world simultaneously. Revealing this tension as the basis of the Abhisamayalamkara controversy, Makransky shows its connection to many other Indo-Tibetan controversies revolving around the same tension: disagreements over buddhahood's knowledge, embodiment, and accessibility to beings (in Buddha nature and through the path). Tracing the source of tension to early Mahayana practice intuitions about enlightenment, the author argues that different perspectives in these controversies express different ways of prioritizing those practice intuitions.

How long is Buddhahood Embodied?

Buddhahood Embodied by John J. Makransky is 524 pages long, and a total of 133,096 words.

This makes it 177% the length of the average book. It also has 163% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Buddhahood Embodied Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 7 minutes to read Buddhahood Embodied aloud.

What Reading Level is Buddhahood Embodied?

Buddhahood Embodied is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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