Wednesday, November 30, 2011

SAUNDARANANDA Colophon: Great New Beginnings?

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saundaranande mahā-kāvya ājñā-vyākaraṇa nāmaṣṭādaśaḥ sargaḥ/ ārya-suvarṇākṣī-putrasya sāketakasya bhikṣor ācārya-bhadant'-āśvaghoṣasya...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

SAUNDARANANDA 18.64: Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold

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prāyeṇālokya lokaṃ viṣaya-rati-paraṃ mokṣāt pratihataṃ kāvya-vyājena tattvaṃ kathitam-iha mayā mokṣaḥ param-iti / tad-buddhvā śāmikaṃ yat-...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

SAUNDARANANDA 18.63: A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down

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ity-eṣā vyupaśāntaye na rataye mokṣārtha-garbhā kṛtiḥ śrotṛṛṇāṃ grahaṇārtham-anya-manasāṃ kāvyopacārāt kṛtā / yan-mokṣāt kṛtam-anyad-atra...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

SAUNDARANANDA 18.62: Nanda Uses His Head Nicely

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bhikṣārthaṃ samaye viveśa sa puraṃ dṛṣṭīr-janasyākṣipan lābhālābha-sukhāsukhādiṣu samaḥ svasthendriyo niḥspṛhaḥ / nirmokṣāya cakāra tatra ...
Saturday, November 26, 2011

SAUNDARANANDA 18.61: What the Buddha Taught

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ity-arhataḥ parama-kāruṇikasya śāstur- mūrdhnā vacaś-ca caraṇau ca samaṃ gṛhītvā / svasthaḥ praśānta-hṛdayo vinivṛtta-kāryaḥ pārśvān-mun...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

SAUNDARANANDA 18.60: What the Buddha Foresaw -- a Woman Walking the Walking of Dispassion

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tvayi parama-dhṛtau niviṣṭa-tattve bhavana-gatā na hi raṃsyate dhruvaṃ sā / manasi śama-damātmake vivikte matir-iva kāma-sukhaiḥ parīkṣak...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

SAUNDARANANDA 18.59: More Talk of Dispassion, By a Woman for Women

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dhruvaṃ hi saṃśrutya tava sthiraṃ mano nivṛtta-nānā-viṣayair-mano-rathaiḥ / vadhūr-gṛhe sāpi tavānukurvatī kariṣyate strīṣu virāgiṇīḥ kat...
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