{"title":"Author - Nyanatusita, Bhikkhu","description":"\u003cp\u003eBhikkhu N. Nyanatusita (P.D.H. Prins) is a Buddhist monk ordained in Sri Lanka, where he studied Pali and Theravāda Buddhism. Since 2005 he has been the editor of the Buddhist Publication Society. He has authored a book on the \u003ci\u003eBhikkhupātimokkha\u003c\/i\u003e and has also written articles about Pāli texts and manuscripts, Chinese translations of Vinaya texts, and the Prātimokṣasūtra.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso by Bhikkhu Nyanatusita and Hellmuth Hecker, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Life-of-Nyanatiloka-Thera-The_p_2553.html\"\u003eThe Life of Nyanatiloka Thera\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"6700","title":"The Path to Freedom   Vimuttimagga (Pariyatti Edition)","description":"    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClick Google Preview button to look inside the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/previewlib.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9781681727165'); \u003c\/script\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e   \t   \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eVimuttimagga (\u003c\/i\u003ethe Path to Freedom) is a Therav da Buddhist manual on the path leading to nibb na, the ultimate freedom from all mental bondage, that is reached through the practice of virtue, concentration and wisdom. The emphasis of the manual is on concentration or meditation and it contains detailed explanations of all of the traditional Buddhist meditation topics. The manual was composed by the Buddhist monk Upatissa as a guide for those who wish to practise this path. Along with its successor, the  larger and more scholastic \u003ci\u003eVisuddhimagga\u003c\/i\u003e, it is the only known ancient Buddhist manual that is solely dedicated to the cultivation of the path and that gives such detailed, systematic and sometimes unique instructions. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe original Pāli text of the \u003ci\u003eVimuttimagga\u003c\/i\u003e, probably composed in Sri Lanka in the 3rd or 4th century CE, is lost and the treatise now only survives as a 6th century Chinese translation and partially in Tibetan translations. Besides the first complete English translation of the Chinese text of this important work, as well as a translation of the Tibetan quotations from it, this book also contains an extensive introduction discussing the contents, history and other aspects of the \u003ci\u003eVimuttimagga\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e  \t    \u003cp\u003e This BPS Pariyatti Edition is split into two volumes, available in paperback ($29.95 and $21.95) and hardcover ($39.95 and $36.95) at Amazon.com.\u003c\/p\u003e     ","brand":"Nyanatusita, Bhikkhu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101775138910,"sku":"AMZNKDP777165","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/AMZNKDP777165V1.jpg?v=1760549053"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/collections\/nyanatusita-bhikkhu.oembed","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}