Buddhist intellectual discourse owes its development to a dynamic interplay between primary source materials and subsequent interpretation, yet scholarship on Indian Buddhism has long neglected to privilege one crucial series of texts. Commentaries on Buddhist scriptures, particularly the sutras, offer rich insights into the complex relationship between Buddhist intellectual practices and the norms that inform—and are informed by—them. Evaluating these commentaries in detail for the first time, Richard F. Nance revisits—and rewrites&amp;mdashthe critical history of Buddhist thought, including its unique conception of doctrinal transmission. Attributed to such luminaries as Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Santideva, scriptural commentaries have long played an important role in the monastic and philosophical life of Indian Buddhism. Nance reads these texts against the social and cultural conditions of their making, establishing a solid historical basis for the interpretation of key beliefs and doctrines. He also underscores areas of contention, in which scholars debate what it means to speak for, and as, a Buddha. Throughout these texts, Buddhist commentators struggle to deduce and characterize the speech of Buddhas and teach others how to convey and interpret its meaning. At the same time, they demonstrate the fundamental dilemma of trying to speak on behalf of Buddhas. Nance also investigates the notion of "right speech" as articulated by Buddhist texts and follows ideas about teaching as imagined through the common figure of a Buddhist preacher. He notes the use of epistemological concepts in scriptural interpretation and the protocols guiding the composition of scriptural commentary, and provides translations of three commentarial guides to better clarify the normative assumptions organizing these works.

Speaking for Buddhas: Scriptural Commentary in Indian Buddhism

Politics & Social Sciences

Nance, Richard

Philosophy

Columbia University Press

Dragon Princess of Shambala is the long awaited finale of The Hidden World Chronicles. Elizabeth Jennings is actually the child who was mentioned in an ancient prophesy. Even at the age of four she knows she is different, but her abilities are held in check. One day she finds out why. She is not of this world and neither are her mother and father or her nanny for that matter. The whole family returns to their real world where Liz finds that she doesn't have to hide her abilities any longer. She is encouraged and finds that there is much to learn in this new world. After befriending a huge dragon by the name of Drake. She is sent along with that dragon on her first mission back to our world at the age of four. In the capital city of Lassa Tibet, the sight of a child riding on the back of a dragon not only fulfilled an ancient Chinese prophesy but began the legend of The Dragon Princess. This is only the exciting start of the many exciting adventures that are in store for this child of The Hidden World. The things she learned, the adventures she lived, both in her world and ours, was leading her to a destiny she could never have dreamed of. Before Liz's birth her mother and father found they were of this world much the way Liz had but only after Dr. Charles Jennings and Dr. Sarah Parker were fully grown. Both having PHD's in the field of ancient history and anthropology they had stumbled on secrets kept since the dawn of man. This was to throw them into the Hidden World where later they were later married. After coming back to our world to teach, Liz was born. It was an action at the university where they were teaching that put everyone's safety in question. Liz and her nanny, Jenny, were picked up in the middle of the night to be taken to safety in the Hidden World. Now that she was in this perfect world her life was to go into high gear. Her knowledge and abilities were to advance to unbelievable heights. She would not realize her true destiny until much later as the events in her life led her to the final conclusion. Because of Liz's father, she had placed her adventures into a journal that was to make it's way to our world. This was much the same way the first two books of this series came about. Journey of the Chosen, The Secrets of the Sword, and Dragon Princess of Shamballa, are all part of The Hidden World Chronicles. Enjoy the adventure but hold on to your seat, because you just may be in for the ride of your life.

Dragon Princess of Shambala: Book 3 of The Hidden World Chronicles

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

This adventure starts with a meeting on a deserted beach between a fatally ill child and a stranger. At the touch of the stranger, the child was changed into a perfectly healthy eleven-year-old boy. The boy was Gavin Graham. That touch from the stranger would change Gavin’s life forever. He would not meet the stranger again for thirty years. At that time the stranger, who was Dr. Charles Jennings, gave him an old journal that he asked to be transcribed from his handwriting. This journal told of a journey through the secret agencies and covert activities all over the nation and the world. It goes from Tibet, to the Pentagon, to CIA headquarters, to Area 51, and even to the Oval Office itself. It revealed the basis for the most guarded secrets of our nation and thrust five people on a journey of enlightenment, excitement, and spirituality that has never been heard of in the history of man. These five were to go to a hidden world written about only in ancient myths. These were no myths. They were real. The year that these five spent in this “Hidden World” changed them dramatically. After all, the fate of all mankind was in the balance.The journey culminates in an actual battle between good and evil. This battle takes place within this hidden world. Gavin’s next encounter with a beautiful new visitor from the hidden world left him with yet more adventures to write about. After all, being touched by a stranger had not only changed him, but also had made him a part of The Hidden World Chronicles.

The Hidden World Chronicles: Book 1 The Journey of the Chosen

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

After completing the transcription of the first journal by Dr. Charles Jennings, Gavin Graham waited patiently to hear from the hidden world once more. It was a complete surprise when the beautiful daughter of Charles and Sarah Parker showed up at a remote ski resort near Seattle. Liz Jennings was much more than Gavin could have imagined as he soon found out as a mercenary force tried to kill them both. Now Liz rushes Gavin to that Hidden World he has only heard about to meet his hero, and record the second journal of Charles Jennings He was now a part of the hidden world and find out much more about his hero. Dr. Jennings, or Aaron as he was known in the hidden world, had already saved the Earth once but he had an even greater destiny to fulfill. What destiny could possibly be greater than saving all of mankind on the Earth? To find out Charles Jennings with the help of his wife, Sarah, and daughter, Liz, would have to unravel the hidden secrets of the sword. What would they find? Only time would tell. Go with Gavin to the Hidden World and be with Charles, as the destiny of God and man is made very real. With more awareness than her father, Liz would help Charles Jennings discover that destiny. What secrets lay in store for them? Walk in their path, feel what they felt, and become a part of The Hidden World Chronicles.

The Hidden World Chronicles: Book 2: Secrets of the Sword

Richard Nance, with the help of Rhonda Roth, has created a whole new genre of fiction. This unique work, The Hidden World Chronicles Book 1: Journey of the Chosen, takes you on a breathtaking ride through all the secret and covert centers of our world. When Dr. Charles Jennings and his coworker cum bride Sarah Parker uncover a strange discovery in an obscure temple in Tibet, they are instantly whisked away to a government facility where they are sure they will be tossed in prison. What they find is an operation kept secret for centuries. These secrets eventually lead Dr. Charles Jennings and Dr. Sarah Parker, along with three others, to a hidden world that some believed to only exists in myth or spiritual realms. These adventures were made known in a journal left in the faithful hands of a man named Gavin Graham, who has been chosen by Charles to carry on a mysterious legacy begun years ago. Gavin was inexorably draw in to the complications of an epic battle between good and evil simply by touching the hand of Dr. Charles when he was a child. With a dazzling incorporation of numerous genres and a challenging mystery to be solved, don't be surprised if at the end of this book you will ask yourself what your part will be in the saga of The Hidden World Chronicles. Richard Nance has had an eclectic assortment of careers since leaving his alma mater, North Carolina State University School of Electrical Engineering, including everything from a stint in the Navy, to a teacher to an electrician. All these careers gave him the means and the experience to pursue a real passion for writing, which he has realized in this novel, which he wrote with his daughter, Rhonda Roth.

Journey of the Chosen (The Hidden World Chronicles)

Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc