{"product_id":"the-path-to-freedom-vimuttimagga-volume-1-paperback","title":"The Path to Freedom: Vimuttimagga - Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBhikkhu Nyanatusita\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eUpatissa Thera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eVimuttimagga \u003c\/i\u003e(Volume 1 of two volumes), the \"Path to Freedom\" is a Theravāda Buddhist manual on the path leading to nibbāna, 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\u003cbr\u003eof the \u003ci\u003eVimuttimagga\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e________________________\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBhikkhu N. Nyanatusita \u003c\/b\u003e(P.D.H. Prins) is a Buddhist monk ordained in Sri Lanka, where he studied Pali and Theravāda Buddhism. Since 2005 he hasbeen the editor of the Buddhist Publication Society. He has authored a book on the \u003ci\u003eBhikkhupātimokkha \u003c\/i\u003eand has also written articles about Pāli texts and manuscripts, Chinese translations of Vinaya texts, and the Prātimokṣasūtra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 546\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44289580204134,"sku":"9781681727165","price":49.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/iSmK9IZmE59781681727165.webp?v=1766771126","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-path-to-freedom-vimuttimagga-volume-1-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}