Wheel of Life: Source Texts

Wheel of Life: Religious Context

Source Texts:

84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha:

Toh 1442. Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya Vibhanga

Toh 210. The Rice Seedling. Śālistamba, ’phags pa sA lu’i ljang pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo).

Toh 211. Teaching the Fundamental Exposition and Detailed Analysis of Dependent Arising. Pratītyasamutpādādivibhaṅganirdeśa, rten cing ’brel bar ’byung ba dang po dang rnam par dbye ba bstan pa zhes bya ba’i mdo).

Toh 287. The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma (Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna, ’phags pa dam pa’i chos dran pa nye bar gzhag pa)

Toh 980. The Sūtra on Dependent Arising. Pratītyasamutpādasūtra, ’phags pa rten cing ’brel bar ’byung ba zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo).

Publications:

Book Review Video: Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples

Reinventing the Wheel. Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples. Stephen F. Teiser. University of Washington Press, Seattle & London. 2006.

Creating the Universe: Depictions of the Cosmos in Himalayan Buddhism. Eric Huntington. University of Washington Press, United States, 2019

King Udrayana and the Wheel of Life. Sermey Geshe Lobsang Tharchin. Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Press. New Jersey, 1984, 1989.

The Tibetan Wheel of Existence: An Introduction. Jacqueline Dunnington. Tibet House, New York: 2000.

The Wheel of Life: Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect. Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso and translated by Jeffrey Hopkins. Wisdom Publications, 2015.

Rebirth, The Tibetan Game of Liberation. Mark Tatz and Jody Kent. Rider & Company, London 1978. (See Rebith Game Page).

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