別訳【維摩経】英語版 "Vimala! 〜The Power of Inconceivable Liberation"

• え-09〜10 (小説|エンタメ・大衆小説)
• べつやく ゆいまきょう えいごばん ヴぃまら
• 文野 潤也
• 書籍|A5
• 113ページ
• 1,300円
• https://bunchin.com/en/kosets…
• 2025/5/11(日)発行

• 『別訳 維摩経』を英語でも。
  好雪文庫の「読み物として楽しむ維摩経」を、現代英語で再構成。
  海外の読者へ向けた好雪文庫の英語版第一弾です。

  Can a Buddhist sutra really have a hero this outrageous?

  Vimala is a wealthy layman in ancient India—not a monk, not a priest, not even a bodhisattva.

  And yet, when it comes to wisdom, even the Buddha's greatest disciples would rather not argue with him.

  Then one day, Vimala announces:

  “I'm sick.”

  And that's where things get strange.

  The Buddha's disciples make excuses to avoid visiting him.
  Vimala challenges them with razor-sharp philosophical arguments.
  Thirty-two thousand enormous thrones suddenly appear in a tiny room.
  Buddhas and bodhisattvas arrive from other worlds.

  There is philosophy here, certainly.

  But there is also humor, spectacle, cosmic weirdness—and one unforgettable protagonist.

  Behind all the madness lie some surprisingly deep questions:

  What is the self?
  What is reality?
  What does it actually mean to be free?

  Vimala! is a highly readable English adaptation of the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra, one of Mahayana Buddhism's great classics.

  Rather than preserving every technical term and formal expression, this version brings the dialogue into lively contemporary English, with one goal above all:

  to let the story be a story.

  No previous knowledge of Buddhism required.

  Come for the outrageous old man who argues with bodhisattvas.
  Stay for the questions that may follow you home.

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  (Regular Amazon price: US$9.99)

  ◆ CONTENTS

  1. VIMALA FAKES AN ILLNESS
  2. THE DISCIPLES BACK AWAY
  3. BODHISATTVAS ALSO HESITATE
  4. MANJUŚRĪ ON THE MOVE!
  5. MIRACLE POWERS!
  6. HUMANS—WHAT’S THE DEAL?
  7. THE WAY OF THE BUDDHA
  8. THE ABSOLUTE REALM
  9. A SUPERB LUNCH
  10. GO, GO, BODHISATTVAS!
  11. HAVE YOU SEEN THE PURE LAND?
  12. PROTECTING THE DHARMA
  13. THE GRAND FINALE
  14. [BONUS CHAPTER] ONE DAY, IN A BUDDHA REALM