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David Franklin Sparks

The Reading of Vimalakirti

A Buddhist Classic in Contemporary Queer Vernacular

David Franklin Sparks

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English
Dfrae Media Co.
31 January 2025
Buddhist sacred texts
Series: Queer Dharma Library
A mansion in the city of Vaishali where a crowd is gathering-monks, merchants, courtesans, princes-all drawn to a sickroom where our protagonist holds court. Like all great teaching stories, the tale of Vimalakirti uses theatrical elements and magical moments to deliver profound truths about transformation and awakening.

In this sacred drama, Vimalakirti wasn't your typical spiritual teacher. The story follows him moving through every realm of society-courts, markets, pleasure quarters, temples-wearing each role like a costume while teaching liberation. When monks preached about renouncing the world, he showed up in designer robes to teach about emptiness. When ascetics bragged about their strict practices, he hosted legendary feasts that turned into dharma teachings. And when anyone got too full of their own spiritual accomplishments, Vimalakirti was there with a reality check served with enough style to make RuPaul take notes.

But this wasn't just spiritual theater. Through Vimalakirti's character, the sutra embodies a profound truth about liberation-that everything, absolutely everything, can be transformed into the path of awakening. His legendary ""illness"" wasn't just some divine performance art. It was a teaching about how we all experience the fundamental sickness of cyclic existence, and more importantly, how we can transform that very suffering into the path to freedom.
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Imprint:   Dfrae Media Co.
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   109g
ISBN:   9798896861430
Series:   Queer Dharma Library
Pages:   116
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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