Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha's defining action (karma) as intention. This book explores systematically how intention and agency were interpreted in all genres of early Theravada …
La pureté par les mots», ou Saddavimala, nous enseigne que la délivrance de l'adepte passé par la connaissance des syllabes du pali. La première partie du texte résume le processus mystique q…
Text of anonymous 19th-century dialog treatise reflecting method of Theravada Buddhist meditation (samādhi) inspired to greater or lesser extent by island of Ceylon and purportedly advocated by a…
This diary describes the adventures and observations of a French woman during a trip up the Mekong to Luang Prabang and back through Siam. At the end of 1909 the territorial situation in Indochina …
Travels in Laos and among the Tribes of Southeast Indochina is the sixth part of The Pavie Mission Indochina Papers (1879-1895). It provides an overview of exploration work done in parts of Central…
This is a report of the most famous expedition in Indochina, i.e., the exploration of the Mekong as a trade route and as a route to build political influence in Indochina. This French official miss…