This lavishly illustrated book investigates an outstanding eighteenth-century example of a samut khoi, a type of beautiful folding book found in Southeast Asia, which became particularly popular as…
volume one. The birth story of Temiya, or of the dumb cripple ; The (great) birth story of Janaka ; The birth story of golden Sāma ; The birth story of Nemi ; The birth story of Mahosadha, or of …
Meditative practice lies at the heart of the Buddhist tradition. This introductory anthology gives a representative sample of the various kinds of meditations described in the earliest body of Budd…