This book - comprising scholarly essays by Richard Gombrich, Ananda Guruge, Romila Thaper, N.A. Jayawickrama, John Strong, and the editor -seeks to define the relationship to Buddhism of the great …
The sequel to the widely read Zen Brain continues James Austin's explorations into the key relationships between Zen Buddhism and brain research. Examines the evolving psychological and physiologic…
The earliest records we have today of what the Buddha said were written down several centuries after his death, and the body of teachings attributed to him continued to evolve in India for centurie…
The most influential work on Buddhism to be published in the nineteenth century, Introduction à l’histoire du Buddhisme indien, by the great French scholar of Sanskrit Eugène Burnouf, set the c…
Born in A.D. 1575, Lama Taranatha wrote this book in 1608. V. Vasil'ev of St. Petersburg translated it from Tibetan into Russian in April 1869 followed by the German translation of the text by Schi…
From the Inside FlaprnThis volume provides a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and its subsequent establishment in Tibet. It concentrates on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice…
Buddhism is a religion of universal peace and concord. The present book fulfils its aim by placin emphasis on the facts in relation to this aspect of the creed.The book is divided into five section…
A detailed authentic record of Buddhism as depicted in the inscriptions of ancient India. In this scholarly work the author discusses the significance of the inscriptions and shows how they, as pri…
While Tamil-speaking South India is celebrated for its preservation of Hindu tradition, other religious communities have played a significant role in shaping the region's religious history. Among t…