One of the best loved and most hallowed and historic Buddhist shrines in Sri Lanka, the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihatraya is a unique treasure of epic Buddhist art of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twen…
Stories of previous emanations (jatakas) of Gautama Buddha
In this provocative study of a very early Buddhist text (the Atthakavagga) and two Theravada commentaries on it, Grace G. Burford highlights the significant differences between the Atthakavagga tea…
The Dhammapada: one of three new editions of the books in Eknath Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality series ''As irrigators guide water to their fields, as archers aim arrows, as carpenters …
Buddhist teachings like the eightfold path, the four noble truths, and karma pervade Buddhist literature—but how often do we read what the Buddha himself had to say about these topics? Here is an…
Classic Translation, with critical introduction. Pub. Originally in Rangoon, then reprinted in Bibliotheca INdo Tibeica Series 12, Central Inst of Higher Tibetan Studies. rep. 1984 689p.
Description:rnThe first four Nikaya-texts belonging to the Suttapitaka of the Pali Tipitaka which contains the sacred sayings of Gotama (Skt. Gautama) Buddha are of inextimable value since they pro…