Vamsa is a dynamic genre of Buddhist history filled with otherworldly characters and the exploits of real-life heroes. These narratives collapse the temporal distance between Buddha and the reader,…
For those who seek to follow the early teachings of the Buddha in the earliest of the suttas and those who follow the modern commentary of John Peacock and Stephen Batchelor, it is only fitting to …
"This book demonstrates how popular ritual texts and story narratives have shaped the religious life and culture of the only surviving South Asian Mahayana Buddhist society, the Newars of Kathmandu…
Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy during the first millennium CE. He aims to offer the reader …
In this book the author considers data from both early and later schools of Buddhism in an attempt to provide an overall characterization of the structure of Buddhist ethics. Includes bibliogr…
Therigatha is a poetry anthology in the Pali language by and about the first Buddhist women. The poems they left behind are arguably among the most ancient examples of women's writing in the world …
The present book collects research papers by Bhikkhu Analayo related to Vinaya. Recurrent topics are the nature of Vinaya narrative and the overlap between discourse and Vinaya material, both of wh…
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159) "A Burmese Buddhist manuscript from the mid-nineteenth century is the catalyst for a study of the multifaceted Buddhist cosmos...[T]he author…
Sources of the Pāli commentaries. The 'Aṭṭakathā' as source-material of the Pāli commentaries : an inquiry into the date of their compilation -- The Mahā-aṭṭakathā-s : some obser…
Manuscripts and inscriptions, languages and letters --rnLanguage and writing in South-East Asia and in Sukhothai --rnPieces in the puzzle : Sanskrit literature in pre-modern Siam --rnThe place of S…
Numerous Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms flourished in Southeast Asia from the 5th to the 9th century, yet until recently few concrete details were known about them. 'Lost Kingdoms' reveals newly disco…
At head of title: China Tibetology Research Center. Austrian Academy of Sciences Includes bibliographical references : Beijing ; ISBN:9787802538795 ; XISBN:9787800578795 : Vienna ; XISBN:97837…
The diffusion of religious thought in Buddhist Asia has been marked by new modes of expression. Sometimes this has meant textual translation, as highlighted in chapters about Chinese and Japanese B…
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-106)
Wat Si Chum is unique among Sukhothai temples. Inside, lining the ceiling of a dark and narrow staircase leading to the open roof, are 86 inscribed stone reliefs depicting jatakas, the former lives…