The present book embodies selective in depth research papers of Dr. Krishna Murthy diversifying various aspects of the subject, written with wonted scholarship and sensitivity. Dr. Krishna Murthy h…
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…
The Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography is an endeavour of half a century to identify, classify, describe and delineate the bewildering variation in Buddhist icons.
v. 1. [without special title] -- v. 2. Amoghavikrāmin--Bzod.par.smra.ba.can -- v. 3. C︣ayan Acala--Dhūpā -- v. 4. Dhyāna-pāramitā--Gzuṅsḷas.byuṅ.baḥi lha.mo Norṛgyunṃa -- …
This modern translation of the Abhidhammattha Sangaha (Manual of Abhidhamma) offers an introduction to Buddhism's fundamental philosophical psychology. Originally written in the 11th or 12th centur…
V. 1. A-Ch --rnv. 2. Co-In --rnv. 3. In-Na --rnv. 4. Na-S --rnv. 5. T-Z, appendices.
The author of The Battle for God and other works on religion focuses her attention on the Buddha, retracing his life from prince to savior of humankind, in a philosophical portrait that offers an i…
Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional interpretation. He clarifies early…
Throughout the centuries, moral philosophers, both Eastern and Western, considered a permanent and eternal law a necessary requirement for the formulation of a moral principle. If such a law was n…
The Madhyamika or middle way, a school of Buddhist thought that originated in India in the second century, was a decisive influence on the subsequent development of Mahayana Buddhism. In a new appr…
The field of Buddhist studies is a truly international and interdisciplinary one. By its nature, the study of Buddhism must take into account phenomena that cross national and cultural boundaries, …
This is a major section analyses the meditational method of Buddhaghosa, showing the interaction between Upanishadic Yogic Jhanas mode of concentration, and Buddhist vipassana insight meditation.
1-4. Vinayapiṭak. Mahāvibhaṅg --rn5. Vinayapiṭak. Bhikkhunīvibhaṅg. --rn6-8. Vinayapiṭak. Mohāvagg --rn9-11. Vinayapiṭak. Cullavagg --rn12-13. Vinayapiṭak. Parivār --rn14-19. …