The present book collects various research papers by Bhikkhu Analayo with translations of Madhyama-agama discourses and a comparative study of their Pali parallels, together with a brief discussion…
This book describes the Buddhism of India on the basis of the comparison of all the available original sources in various languages. It falls into three approximately equal parts. The first is a re…
When P.V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh launched India's "Look East" policy, it was only the first stage of the strategy to foster economic and security cooperation with the United States. But "…
“Life of the Buddha” (Buddhacarita) was composed by a Buddhist monk named Ashva·ghosha in the first or second century CE probably in the north-central Indian city of Ayódhya. This text is the…
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the di…
"In this long-awaited second edition, Susan Whitfield expands her trailblazing exploration of the Silk Road and broadens her rich and varied portrait of life along the great premodern trade routes …
Otto Bohtlingk was one of the greatest, it not the greatest Indologists of the nineteenth century. This was Bohtlingk's first publication which appeared in 1839-40 in two volumes. The present editi…
Jinendrabuddhi's Viśālāmalavatī Pramānạsamuccayatị̄kā. Chapter 1 / [edited] by Ernst Steinkellner, Helmut Krasser, Horst Lasic ; China Tibetology Research Center, Austrian Academy …
My review is based on an old out-of-print hardbound copy published 1975. I trust that the softbound edition offered here is essentially the same.rnAbout 2000 years ago, 500 years after the Buddha l…
"A clear and systematic introduction to the story of the Indian past from early pre-history up until the beginning of the second millennium, this survey provides a fascinating account of the early …
The works of the Buddha can feel vast, and it is sometimes difficult for even longtime students to know where to look, especially since the Buddha never explicitly defined the framework behind his …
Part I : An Introduction to The Huayen teachings in Mahayana Buddhism Part II : Huayen meditation methods
Just as Jesus was surrounded by twelve apostles, the Buddha also had a close group of followers. The remarkable spiritual achievements of these early disciples illustrate the relevance and power of…
The “Garland of the Buddha’s Past Lives” is a collection of thirty four stories depicting the miraculous deeds performed by the Buddha in his previous rebirths. Composed in the fourth century…
Inscriptions cover the area in and around the temple town, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, South India.rn