"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
Originally published in 1986. In this study of initiation in the Nikayas (Discourses of the Buddha), the author presents evidence which makes it clear that salvation in early Buddhism depended u…
Leopold is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not…
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…
The Mogao grottoes in northwestern China, located near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world's most significant sites of Buddhist art. In some five hundred caves…