Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. 279-284).rnIntroduction to volume 1 in English; texts in Chinese, English, Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan.rnACQN: bc129603, 93004524 Norli
The weird and whimsical short stories in Strange Tales from Liaozhai show their author, Pu Songling (1640-1715), to be both an explorer of the macabre, like Edgar Allan Poe, and a moralist, like Ae…
"Original Pali text from Viggo Fausboll's Dhammapadam (ex tribus codicibus Hauniensibus). Matthew Meghaprasara's The American Dhammapada: a twenty-first century translation of the Buddha's Dhammapa…
Popular Buddhist scriptures concerning the previous lives of the Buddha.
Einleitung --rnForschungsgeschichte und Vorarbeiten --rnDer Aufbau des Kataloges --rnDie Handschriften --rnSeitenzählung und Anordnung der Faszikel --rnÜbersicht über die Buchstabenkombinatio…
"This book identifies what is meant by sati (smrti), usually translated as "mindfulness," in early Buddhism, and examines its soteriological functions and its central role in the early Buddhist pra…
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are imag…
The find of numerous Buddhist Manuscripts in Prakrit, Sanskrit, Ugers, Tokhania, Sogdian & also in other dialects from Central Asia have opened up a new chapter in the history of Buddhism & Buddhis…
Originally published in 1916. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles …
Divine Stories is the inaugural volume in a landmark translation series devoted to making the wealth of classical Indian Buddhism accessible to modern readers. The stories here, among the first tex…
This unique anthology of Buddhist scriptures traces the development of Buddhism through the ages and around the world. Designed to serve scholars and students alike, this classic text has become a …
The Chan ahan jingis is a translation of the Dirgha Agama from the fifth century, and was intended to bridge the early Buddhist teachings with the Mahayana Buddhist teachings and scriptures. This i…
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,…
"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…
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…