Like the River Ganges flowing down from the Himalayas, the entire Buddhist tradition flows down to us from the teachings and deeds of the historical Buddha, who lived and taught in India during the…
Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Bhikkhu Bodhi; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Real Existents; 2 The Nominal and the Conceptual; 3 The Two Truths; 4 The Analysis of Mind; 5 C…
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…
Theravāda Buddhist civilizations and their modern formations / Juliane Schober and Steven Collins -- Periodizing Theravāda history : where to start? / Steven Collins -- the impact of the scie…
Drawn from the Anguttara Nikaya, Numerical Discourses of the Buddha brings together teachings of the Buddha ranging from basic ethical observances recommended to the busy man or woman of the world,…
One of Buddhism’s foundational texts, the Visuddhimagga is a systematic examination and condensation of Buddhist doctrine and meditation technique. The various teachings of the Buddha found throu…
Originally published: London; New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988.
Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha's defining action (karma) as intention. This book explores systematically how intention and agency were interpreted in all genres of early Theravada …
The Ascendancy of Theravada Buddhism is a comprehensive study of the advent of Buddhism in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand during the first millennium CE. The author, Prapod Assavavirulhakar…
The monograph consists of two parts, of which the first examines the Buddhist devotional practices, from the historical and canonical perspectives of the evolution of the worship of caitya, stupa, …
Theravada is the branch of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and parts of South East Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in the fifth-century BC. He claimed that human beings are responsible fo…
The selected articles and reviews reprinted in this volume all serve to advance Indological studies in its central research topics. They deal with the political and linguistic history of India, Bud…
The selected articles and reviews reprinted in this volume all serve to advance Indological studies in its central research topics. They deal with the political and linguistic history of India, Bud…
This is an interdisciplinary and holistic survey of Pali Buddhism, covering philological, indigenous and philosophical approaches in a single volume.rnThe work is divided into three main sections: …