Record Of Buddhistic Kingdoms
After travelling for seventeen days, a distance we may calculate of about 1500 le, (the pilgrims) reached the kingdom of Shen-shen, 1] a country rugged and hilly, with a thin and barren soil. The clot...
Jokhang: Tibet's Most Sacred Buddhist Temple
Lying at the center of an ancient network of Buddhist temples in the Great Temple of Lhasa, the Jokhang Temple is the heart of spiritual and economic life in Tibet. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is ...
The Empty Circle
Although B.R. Ambedkar has been widely recognized for his social, religious, and political reforms in India, he has not yet been acknowledged for his innovative revisions to Marxist theory. By re-stru...
The Buddha: The Story Of An Awakened Life
A simple, uplifting telling of the life of Buddha by an award-winning, best-selling author. This is the first account of the Buddha story that does not separate, but blends the elements of history, ap...
Buddhist Teaching In India
The earliest records we have today of what the Buddha said were written down several centuries after his death, and the body of teachings attributed to him continued to evolve in India for centuries a...
Tibetan Buddhists In The Making Of Modern China
Over the past century and with varying degrees of success, China has tried to integrate Tibet into the modern Chinese nation-state. In this groundbreaking work, Gray Tuttle reveals the surprising role...
Bhaviveka And His Buddhist Opponents
Bhaviveka (ca. 500-560 ce) lived at a time of unusual creativity and ferment in the history of Indian Buddhist philosophy. The Mahayana movement was emerging as a vigorous and self-conscious intellect...
The Bhaiksuki Manuscript Of The Candralamkara: Study, Script Tables, And Facsimile Edition
This volume discusses the Bhaiksuki manuscript of the "Candralamkara" ("Ornament of the Moon"), a commentary of the twelfth century based on the "Candravyakarana," Candragomin's seminal Buddhist gramm...
Rediscovering The Buddha: Legends Of The Buddha And Their Interpretation
Hans Penner takes a new look at the classic stories of the life of the Buddha. In the first part of the book, he presents a full account of these stories, drawn from various texts of Theravada Buddhis...
Ordinary Mind As The Way: The Hongzhou School And The Growth Of Chan Buddhism
Under the leadership of Mazu Daoyi (709-788) and his numerous disciples, the Hongzhou School emerged as the dominant tradition of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China during the middle part of the Tang dynast...
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