Download or read book A New Version of the G ndh r Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous birth Stories written by Timothy Lenz and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume continues the detailed examination of the British Library Kharosthi scrolls--extremely fragile and brittle fragments of manuscript on birch-bark rolls. Although their provenance is uncertain, there are strong indications that they came from Hadda in eastern Afghanistan and were most likely written in the early first century A.D. during the reign of the Saka rulers, making them the oldest known Buddhist manuscripts. Fragments 16 and 25 are two long, relatively narrow fragments that obviously belong to the same scroll. Two texts were written on the scroll, each by a different scribe. The first text, referred to as the Gandhari London Dharmapada, represents an anthology of verses well known in the Buddhist tradition. The second text is a series of stories concerning previous births of the Buddha and of some of his disciples. For more information go to the Early Buddhist Manuscript Project web site at http://www.ebmp.org/

Download or read book Thinking Recording and Writing History in the Ancient World written by Kurt A. Raaflaub and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories. Written by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines Truly cross-cultural, covering historical thinking and writing in ancient or early cultures across in East, South, and West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas Includes historiography shaped by religious perspectives, including Judaism, early Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

Download or read book The Saddharma pundar ka or The lotus of the true law tr by H Kern written by Saddharmapuṇḍarīka and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Acta Orientalia written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliography of Indian History Oriental Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sacred Books of the East written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks written by Jason Neelis and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines catalysts for Buddhist formation in ancient South Asia and expansion throughout and beyond the northwestern Indian subcontinent to Central Asia by investigating symbiotic relationships between networks of religious mobility and trade.

Download or read book Saddharma Pundarika written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collected Papers on Buddhist Studies written by Padmanabh S. Jaini and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, a companion to the author`s Collected Papers on Jaina Studies, twenty-nine of his articles, encompassing some forty years of research on various facets of Buddhism, have been brought together for the first time. They cover a wide range of topics including comparative studies with Jainism, points of controversy within Abhidharma, the Bodhisattva career of Maitreya based on narratives from the Jatakas and Mahayana Sutras, and selections from Buddhist ritual texts.

Download or read book The Sacred Books of the East written by Friedrich Max Müller and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sacred Books of the East written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Chinese Buddhism Being Sanskrit Chinese Dictionary written by Ernest John Eitel and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1992 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being Sanskrit Chinese Dictionary With Vocabularies Of Buddhist Terms In Pali, Singhalese, Siamese, Burmese, Tibetan, Mongolian And Japanese.

Download or read book Skilful Means written by Michael Pye and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Skilful Means' is the key principle of Mahayana, one of the great Buddhist traditions. First described in the Lotus Sutra, it originates in myths of the Buddha's compassionate plans for raising life from the ceaseless round of birth and death. His strategies or interventions are 'skilful means' - morally wholesome tricks devised for the purpose of enabling nirvana or enlightenment. Michael Pye's clear and engaging introductory guide investigates the meaning and context of skilful means in Mayahana Buddhist teachings, whilst tracing its early origins in ancient Japanese and Theravada thought. First published in 1978, and still the best explanation of the concept, it illuminates a core working philosophy essential for any complete understanding of Buddhism.

Download or read book Kleine Schriften written by Oskar von Hinüber and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Index to the Abhidharmako abh ya Tibetan Sanskrit Peking edition written by Akira Hirakawa and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Studies in the Literature of the Great Vehicle written by Luis O. Gómez and published by U of M Center for South Asian Studies. This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes available in English three key Indian Mahayana Buddhist texts, with editorial commentary providing models of reading

Download or read book Ritual Language written by Baidyanath Saraswati and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: