This anthology illustrates the scope of Buddhist practice in Asia, past and present, by presenting a selection of 48 translated texts including hagiographies, monastic rules, pilgrimage songs, apocryphal sutras, and didactic tales from India, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma. Most of these pieces have never before been translated into a Western language, and each is preceded by an introduction by its translator. Together they are designed to reshape the way in which Buddhism is understood. ...
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This anthology illustrates the scope of Buddhist practice in Asia, past and present, by presenting a selection of 48 translated texts including hagiographies, monastic rules, pilgrimage songs, apocryphal sutras, and didactic tales from India, China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma. Most of these pieces have never before been translated into a Western language, and each is preceded by an introduction by its translator. Together they are designed to reshape the way in which Buddhism is understood. These sources provide the reader with a sense of the diversity of the practices of persons who over the course of 2500 years have been identified, by themselves or by others, as Buddhists. In this rich variety there are often contradictions, such that the practices of one Buddhist community might seem strange or unfamiliar to another. At the same time, however, there is evidence here of many continuities among the practices of Buddhist cultures widely separated by both history and topography. From "A Hymn of Praise to the Buddha's Good Qualities" through "On Becoming a Buddhist Wizard" to "Death-Bed Testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful," the selections here provi
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition with full number row on copyright page. Light rubbing to extremities of boards. Minor wear and handling to dust jacket. Pencil/ink markings on top right front free end paper. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall.