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  • Courtesans and Tantric Consortsby Serinity Young

    Routledge 2004; US$ 33.95

    In Courtesans and Tantric Consorts, Serinity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of Buddhist history, revealing the colourful mosaic of beliefs that inform Buddhist views about gender and sexuality. more...

  • Buddhist Meditationby Sarah Shaw

    RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 44.95

    Meditative practice lies at the heart of the Buddhist tradition. This introductory anthology gives a representative sample of the various kinds of meditations described in the earliest body of Buddhist scripture, the Pali canon. more...

  • Text as Fatherby Alan Cole

    University of California Press 2005; US$ 15.95

    This beautifully written work sheds new light on the origins and nature of Mahayana Buddhism with close readings of four well-known texts? the Lotus Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Tathagatagarbha Sutra, and Vimalakirtinirdesa. Treating these sutras as literary works rather than as straightforward philosophic or doctrinal treatises, Alan Cole argues that these writings were carefully sculpted to undermine traditional monastic Buddhism and to gain legitimacy and authority for Mahayana Buddhism as it was veering away from Buddhism?s older oral and institutional forms. His sophisticated and sustained analysis of the narrative structures and seductive literary strategies used in these sutras suggests that they were specifically written to encourage devotion... more...

  • Buddhist Studies From India To Americaby Damien Keown

    Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 44.95

    This book covers the four main areas of Charles Prebish's work: Vinaya studies and ethics; history of Buddhist schools; Western Buddhism; Interreligious dialogue more...

  • A Popular Dictionary Of Buddhismby Christmas Humphreys

    Taylor & Francis 1997; US$ 56.95

    A dictionary and a glossary of terms plus brief biographies of eminent Buddhists and scholars from both East and West. more...

  • The Dhammapadaby John Ross Carter; Mahinda Palihawadana

    Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 65.00

    An English translation of the most popular text in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. The book includes a translation (with transliteration) of the Pali commentary on the verses, as well as the translators' own notes and commentary. more...

  • Buddha, The Wordby Nyanatiloka

    The Floating Press 1927; US$ 6.99

    Buddha, The Word discusses the teachings of Guatama Buddha. The Four Noble Truths teach that suffering is inherent in life, but that through acknowledging the origins of suffering and following the Eightfold Path, suffering can be ceased. The Eightfold path teaches how understanding, thought, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness and concentration can all be undertaken with rightness. more...

  • Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhismby Douglas Osto

    Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 158.00

    This book presents the most detailed and theoretically sophisticated study of the important Mahayana Buddhist scripture Gandavyuha-sutra. The author puts forward a new approach to the study of Mahayana Buddhist sources, the ‘systems approach’, by which literature is viewed as embedded in a social system, and he analyses the key themes of power, wealth and women to its social context in ancient India. more...

  • Buddhist Manuscript Culturesby Stephen C. Berkwitz; Juliane Schober; Claudia Brown

    Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 44.95

    Buddhist Manuscript Cultures explores how religious and cultural practices in premodern Asia were shaped by literary and artistic traditions as well as by Buddhist material culture. This study of Buddhist texts focuses on the significance of their material forms rather than their doctrinal contents, and examines how and why they were made. Contributions are by reputed scholars in Buddhist Studies and represent diverse disciplinary approaches from religious studies, art history, anthropology, and history. more...