What if everything you thought you knew about your family was a lie?A young man makes a shocking discovery while visiting his parents’ home. Along with a purse and a lock of hair that may have belonge
The Vairocanâbhisa?bodhi Sutra is one of the two basic texts of East Asian Esoteric Buddhism. Chapters discuss Tantic practices such as construction of a ma??ala, initiation rites, mantras, mudrâs, an
This is a massive anthology of sections from the Buddhist sutras and commentaries. The text follows the life of the Shakyamuni Buddha and records some of the teachings and discourses that he delivered
This record of the life and teachings of Hui-neng, the Sixth Chan (Zen) Patriarch, is an eleventh-century compilation with ancillary materials. It deals with the Buddhist notion that the only criterio
Lives of Great Monks and Nuns is a collection of five translated texts on the lives of prominent monks and nuns. A brief description of each text follows.The Life of Asvaghosa Bodhisattva gives a brie
This sutra is based upon the Chinese translation of the Dhammapada, of which approximately two thirds of the verses have been selected for commentary. At the start of each chapter a number of verses a
Collection of Passages on the Nembutsu is the principle work by Honen. It ranks along with Dogen Zenji's The Treasured Eye of the True Dharma and with Honen's disciple Shinran's major writings as one
This sutra is a collection of in all 121 stories covering a time-span starting from the time of sakyamuni and his disciples and ending with King Kaniska of the second century A.D. Among the stories in
In the Chinese Tripitaka there are two texts giving legendary accounts of the life of King Ashoka, the third Maurya ruler of Magadha. The first is the Biography of King Ashoka. The second text is Samg
This is a massive anthology of sections from the Buddhist sutras and commentaries. The text follows the life of the Shakyamuni Buddha and records some of the teachings and discourses that he delivered
The Awakening of Faith is one of the basic texts of Mahayana Buddhism, used by most of its major schools. The popularity of the text in East Asian Buddhism is well attested by the numerous works writt
The Sutra on Upasaka Precepts sets forth the moral code to be observed by lay followers of Buddhism. It comprehensively elucidates the content, practice, and essence of the moral code to be observed b
This volume contains The Adamantine Pinnacle Sutra and The Susiddhikara Sutra, two important texts in the corpus of Buddhist Tantric literature. These texts include a general introduction in the conve
The Blue Cliff Record(Chinese Biyanlu, Japanese Hekiganroku) is widely considered one of the most important classics of the Chan (Zen) school of Buddhism. Composed in China during the Song Dynasty (96
This volume includes four separate texts from the Ch'an/Zen tradition.Essentials of the Transmission of Mind repeatedly espouses a single vision of religious training: one's own mind, just as it is an
This volume includes two titles.The Essentials of the Eight Schools gives a concise account of the history and doctrines of the eight principal Buddhist schools in existence in Japan at the time of th
This Volume is a collection of two titles.The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition is a detailed account of the history and teaching of the Japanese Risshu school organized in a series of questions and
There are two titles in this volume.The Pratyutpanna Samadhi Sutra is one of the earliest Mahayana sutras and influenced the development of Prajnaparamita, Pure Land, and Yogacara philosophies. It pro
The basic sutra of the Fa-hsiang School, this sutra expounds the thought of the Yogacara or Mind-Only School (Vijnanavada), stating that all phenomena are manifestations of the mind. It belongs to the
There are two titles in this volume.Tannisho sets out to refute deviations from the True Pure Land school teachings. Written by Yuienbo, a follower of Shinran, the Tannisho has continued to exert a pr
There are two titles in this volume.The Sutra of Queen Srimala is an important early Mahayana text. It is a unique development within the Buddhist tradition because of its egalitarian and generous vie
This volume contains five scriptural texts that have been especially important and influential in the East Asian Buddhist tradition: The Bequeathed Teaching Sutra, The Ullambana Sutra, The Sutra of Fo
This volume comprises three important texts of the Yogacara school.Demonstration of Consciousness Only is a translation of Vasubandhu's "Thirty Verses" plus the interpretation of Dharmapala as the ult
This volume includes three texts.The Larger Sutra on Amitayus relates how a certain mendicant monk by the name of Dharmakara, when practicing under the tutelage of the Tathagata Lokesvararaja, made 48
The Tripitaka Master Xuanzang (A.D. 600-64), whose deeds and career as a Buddhist monk are described in this biography, was a prominent figure not only in the history of Buddhist learning but also in
This volume includes five texts by Kukai (On the Differences between the Exoteric and Esoteric Teachings; The Meaning of Becoming a Buddha in This Very Body; The Meanings of Sound, Sign, and Reality;
Kinetic Control in Synthesis and Self-Assembly provides a unique overview of the fundamental principles, novel methods and practical applications for researchers across organic synthesis, supramolecul
This is a monograph which collects basic techniques, major results and interesting applications of Lefschetz properties of Artinian algebras. The origin of the Lefschetz properties of Artinian algebra
This volume includes The Recorded Sayings of Linji, Wumen’s Gate, and The Faith-Mind Maxim.The Recorded Sayings of Linji is one of the seminal books of Zen. The great Zen teacher Linji lived and worke
Nanomedicines and nanopharmacology is a rapidly developing and evolving field with new techniques and applications under constant development. This book will provide an overview of the chemistry of na
