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This volume contains four important texts in the Tiantai Lotus tradition: The Infinite Meanings Sutra, composed as an introduction to the Lotus Sutra, and The Sutra Expounded by the Buddha on the Practice of the Way through Contemplation of Bodhisattva All-embracing Goodness are part of the so-called Threefold Lotus Sutra. The Commentary on the Lotus Sutra is a translation of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra-upadeśa (Jpn. Myōhorengekyō upadaisha),...

This collection brings together studies of the history, textual tradition, and contemporary interpretation of Shin Buddhism by leading scholars in the field of Pure Land Buddhist studies. The historical studies included here span the range of Pure Land from its origins in India through its development as a distinct system of Buddhist praxis--that is, the dialectic of doctrine and practice--in China, to its rise as a separate and self-identifie...

Roger Corless (1938-2007) pursued his own path, one he described as a path with heart. This enabled him to bring new perspectives to the study of Buddhism in general and Pure Land in particular. Honoring his life and his contribution to the field, this collection brings together ten essays by his colleagues and friends. These articles cover a range of topics, from the practice of Pure Land to its historical transmission and its contemporary in...

The late Johan Frederik (known as Frits) Staal (November 3, 1930-February 19, 2012), was born in Amsterdam and said of his home country, "There was no religion there." While his academic interests included philosophy, Staal's education focused on the study of mathematics, physics, astronomy, and logic. His approach to the study of Vedic religion and ritual was informed by this background, expressed in his assertion that he was not interested i...

Collects three brief and important explorations in Mahayana Buddhism: A Mahayana Demonstration on the Theme of Action, Essays of Sengzhao, and The Treatise on the Origin of Humanity.

This work is the result of a lifetime of study, reflection, and most importantly direct ministry with ordinary laypeople. Rev. Yamaoka saw a gap between the emphasis on doctrine found in much ministerial education and the needs of the members of the Shin Buddhist community in today's world. The system he developed is appropriate, however, for all forms of Buddhist ministry and chaplaincy.

This work has long guided research on Pure Land Buddhism by scholars in Japan. While many subsequent specialized studies have provided greater depth and focused research on specific aspects of that history, the overall structure described in this work remains largely unchanged.

The Chan ahan jingis a translation of the Dirgha Agama done in the fifth century, and was intended to bridge the early Buddhist teachings with the Mahayana Buddhist teachings and scriptures. This is the first in a series of volumes translating The Canonical Book of the Buddha's Lengthy Discourses (Taisho 1). Volume 1 contains sutras 1-10 (of 30). Translations of the remaining sutras will be published in two subsequent volumes.

The practice of Sōtō Zen is a practice of encounter and realization, an intimate path in which the self and its relationship to all beings are transformed. This poses challenges to anyone who takes it up, challenges that call us to understand the elements that make possible a deep engagement with the practice. Of these elements, trust is central--a well-founded trust in the teachings, in one's capacity to realize them with others, and ultimate...

The early history of the Mahāyāna movement has drawn a great deal of attention from scholars over the last half century. Among the various suggestions made about its origins are that it was initially a lay movement, a path of greater stringency for monastics, a stūpa cult, a practice of forest recluses, or even the result of influences from outside the Buddhist tradition. In this study Gil Fronsdal examines the Daoxing jing, a second-century C...

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 ultimately correct view of the text, with the supplementation of two or three divergent interpretations. It is an attempt to answer the question of the mechanism and nature of ignorance by demonstrating that seemingly real external objects of percep...

Shobogenzo: The True Dharma-eye Treasury (Taisho Number 2582) is the masterwork of the thirteenth-century Zen master Eihei Dogen, founder of the Soto sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism. This title presents the translation of the ninety-five-chapter edition of the "Shobogenzo".

The Ud?navarga is a thematically organised collection of important sayings in verse form used to teach the Buddhadharma. It is a key example of an important genre of Buddhist literature, the best known of which is the Dhammapada.

This reprint of the seminal translation by the late Dr. Yoshito S. Hakeda is a comprehensive summary of the essentials of Mahayana Buddhism. The translator's extensive commentary within the text illuminates the meaning of many passages in this important treatise.

This biographical text relates how King AEoka unified India for the first time in the third century BCE and, after his conversion, sent emissaries throughout his kingdom to spread Buhddhism.

This volume includes five texts by Kukai (

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 vows to save all suffering people, to fulfill these vows he created a paradise in the west called Sukhavati, and he himself thus became the Buddha Amitayus. The sutra states, furthermore, that if anyone believing in these 48 vows should chant th...

This is an account of the travels in Central Asia and India of the seventh-century Chinese scholar-monk Xuanzang.

Translated by Rolf W. Giebel, this volume contains

This text sets forth the moral code to be observed by lay Buddhists.