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  • Buddhism For Beginners - World's Best Collection

    Expert Explanations For Beginners to Advanced Levels For Easy Understanding Of All Buddhist Concepts

    by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva, Buddha, Henry S. Olcott, Professor L. De La Vallee Poussin, Soyen Shaku, Paul Carus ...
    Translated by F. Max Mueller, Samuel Beal ...
    Buddhism World's Best CollectionThis is the best Buddhism Writings Collection available, including the most famous and important works about Buddhism.Do you want a clear, easy understanding of Buddhist concepts?Think about the calm inner peace you want…Buddhism has been practised for thousands of years, helping people achieve a stress-free outlook on life. Imagine the serenity you will find when ... Read more

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  • The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King: A Life of Buddha by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva

    by Samuel Beal ...
    HAVING been asked by the Editor of 'the Sacred Books of the East' to contribute to the series a volume from the Buddhist literature of China, I undertook, with some distrust, to translate from that language the PhÛ-yau-king, which is the second version of the Lalita Vistara, known in China, and dated A.D. 308. After some months of rather disappointing work I found the text so corrupt and imperfect ... Read more

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  • Sacred Books of the East

    Enriched edition.

    by Various, Bryce Emerson ...
    Translated by George Sale, Samuel Beal, James Darmesteter, F. Max Müller ...
    The "Sacred Books of the East" is an ambitious compilation curated by the eminent philologist Max Müller, comprising translations and interpretations of key religious texts from Eastern traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism. This series, first published in the late 19th century, stands as a pioneering effort in comparative religion and is characterized by its meticulous ... Read more

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  • Vajra-chhediká, the "Kin Kong King," or Diamond Sútra

    Exploring Emptiness and Enlightenment in Buddhist Wisdom

    by Anonymous ...
    Translated by Samuel Beal, Kumarajiva ...
    The "Vajra-chhedik√°," commonly known as the "Diamond S≈´tra," is a seminal text in Mahayana Buddhism that elucidates complex philosophical concepts through a succinct yet profound dialogue between the Buddha and his disciple, Subhuti. Written in a remarkable poetic style, this text employs imaginative metaphors to convey teachings on emptiness and the nature of reality. Set within the context of ... Read more

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  • The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King

    by Samuel Beal ...
    This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids This book contains an English translation of the Buddhacharita ("Acts of the Buddha"), an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by A[vaghoca, composed in the 2nd century AD. Of the ... Read more

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  • Sacred Books of the East

    Exploring Eastern Wisdom: A Journey through Sacred Scriptures and Spiritual Classics

    by Various ...
    Translated by George Sale, James Darmesteter, F. Max Müller, Samuel Beal ...
    The "Sacred Books of the East" is a monumental series edited by the distinguished scholar Max Müller, comprising translations of key religious texts from various Eastern traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Zoroastrianism. Spanning multiple volumes, this collection showcases a wealth of literary styles, from philosophical dialogues and hymns to mythological narratives and moral ... Read more

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  • Sacred Books of the East

    by Various ...
    Translated by George Sale, Samuel Beal, James Darmesteter, F. Max Müller ...
    The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental set of English translations of Asian religious texts. The collection was first published in the edition by Max Müller by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It includes the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. ... Read more

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  • The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King

    A Life of Buddha

    by Samuel Beal ...
    This work presents a biographical account of the Buddha as composed by the Buddhist poet Asvaghosha and preserved through a layered transmission from Sanskrit into Chinese, and from Chinese into English.Focusing on the Buddha's birth, princely life, renunciation, spiritual discipline, enlightenment, and teaching mission, it offers a narrative shaped by devotional, ethical, and philosophical ... Read more

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  • Sacred Books of the East

    Including selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha (Annotated)

    by Scholars oriental Various, Wilson Epiphanius ...
    Translated by Müller F. M., Sale George, Darmesteter James, Beal Samuel ...
    This book compiles the essential Sacred Writings of India and Asia. These English translations of religious texts include texts, aphorisms, sayings, proverbs, etc., from the Vedic Hymns (Hinduism), Zend-Avesta (Zoroastrian religion), Dhammapada (Buddhism), Upanishads (Hindu philosophy), the Koran (Islam), and the Life of Buddha (Buddhism). An introductory note prefaces each part.To ... ... Read more

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  • Texts from the Buddhist Canon

    Commonly Known as Dhammapada

    by Samuel Beal ...
    This is Volume IV of sixteen in the Oriental series on Buddhism. First published in 1878, this book includes texts from the Buddhist Canon or 'Dhammapada' with narratives. Dhammapada may be rendered Scriptural texts or verses includes, authentic Texts gathered from ancient canonical books-that are generally connected with some incident or other in the History of Buddha, helping to illustrate ... Read more

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  • Life of Buddha

    by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva ...
    Translated by Samuel Beal ...
    Series series Hindu Library
    Buddha is undoubtedly the most potent name as a religious teacher, in the whole of Asia. The propaganda of the Buddhistic faith passed from the valley of the Indus to the valley of the Ganges, and from Ceylon to the Himalayas; thence it traversed China, and its conquests seem to have been permanent. The religion of Buddha is so far different from that of Confucius, and so far resembles ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Si-Yu-Ki Buddhist Records of the Western World

    Translated from the Chinese of Hiuen Tsiang (A.D. 629) Vol I

    by Samuel Beal ...
    Progress which has been made in our knowledge of Northern Buddhism during the last few years is due very considerably to the discovery of the Buddhist literature of China. This literature contains, amongst other valuable works, the records of the travels of various Chinese Buddhist pilgrims who visited India during the early centuries of our era. This is Volume II in a series of sixteen about ... Read more

    $65.99 USD