Offers a new approach to understanding Buddhist lay and monastic practice by recognizing the crucial role that visual practices played in Indian Buddhism...
Indian edition. A comprehensive examination of the moral teachings of early Buddhism which demonstrates the application of the moral principle in society, economics,...
A reproduction of the original Sanskrit text with a brief analysis in English by Lokesh Chandra, but no English translation. This is the major sutra devoted to Avalokiteshvara, the...
A comprehensive study of the variety of Buddhist deities, with their symbols, attributes, and symbolic meaning; plus a systematic account of the early Indian Buddhist scholars who studied...
New paperback edition. This academic study shows how the early monks were able to use the social and political conditions of their time in such a way as to...
A scholarly look at the emergence of Buddhism in India, covering the life of the Buddha, the establishment and then expansion of Buddhism in India, the beginnings of the Mahayana,...
New UK edition. The author traces the origin of the theory of knowledge and its development in early Buddhism and the Pali Canon. This work is based...