{"product_id":"buddhist-mahayana-texts-sacred-books-of-the-east-9780486255521","title":"Buddhist Mahayana Texts (Sacred Books of the East)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in the Sacred Books of the East Series  under the general editorship of F. Max Mller  this volume contains translations of basic works in later Buddhism. These documents are extremely important in contemporary Japanese Buddhism  particularly the older sects  such as the Pure Land and Shin Shu  and have also been significant in the development of Chinese Buddhism  and the Buddhism of Tibet and Nepal. All have been translated from Sanskrit texts that preserve the originals as well as can be determined. The first component  the Buddha-Karita of Asvaghosha  has been translated by E. B. Cowell from Nepalese texts. Of Indian origin  around the beginning of the Christian era  it is concerned with the life and teachings of the Buddha  now quite far removed from the Pali documents of the Hinayana. The original text  which was fragmentary  has been completed by the addition of four books by a nineteenth-century Nepalese scholar  Amritananda. Max Mller has translated the Larger and Smaller Sukhavati-vyuha  in which the Buddha describes the Land of Bliss to an assembly of the sangha  gods  spirits  and others. This is followed by Dr. Mllers translation of the Vagrakkhedika (The Diamond Cutter)  a metaphysical treatise  and the Larger and Smaller Pragna  paramitahridaya-sutras  two brief kernel statements of the Mahayana. The final document for Japanese Buddhism  the highly important Amitayur-dhyana-sutra  has been translated by Dr. J. Takakusu. Called the Meditation Sutra  it describes meditation and concentration techniques in terms of Amida Buddhism. It is of particular interest today as an experimental document.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45274048004149,"sku":"ByrdShop_0486255522","price":57.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780486255521.jpg?v=1780493190","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/buddhist-mahayana-texts-sacred-books-of-the-east-9780486255521","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}