Original Buddhist Sources

A Reader

By: Carl Olson (Editor)

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Paperback | 22 August 2005

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Bringing together essential materials on the origins and development of Buddhist traditions from India, Sri Lanka, Tibet, China, and Japan, this anthology provides the broadest selection of primary source Buddhist literature available to date.

The volume is divided into two major parts: Theravada and Mahayana forms of Buddhism. The first section presents selections that explore major themes in Buddhist thought such as causality, Four Noble Truths, the doctrine of non-self, nibbana, meditation, and ethics, as well as literature about monastic life and regulations, women, and hagiography.

The second part includes selections from so-called wisdom literature and texts that represent the three major schools of Mahayana Buddhism: Pure Land, Madhyamika, and Yogacara. Selections also include sources from some of the major Chinese Buddhist schools such as Hua-yen, T'ien T'ai, Pure Land, and Ch'an. Readings by thinkers such as Tantric Buddhist reformer Tsong Khapa, Pure Land leaders Honen, Shinran, and Nichiren, as well as Zen Buddhists Dogen and Hakuin provide a perspective on regional and national traditions.

In addition to the general introduction, each major section is introduced by an essay that places the selections within the context of Buddhist history. This comprehensive reader stands on its own as an indispensable anthology of original textual sources for courses in Buddhism, while also serving as a companion volume to the text The Different Paths of Buddhism: A Narrative-Historical Introduction.

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This superb collection of primary sources in translation drawn from all major schools of Buddhism explains clearly, and with great subtlety, the main Buddhist doctrines and developments in their Asian homelands. More wide-ranging than any previous edition of Buddhist texts, this is a very accessible book and most enjoyable to read. Carl Olson is to be congratulated on creating such an excellent resource for the study of Buddhism. -- Ursula King * Professor Emerita of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Bristol, Engl *

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Selections from the Theravada tradition	p. 9
Jataka tales (former lives of the Buddha)	p. 17
Life of the Buddha	p. 26
Teachings of the Buddha : causality	p. 38
Teachings of the Buddha : four noble truths	p. 46
Teachings of the Buddha : non-self	p. 55
Teachings of the Buddha : Nibbana	p. 60
Teachings of the Buddha : meditation	p. 69
Teachings of the Buddha : ethical issues and virtues	p. 81
Monastic life and regulations	p. 96
The feminine thread in Theravada Buddhism	p. 109
Theravada hagiographic literature	p. 124
Selections from the Mahayana tradition	p. 137
Prajnaparamita literature	p. 163
Maharatnakuta Sutra	p. 171
The true lion's roar of Queen Srimala	p. 178
Pure land Sutra	p. 189
Mahayana school of thought : Madhyamika	p. 198
Mahayana school of thought : Yogacara	p. 213
Tibetan Buddhist tradition	p. 225
Chinese Buddhist tradition	p. 265
Japanese Buddhist tradition	p. 308
Mahayana hagiographic literature	p. 358
The feminine thread in Mahayana literature	p. 371
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A Reader

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