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Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti A Mahayana Scripture

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ISBN-10: 0271006013

ISBN-13: 9780271006017

Edition: 1976

Authors: Robert A. F. Thurman, Robert Thurman

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Description:

This book presents the major teachings of Maha¯ya¯na Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this Sutra, called the "jewel of the Maha¯ya¯na Sutras," has enjoyed immense popularity among Mahayana Buddhists in India, central and southeast Asia, Japan, and especially China, where its incidents were the basis for a style in art and literature prevalent during several centuries. Robert Thurman's translation makes available in relatively nontechnical English the Tibetan version of this key Buddhist scripture, previously known to the English-speaking world only through translations from Chinese texts. The Tibetan version is generally conceded to be more faithful…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 1976
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 4/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English