Why the Dalai Lama Matters. His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet and the World.
New York. Atria Books. 2008. Map, colour plates, 231pp, dustjacket, very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 139126. More
New York. Atria Books. 2008. Map, colour plates, 231pp, dustjacket, very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 139126. More
Kyoto. Hongwanji Int, Ctr. 1980. 104pp, glossary, index, very slgiht wear to covers, a good paperback copy. "Buddhist paths to enlightenment are all founded on "practice" - the study and discipline that lead to religious transformation. How can a person incapable of severe monastic training attain enlightenment? In confronting this..... More
New York. Columbia University Press. 2010. Black and white illustrations, xiii + 237pp, bibliography, index, notes, glossary, dustjacket spine a touched sunned, otherwise a very good hardback copy. "Buddhist monasteries in medieval China employed a variety of practices to ensure their ascendancy and survival. Most successful was the exchange of..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 1953. Students Edition. xvi + 496pp, name neatly inked out front free endpaper, some very light occasional browning endpapers, dustjacket a trifle chipped with a discoloured spine. A good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214372. More
New York. Columbia U.P., 1974. xv + 142pp, index, bibliography, glossary, appendices, hardback, colour frontis, little wear to dustjacket extremities, a good copy. The Lion's Roar, or Sri-Mala-sutra, has had a long and remarkably successful career as a Mahayana Buddhist scripture. It became the chief scriptural authority in India for..... More
[Taipei]. Academica Sinica. No date. Taiwanese reprint. Endpaper maps, somewhat blurred black and white plates typical of reprints such as this from photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, vi + 385pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, glossary-index, some light foxing, card covers. This work examines the consequences of modernisation on Chinese Buddhism. The author..... More
Berkeley. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. 1996. 43 + 151pp, glossaries, indices, 24 x 16cm. A very good hardback with contrasting cloth spine. BDK English translation of the Tripitaka series. Consists of two separate books. Tannisho: Passages Deploring Deviations of Faith by Yuien, translated by Bando Shojun, as..... More
Beijing. The World of Chinese Magazine. 2007. Profuse colour photographic illustrations, 96pp. Covers little worn, a good copy. Issue No. 5. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176334. More