Studies In Chinese Buddhism.
Calcutta. Firma KLM, 1977. 116pp, index, spine patchily faded, dustjacket torn with loss but now protected, upper cover lifting. Good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 129563). More
Religion - Buddhism
The Layman Revato. A Story of a Restless Mind in Buddhist India at the Time of Greek Influence.
No Publisher. Selling Agent Stechert. New York. 1914. Maps, vi + 106pp, glossary, quarto, paper covered boards worn at corners, head and tail of spine rubbed, neat signature front paste down. 30.5 x 22.5cm. Good copy. An unusual, rather whimsical book which is described in the preface as a "largely..... More
Le Bouddhisme au Village. Notes ethnographiques sur les pratiques religieuses dans la société rurale lao (plaine de Vientiane).
Vientiane. Editions des Cahiers de France. 1998. Black and white illustrations, 230pp, bibliography, indices, rear cover little rubbed, a very good paperback copy. Biliingual text in French and Lao. An ethnographic study of the religious life of a village in Laos. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 148500)..... More
Le Modernisme Bouddhiste et le Bouddhisme du Bouddha.
Paris. Librairie Felix Alcan. 1911. 280pp, appendices, largely disbound, wrappers stained and torn with loss. Rebinding copy only. Text in French. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 148489). More
Asian Horizons. Giuseppe Tucci's Buddhist, Indian, Himalayan and Central Asian Studies.
Melbourne. Monash University. 2015. Map, colour and black and white illustrations, 613pp, paperback, 24.5 x 17cm, signed by the editors on title page, very good copy. The present volume is published in honour of the great scholar of Asia, Professor Giuseppe Tucci (1894-1984). Through the work of present-day scholars, both..... More
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佛学大辞典. [Fo xue da ci dian]. [A Dictionary of Buddhist Terms].
北京. [Beijing]. 文物出版社.[Wen wu chu ban she]. 1984. 1052pp, index, light sign of wear at extremities, very good hardback copy. Text in traditional Chinese. 26.5 x 19cm. Based on a Japanese Buddhist dictionary 丁福保 [Ding Baofu] (1874-1952) originally published the dictionary in 1922. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
Shin Buddhist: Magazine of Shin Buddhists.
Kyoto. International Association of Buddhist Culture. 1993. Volume 1. Black and white illustrations, x + 81pp, a very good paperback copy. Selection of content includes essays such as: Everyday Life of a Nembutsu Follower, Hojun NISHI; A Woman Myôkônin O-karu, Hoyu ISHIDA; Shinran Shonin's View of the Transformed Land, Akira..... More
The Shōshin Ge: The Gatha of True Faith in the Nembutsu.
Tokyo (東京): Ryukoku University, 1962. Ryukoku Translation Series I, Volume 1 only. x + 75pp, glossary, bibliography, index, edges foxed, endpapers patchily browned, still a good hardback copy in browned card slipcase. Ryukoku Translation Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 150954). More
The Basic Position of Sila. The Ninth Lecture Under the Dona Alphina Ratnayake Trust.
Colombo. The Bauddha Sahitya Sabha. 1950. 27pp, paperback copy in stapled wrappers, good condition. By I. B. Horner, an able exponent of the Buddha-Dhamma, after much research during her time as a librarian of Newnham College in Cambridge. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170469). More
Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism.
Rangoon. U Hla Maung. [1975]. xiii + 140pp, bibliography, paper covered boards little rubbed, endpapers somewhat browned with name and stamp front free endpaper, otherwise a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160935). More
Faces of Buddhism.
London. Kegan Paul International. 1993. Second Edition. vii + 166pp, index, spine slightly faded, otherwise a very good hardback copy. "Faces of Buddhism is a collection of essays written by one of the most pre-eminent Japanese scholars in the fields of Buddhis, and comparative religion. The ten essays are loosely..... More
Lasting Peace
United States: Shambhala Publications Inc, 1982. 8 black and white photographs, ix + 301pp, glossary, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. The first of two volumes of collected addresses delivered around the world by Daisaku Ikeda, the president of Soka Gakkai International. The book addresses some of the most..... More
Buddhist Culture in Korea.
Seoul. Si-sa-yong-o-sa. 1982. Korean Culture Series 3. Black and white photographic plates, 134pp, dustjacket a little rubbed, prior owner's inscription free endpaper, a very good copy in hardback. Chapter headings include: The thought and life of Wonhyo; Buddhist sculpture in the Silla Period; The influence of Silla Buddhism on Japan;..... More
Pilgrimage toward the Fountainhead. Quakerism and Zen Buddhism Today.
Toorak. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Melbourne. 1973. 28pp, biblio, wrappers little discoloured and chipped. James Backhouse Lecture. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 8571). More
The Way of the Buddha.
Bombay. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1995. Profuse black and white and coloured illustrations, Gandhi on Buddha (unpaginated) + 330pp, bibliography, notes, errata inserted into contents, inscription on half title page, some occasional browning, good hardback copy in protected dustjacket. 30 x 25cm. " This album represents..... More
The Biographical Scripture of King Asoka.
Berkeley. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. 1993. xii + 203pp, glossary, index, appendix, very good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169300). More
Dharma-Samuccaya. Compendium de la Loi. Recueil de Stances. Extraites du Saddharma-Smrty-Upasthana-Sutra par Avalokitasimha.
Adrien-Maisonneuve. Paris. 1946. Part I only. 292pp, large octavo, wrappers chipped with loss and browned, good copy. Chapters I to V. Sanskrit text edited with the Tibetan and Chinese versions and translated into French. French and Chinese text. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 10255). More
The Creed of Half Japan. Historical Sketches of Japanese Buddhism.
Smith, Elder. 1911. 393pp, index, endpapers browned, minor foxing prelims and last leaves, little light pencilling, light wear and flecking cloth binding, good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 10471). More
From Stone to Flesh. A Short History of the Buddha.
Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. 2013. ix + 289pp, appendices, notes, index, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely..... More
Buddhism in Malaya.
Singapore. Donald Moore. 1956. Black and white photographic illustrations, 61pp + 14 plates, appendices, a good copy in little marked paperback, small octavo. Contents: The Life of Buddha, The Growth of Buddhism in the World, Buddhist Doctrine, Buddhism in Malaya and Singapore. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu) The Tales of Muju Ichien, A Voice for Pluralism in Kamakura Buddhism
Albany. State Univ NY Press. 1985. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 383pp, chronology, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, hardcover, minor sunning to spine and light foxing to page edges. A good copy. "Sand and Pebbles presents the first complete English rendering of Shasekishu--the classic, popular Buddhist "Tale Literature" (setsuwa)..... More
Suttanta Piṭaka Khuddaka Nikāya Vimānavatthupāḷi.
Burma. Selangor Buddhist Vipassana Meditation Society. 2002. Black, white and coloured illustration, pali section: 109pp, English section : iv + 213pp, good paperback copy with French flaps and some creasing at spine. Distributed to share passages of Buddhist scripture in Pali or Theravada tradition. (When referring to this item please..... More
Collection de sable et de pierres : Shasekishû.
Paris. Gallimard. 1979. 360pp, index, bibliography, text in French, a good paperback copy. Connaissance de l'Orient series #49. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 156851). More
Higan. Compassionate Vow. Selected writings of Shinobu Matsuura.
Berkeley. [Matsuura Family], 1986. English language edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 186pp, glossary, paperback, a very good copy. Selected writings of Mrs. Shinobu Matsuura about her life as wife of Japanese Reverend Issei Matsuura, of the Buddhist Churches of America. She recounts her experiences moving to and living in..... More
The Five Mental Hindrances and their Conquest by Buddhist Spiritual Training.
Ceylon. Buddhist Literature Society. 1947. iv + 21pp, light staining at staples, very good in original wrappers. 19 x 12.5cm. Selected Passages from the Pali Canon and the Commentaries. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169879). More