Godina izdanja: 2017
ISBN: 978-616-300-320-1
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

COMMON BUDDHIST TEXT: GUIDANCE AND INSIGHT FROM THE BUDDHA (tvrde korice)

Glavni urednik: Venerable Brahmapundit
Urednik: Peter Harvey

Izdavač: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Press, Thailand, 2017.

Strana: 571

The creation of the Common Buddhist Text anthology was the result of a major international project that stretched over a number of years. It involved scholars and practitioners from the major stands of the Buddhist tradition coming together to select and translate a representative selection of extracts from Buddhism’s voluminous collections of sacred texts, and organise them thematically for publication in a single volume.

It had long been felt by many in the Buddhist world that there was a need for a comprehensive anthology of Buddhist scriptures that was not limited to one Buddhist school or tradition, and that could be used in hospitals, prisons and other institutions, as well as being a useful resource for university courses on Buddhism. The Common Buddhist Text includes scriptures from the Theravāda tradition (translated from Pāli), from the Mahāyāna tradition (translated from Sanskrit and Chinese), and from the Vajrayāna tradition (translated from Tibetan).