Original Buddhist Sources: A Reader

by Carl Olson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813535646
• ISBN13: 9780813535647
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An antology

The book peeks into both important and obscure traditions to extract texts that should expose their basic tenets. Covered traditions span from Theravada, Pure Land traditions, various form of Mahayana and Tantra, with some explicit sexual imagery that might not be totally appropriate for young people or members of a monastic community.