Buddhismus & Islam

Gleanings in Buddha-Fields

Lafcadio Hearn

Gleanings in Buddha-Fields is the third book of Hearn's Japanese period, and was written at Kobe. In this volume of essays, intermingled with sketches in lighter vein, Hearn continues his phil...

The Religion Of The Samurai

Kaiten Nukariya

This study of Zen philosophy and the disciples in China and Japan elaborates on the differences between Mahayana Buddhism and Theraveda. The Zen sect is one of many Buddhist sects and has millions...

Chinese Buddhism

Joseph Edkins

Edkins' account of Chinese Buddhism is one of the most extensive ever written. In far more than 20 chapters he covers everything there is to know about about Chinese Buddhism.Contents:1. Joshu...

The Awakening of Faith of Ashvagosha

Timothy Richard

Dr. Timothy Richard finds in the Mahayana School of Buddhism, as represented especially in " The Awakening of Faith " of Ashvagosha, simply an Asiatic form of the Gospel, not to be feared ...

The Tree of Wisdom

Nagarjuna

The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Nagarjuna who flourished in the fourth century of the Buddhi...

The Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika)

This is the annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThe Lotus Sktra is one of ...

Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts

Edward Byles Cowell / Friedrich Max Müller

This is the annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThis book contains a wealt...

The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King

Samuel Beal

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThis book con...

Indian Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs

The book contains 29 fairy tales from the Jatakas, or birth stories of Buddha, the fables of Bidpai and from other Sanskrit sources. The stories are humorous and imaginative and preserve the best ...

The Jataka Tales, Volume 5

Edward Byles Cowell / H. T. Francis

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThe Jatakas r...

The Jataka Tales, Volume 3

Edward Byles Cowell / H. T. Francis

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThe Jatakas r...

The Jataka Tales, Volume 2

Edward Byles Cowell / H. T. Francis

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThe Jatakas r...

Psalms Of The Sisters

Caroline Rhys Davids

This book contains verses attributed, in the tradition of the Pali Canon, to certain eminent Sisters (Ther+-Bhikkhun+s) of the Buddhist Order, and forming the second and smaller portion of the wor...

The Udâna

Dawsonne Melanchthon Strong

The Pali Version of this small collection of stories and sentences has not been translated into English until the early 20th century. Several passages, however, occur in the Cullavagga, Mahavagga ...

Essential Buddhist Discourses

Henry Clarke Warren

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThis book con...

The Milinda Panha

Thomas William Rhys Davids

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsAccording to ...

The Kullavagga

Thomas William Rhys Davids

The Kullavagga includes accounts of the First and Second Buddhist Councils and the establishment of the community of Buddhist nuns, as well as rules for addressing offenses within the community.

The Mahavagga

Thomas William Rhys Davids

The Mahavagga includes accounts of the Buddha's and his great disciples' awakenings, as well as rules for uposatha days and monastic ordination.

The Sutta-Nipata

Michael Viggo Fausböll

The Sutta Nipata is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. All its suttas consist largely of verse, though some also contain...

The Dhammapada

Friedrich Max Müller

The Dhammapada is a versified Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself. It is one of the best-known texts from the Theravada canon. The title, Dhammapada, is a compound term...