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The Lamp of Discernment
The Buddhist thinkers of medieval India addressed many of the issues that are still central to Buddhist praxis in the present. One of the most important of those thinkers is …
Pure Land Buddhism in China
This work has long guided research on Pure Land Buddhism by scholars in Japan. While many subsequent specialized studies have provided greater depth and focused research on …
Language and Meaning
The nature of the Buddha’s speech, buddhavacana, has been discussed by Buddhist thinkers from soon after the Buddha’s lifetime. In modern Buddhist scholarship it seems natural to …
On Meaning and Mantras
The late Johan Frederik (known as Frits) Staal (November 3, 1930–February 19, 2012), was born in Amsterdam and said of his home country, “There was no religion there.” While his …
Zen Anarchism
These essays from the fin de siècle Japanese Zen priest Uchiyama Gud?, provides entry into an aspect of Buddhist history that is otherwise little known, the relations that can be …
A Collection of Important Odes of the Law
The Ud?navarga is a thematically organized collection of important sayings in verse form used to teach the Buddhadharma. It is a key example of an important genre of Buddhist …