Lives of Great Monks & Nuns (Bdk English Tripitaka Translation Series) [Hardcover]

Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bdk English Tripitaka Translation Series | Publication Date: March 1, 2002

Translated by Li Rongxi and Albert Dalia, this volume contains biographies of three great Mahayana masters, sixty-five Chinese nuns from the fourth to sixth centuries, and an account of the life and travels in south Asia of the fifth century Chinese monk, Faxian. The texts included are "The Life of Asvaghosa Bodhisattva;" "The Life of Nagarjuna Bodhisattva;" "Biography of Dharma Master Vasubandhu;" "Biographies of Buddhist Nuns;" & "The Journey of the Eminent Monk Faxian." (Taisho #2046; 2047; 2049; 2063 & 2085) [Ch: Ma-ming-p'u-sa-ch'uan; Lung-shu-p'u-sa-ch'uan; P'o-sou-p'an-tou-fa-shih-ch'uan; Pi-ch'iu-ni-ch'uan; Kao-seng-fa-hsien-ch'uan) (Jp: Me-myo-bo-satsu-den; Ryu-ju-bo-satsu-den; Ba-so-han-zu-ho-shi-den;Bi-ku-ni-den; Ko-so-hok-ken-den)

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About the Author

The BDK English Tripitaka Series was started by the late Rev. Dr. Yehan Numata, founder of the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) [Society for the Promotion of Buddhism]. The goal of this series is to make available in the English language the Buddhist scriptures and commentaries of the Sino-Japanese edition of the "Taisho Tripitaka." Scholars and specialists from throughout the world have been enlisted to translate the selected texts into English. When completed, the one-hundred eight volumes will comprise the First Series of the BDK English Tripitaka.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886439141
• ISBN-13: 978-1886439146
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,215,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)