About The Book: This work is an exposition of the philosophic conceptions basic to Mahayana Buddhsim as found in the Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra a commentary on the Prajnaparamita-sutras and traditionally attributed to Nagarjuna. The sastra the earlist and most extensive work in...

The Sino-Indian cultural relation began through Buddhism. It was a common ground for intellectual and spiritual interest and intercourse between India and China. \n \nThe present work is a translation of a seventh-century text Kao-Seng-Chuan (Biographies of Eminent Monks) by...

This is a study that is intended to speak to, and be relevant for, not only those interested specifically in Buddhism, but also scholars and students in the field of religion at large who are interested in the dialectical ways...

The Symbolism of the Stupa | By Adrian Snodgrass (author) | MLBD Publications \n \nThe Symbolism of the Stupa , Prof. Craig Reynolds writes "The stupa is a symbolic form that populates throughout South Southeast and East Asia. In its...

The Notion of Emptiness in Early Buddhism investigates the teachings of emptiness in early Buddhism, as recorded in the Pali and Chinese version of the early Buddhist canon. \n \nIn general, the findings about this book is that these two...

The Yogacara Idealism - By A.K. Chatterjee (author) - MLBD Publications \n \nThe Yogacara Idealism -Vijnanavada was the last great creative synthesis of Buddhism and its position in that tradition is comparable to that of the Advaita Vedanta. In this...

Sudden and Gradual: Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought (HB) - By Peter N. Gregory (Author) - MLBD Publications \n \nThis volume examines the historical basis of the debate over sudden versus gradual approaches to enlightenment in Chinese Buddhism seeing...

Cicadas of Thailand Vol. 1: General and Particular Characteristics (PB) | By Boulard, Michel (Author) | White Lotus. \n \nThe first of two volumes on Thai cicadas, the most fascinating and also least known representatives of a family of sonorous...

Chilli and Cheese Food and Society in Bhutan (PB) | By Choden, Kunzang (Author) | White Lotus. This is a pioneering book offering insight into Bhutanese food culture within its historical and geographical context, as well as looking at food-related...

Cambodia Silenced (PB) | By Mehta, Harish C (Author) | White Lotus. This is the first book on the history of the Khmer press and its struggle for existence under six regimes since the 1930s. \n \nThe press survived colonial...

Buddhist Temples of Thailand: An Architectonic Introduction (PB) | By Doehring, Karl (Author) | White Lotus \n \nThis is the first English translation of Karl Döhring’s seminal three-volume photographic study Buddhistische Tempelanlagen in Siam, published in German in 1920. This...

Buddhist Stupa (Phra Chedi) Architecture of Thailand (PB) | By Doehring, Karl (Author) | White Lotus \n \nKarl Döhring has carried out the most exhaustive study ever done by a Western researcher on the Buddhist edifices known in Thailand as...