The History of Buddhism in India and Tibet by Bu-ston (Translated from Tibetan)
Obermiller, E. (Tr.)
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Book ID : 7136
ISBN-10 : 81-7030-026-6 / 8170300266
ISBN-13 : 978-81-7030-026-7 / 9788170300267
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
1999
Edition : (Reprint)
Language : English
ii, 229p., 23 cm. (First Edition pub. in 1932, Heidelberg) (Second Edition pub. in 1986, Delhi) (Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 26)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. The Life of the Buddha according to the Lalita Vistara 2. The Buddha's attainment of Nirvana according to the Vinayaksudraka 3. A Detailed Exposition of the essence of the Doctrine 4. The Rehearsals of the Kanon 5. The Rehearsal of the Mahayanistic Kanon 6. The Period of Existence of the Doctrine 7. The Time during which the Doctrine is to exist 8. The Prophecies concerning the persons who furthered the spread of Buddhism 9. The celebrated Buddhist Teachers of India 10. The History of Buddhism in India and Tibet 11. The History of Buddhism in Tibet 12. The Subsequent period of the propagation of the Doctrine
DESCRIPTION
The present volume contains the translation of the second part of Bu-ton's History of Buddhism, i.e. of the historical part proper. The latter begins with the Life of the Buddha and ends with an account of the work carried out by the Tibetan Lotsvas and Indian Pandits of Bu-ton's own period and immediately before him (Xll and XIII Cent.), Viz the translation of the Buddhist Canonical texts and exegetical treatises from the Sanskrit. There are numerous quotations from both sutra and sastra. Owing to this it becomes possible to get a clear aspects of the principal sources from which Bu-ton has compiled his history, and which have likewise later on served as a basis for the work of Taranatha.
