Mindfulness in Early Buddhism

New Approaches through Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources

By Tse-fu Kuan

This book identifies what is meant by sati (smrti), usually translated as ‘mindfulness’, in early Buddhism, and examines its soteriological functions and its central role...

Published December 20th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Biographies of Rechungpa

The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography

By Peter Alan Roberts

This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how...

Published February 23rd 2007 by Routledge.

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How Buddhism Began

The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings

By Richard F. Gombrich

Written by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of How Buddhism Began, discusses various important...

Published December 1st 2005 by Routledge.

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Buddhist Theology

Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars

By Roger Jackson, John Makransky

Scholars of Buddhism, themselves Buddhist, here seek to apply the critical tools of the academy to reassess the truth and transformative value of their tradition...

Published November 5th 1999 by Routledge.

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Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha

Struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha

By Kathryn R. Blackstone

A detailed exploration of the quest for liberation on the part of the early bhikkunis. Only text in the Buddhist tradition of known female authorship....

Published January 27th 1998 by Routledge.

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A Survey of Vinaya Literature

By Charles S. Prebish

The most important research tool for vinaya studies. Covers both primary and secondary sources in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese as well as modern sources...

Published December 6th 1996 by Routledge.

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