Book Description
1897. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. Part I contains The Buddha-Karita of Asvaghosha: Books I-XVII. Part II contains: The Larger Sukavati-Vyuha; The Smaller Sukavati-Vyuha; The Bagrakkhedika; The Larger Pragna-Paramita-Hridaya-Sutra; The Smaller Pragna-Paramita-Hridaya-Sutra; and The Amitayur-Dhyana-Sutra. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
