The Vimalakirti Sutra - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Burton Watson (Translator)Series:Translations from the Asian ClassicsPublish date:2000-11-23Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231106573ISBN-10:231106572UPC:9780231106573Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Eastern, Buddhism, AsiaSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCAHWHW9E7
The Vimalakirti Sutra
One of the most popular Asian classics for roughly two thousand years, the Vimalakirti Sutra stands out among the sacred texts of Mahayana Buddhism for its conciseness, its vivid and humorous episodes, its dramatic narratives, and its eloquent exposition of the key doctrine of emptiness or nondualism. Unlike most sutras, its central figure is not a Buddha but a wealthy townsman, who, in his...
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231106573ISBN-10:231106572UPC:9780231106573Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Eastern, Buddhism, AsiaSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCAHWHW9E7
Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, Ryôkan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyô Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Revised Edition
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