Buddhist Mahayana Texts (Cowell 1965)
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Buddhist Mahayana Texts, edited and translated by E.B. Cowell, F. Max Müller, and J. Takakusu, is Volume 49 of the Sacred Books of the East series. Originally published in 1894 by Clarendon Press, it includes foundational early English translations of key Sanskrit and Chinese Mahayana scriptures.
Citation
Cowell, Edward B., F. Max Müller, and Junjirō Takakusu, trans. Buddhist Mahayana Texts. Sacred Books of the East 49. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1965.
Interconnections
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One of the most revered and recited scriptures of the perfection of wisdom genre (prajñāpāramitāsūtras), perhaps second only to the Heart Sūtra, both of which became especially popular in the East Asian Buddhist traditions. It is a crucial source for Mahāyāna tenets of selflessness and the emptiness of phenomena, and its discourse is framed as an explanation of how to enter into the vehicle of the bodhisattvas by developing and sustaining their enlightened perspective.
Amitabhavyuha Sutra (Skt. Amitābhavyūhasūtra; Tib. འོད་དཔག་མེད་ཀྱི་བཀོད་པའི་མདོ།, Wyl. 'od dpag med kyi bkod pa'i mdo), which is also known as the "longer" Sukhavativyuha Sutra (Skt. Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra), gives a detailed description of the Sukhavati pure realm of Buddha Amitabha. The teaching takes place on Vulture's Peak Mountain near Rajagriha. (Source Accessed May 25, 2023)
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Two Volumes in One:
Part. I, (1-207) The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha, translated from the Sanskrit by E.B. Cowell.
Part. II, (1-203) The larger Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the smaller Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the Vagrakkhedikâ, the larger Pragñâ-pâra-mitâ-hridaya-sûtra, the smaller Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra, translated by F. Max Müller. The Amitâyur-dhyâna-sûtra, translated by J. Takakusu.
The texts of Part. II are translated from the Sanskrit, except the Amitâyur-dhyâna-sûtra, which is from a Chinese translation. (Source Accessed Aug 16, 2021)-front.jpg)
Buddhist Mahayana Texts, edited and translated by E.B. Cowell, F. Max Müller, and J. Takakusu, is Volume 49 of the Sacred Books of the East series. Originally published in 1894 by Clarendon Press, it includes foundational early English translations of key Sanskrit and Chinese Mahayana scriptures.
