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Buddhist Suttas
Contributor(s): Davids, T. W. Rhys (Translator), Pali (Author)

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 ISBN: 1461178886     ISBN-13: 9781461178880
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $11.33  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism - Sacred Writings
- Literary Collections | African
- Philosophy | Mind & Body
Dewey: 294.3
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 7.99" W x 10" L (0.69 lbs) 150 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
 
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Publisher Description:
On being asked to contribute a volume of translations from the P li Suttas to the important series of which this work forms a part, the contributor has to face the difficulty of choosing from the stores of a nearly unknown literature--a difficulty arising from the embarrassment, not of poverty, but of wealth. I have endeavoured to make such a choice as would enable me to bring together into one volume a collection of texts which should be as complete a sample as one volume could afford of what the Buddhist scriptures, on the whole, contain. With this object in view I have refrained from confining myself to the most interesting books--those, namely, which deal with the Noble Eightfold Path, the most essential, the most original, and the most attractive part of Gotama's teaching; and I have chosen accordingly, besides the Sutta of the Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness (the Dhamma-kakka-ppavattana Sutta), which treats of the Noble Path, six others which treat of other sides of the Buddhist system; less interesting perhaps in their subject matter, but of no less historical value. This book is also available on Kindle.
 
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