The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom: With the Divisions of the Abhisamayalankara

by Edward Conze

2021-01-08 22:04:06

Some 2000 years ago Buddhism experienced a major reformation through a movement called the Mahayana, or "Great Vehicle," which dominated religious through in much of Asia for many centuries and still exerts considerable influence. The basic... Read more
Some 2000 years ago Buddhism experienced a major reformation through a movement called the Mahayana, or "Great Vehicle," which dominated religious through in much of Asia for many centuries and still exerts considerable influence. The basic Mahayana texts, sermons ascribed to the Buddha and called "sutras" in Sanskrit, discussed the "perfect wisdom." The "Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom" took shape between 50 and 2000 A.D. in southern India during one of the most momentous outbursts of religious creativity in human history.
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File size8.25 X 5.5 X 1.8 in
Print pages697
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publication date January 24, 1985
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780520053212

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