BDK English Tripiṭaka ; 76--II. The biographical scripture of King Aśoka
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0962561843
ISBN 13
9780962561849
Category
Publication Year
1994
Subject
Buddism.; Aśoka,--King of Magadha,--active 259 B.C.
Series Name
Description
xii, 203 p. ; 24 cm.; Includes index.; A Message on the Publication of the English Tripitaka / Yehan Numata -- Editorial Foreword / Shoyu Hanayama -- Publisher's Foreword / Philip Yampolsky -- Translator's Introduction / Li Rongxi -- Ch. I. The Causes of His Birth -- Ch. II. The Causes of Seeing Upagupta -- Ch. III. The Causes of Making Offerings to the Bodhi Tree -- Ch. IV. The Causes of Kunala -- Ch. V. The Causes of Offering Half an Amra Fruit to the Sangha -- Ch. VI. The Causes of the Buddha's Prediction Concerning Upagupta -- Ch. VII. The Causes of the Transmission of the Dharma-pitaka by the Five Disciples of the Buddha -- Ch. VIII. The Causes of Upagupta's Disciples.;
Biblio Notes
30904960
Number of Copies
1
