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The Vimalakirti Sutra - Translations from the Asian Classics
Burton Watson
The Vimalakirti Sutra - Translations from the Asian Classics
Burton Watson
This text is a translation of one of the most influential works of the Mahayana Buddhist canon, and is of particular importance to the Ch'an or Zen sect. Written in the first century BC, it claims to record events from the time of Sakyamuni Buddha, over 400 years earlier.
192 pages, 30 photographs
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 23, 2000 |
ISBN13 | 9780231106573 |
Publishers | Columbia University Press |
Genre | Cultural Region > Asian Studies |
Pages | 192 |
Dimensions | 140 × 215 × 15 mm · 256 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Watson, Burton |