• A Treasury of Mahayana Sutra: Selections from the Maharatnakuta Sutra by Garma C.C. Chang
  • A Treasury of Mahayana Sutra: Selections from the Maharatnakuta Sutra
  • A Treasury of Mahayana Sutra: Selections from the Maharatnakuta Sutra

A Treasury of Mahayana Sutra: Selections from the Maharatnakuta Sutra

Author(s): Garma C.C. Chang
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Language: English
Total Pages: 496
Available in: Hardbound
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The Maharatnakuta Sutra is one of the five major sutra groups in the Mahayana canon. Of the two great schools of Buddhism, Mahayana has the greatest number of adherents worldwide-it prevails among the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Tibetans, and Vietnames-and contains within it a number of movements, notably Zen which have been of growing interest in the West in recent decades. Yet despite this increased attention and enormous following, translations of Mahayana scriptures have been scarce and fragmentary; clearly, a comprehensive translation of a major work within the canon was called for.