The Life Of The Buddha And The Early History Of His Order Derived From Tibetan Works In The Bkah Hg

Author : W. Woodville Rockhill
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330045657
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book The Life of the Buddha and the Early History of His Order written by W. Woodville Rockhill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life of the Buddha and the Early History of His Order: Derived From Tibetan Works in the Bkah-Hgyur and Bstan-Hgyur Any one who has glanced at the analysis of the Tibetan Bkah-hgyur by Alexander Csoma de Koros, published in the 20th volume of the "Asiatic Researches," must have been struck with the wonderful patience and perseverance of this extraordinary scholar. Some idea of the extent of the researches which are embodied in his analysis of the Dulva, about the tenth part of the whole Bkah-hgyur, may be had when it is known that it occupies more than 4000 leaves of seven lines to the page, each line averaging twenty-two syllables. But notwithstanding all that Csoma did to make known to Europe the vast Buddhist literature of Tibet, his work is hardly more than an index of the Tibetan Tripitaka. Moreover, when he wrote it, Buddhist studies were in their infancy, and many important subjects on which the Bkah-hgyur furnishes answers, which, if not always acceptable, are still plausible and interesting, had not been investigated by scholars, and their importance was as yet ignored. Csoma's premature death prevented him examining as fully as we could have desired the Tibetan Bstan-hgyur, in which may be found many important works which help to elucidate the difficulties which so frequently beset the canonical works in the Bkah-hgyur. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.