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English Taisho Tripitaka

Tripitaka #

TITLE

Translators

#192

Buddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha [Skt: Buddhacarita] [Ch: Fo-so-hsing-tsan]

Johnston

#203

The Storehouse of Sundry Valuables [Ch: Tsa-pao-ts'ang-ching] [Jpn: Zo-ho-zo-kyo]

Charles Willemen

#211

The Scriptural Text: Verses of the Doctrine with Parables
[Skt: Dhammapada] [Ch: Fa-chu-p`i-yu-ching]
Dhammapada (Tibetan Translation)
The Dhammapada: Sayings of Buddha
The Dhammapada: The Path of Truth

Charles Willemen
Gedun Choephel
Thomas Cleary
Rose Kramer

#235

Diamond Sutra or Prajna-Paramita (1912)
[Skt: Vajracchedika-prajnaparamita-sutra] [Ch: Chin-kang-pan-jo-po-lo-mi-ching]
The Diamond Sutra: Transforming the Way We Percieve the World
The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra

William Gemmel

Soeng Mu

Thich Nhat Hanh

#262

The Lotus Sutra [Skt: Sad-dharma-pundarika-sutra] [Ch: Miao-fa-lien-hua-ching] [Jpn: Myo-ho-ren-ge-kyo] [More Translations & Online Resources]

WebRing

Tsugunari Kubo
& Akira Yuyama

#278

The Flower Ornament Scripture
[Skt: Avatamsaka Sutra] [Ch: Ta-fang-kuang-fo-hua-yen-ching]
The Flower Adornment Sutra [Chapter 40 Online]

Thomas Cleary

Mark Andrews

#353

The Lion's Roar of Queen Srimala [Skt: Srimaladevisimhanada-sutra] [Ch: Sheng-man-shih-tzu-hou-i-ch`eng-ta-fang-pien-fang-kuang-ching] [Online Text]

Alex & Hideko Wayman

#360, #365
and #366

The Three Pure Land Sutras [Ch: Wu-liang-shou-ching; Kuan-wu-liang-shou-fo-ching; A-mi-t'o-ching] [Jpn: Mu-ryo-ju-kyo; Kan-mu-ryo-ju-butsu; A-mi-da-kyo] [Online Texts]

Hisao Inagaki

Mark Andrews

#375

The Nirvana Sutra: PDF (1-6) | Ch.12 on Buddha-Nature | Ch.18 on Illness
[Skt: Mahaparinirvana-sutra] [Ch: Ta-pan-nieh-p'an-liao-shuo-chiao-chieh-ching]
The Discourse of the Teaching Bequeathed by the Buddha [Online]

Charles Patton
Kosho Yamamoto
BAUS

#418

#642

The Pratyupanna Samadhi Sutra [Ch: Pan-chou-san-mei-ching] [Jpn: Han-ju-zan-mai-kyo]
The Surangama Samadhi Sutra [Ch: Shou-leng-yen-san-mei-ching] [Jpn: Shu-ryo-gon-zan-mai-kyo]

Paul Harrison

John MacRae

#475

The Vimalakirti Sutra
[Skt: Vimalakirti-nirdesa-sutra] [Ch: Wei-mo-chieh-so-shuo-ching]

Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra Online English texts: Singapore or Denmark

BuddhaJones on All Beings are Equal

Burton Watson

Robert Thurman

#671

Lankavatara Sutra [Ch: Ju-leng-ch`ieh-ching]

D.T. Suzuki

#676

The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning
[Ch: Chieh-shen-mi-ching] [Jp: Gejinmikkyo]

John Keenan

#1488

The Sutra on Upasaka Precepts
[Ch: Yu-p'o-sai-chieh-ching] [Jpn: U-ba-soku-kai-kyo]

Bhikuni Shih Heng-ching

#1585, #1586
and #1590

Demonstration of Consciousness Only [Ch: Ch'eng-wei-shih-lun] [Jpn: Jo-yui-shiki-ron]
Thirty Verses on Consciousness Only [Ch: Wei-shih-san-shih-lun-sung] [Jpn: Yui-shiki-san-ju-ron-ju]
Treatise in Twenty Verses on Consciouness Only [Ch: Wei-shih-erh-shih-lun] [Jpn: Yui-shiki-ni-ju-ron]

Francis Cook

#1593

The Summary of the Great Vehicle [Ch: She-ta-ch'eng-lun] [Jpn: Sho-dai-jo-ron]

John Keenan

#1911

The Great Calming and Contemplation Book
[Ch: Mo-ho-chih-kuan] [Jap: Maka-shikan]

Online translations: Nanzan University

The Great Calm-Observation Tientai.net

Neal Donner &
Daniel Stevenson

Paul Swanson

Peter Johnson

#1985, #2005
and #2010

Recorded Sayings of Linji [Ch: Chen-chou-lin-chi-hui-chao-ch'an-shih-wu-lu] [Jpn: Chin-shu-rin-zai-e-sho-zen-ji-go-roku]
Wumen's Gate [Ch: Wu-men-kuan] [Jpn: Mu-mon-kan]
Faith-Mind Maxim [Ch: Hsin-hsin-mei] [Jpn: Shin-jin-mei]

J. Cleary

J. Cleary
O. Yoshida

#2003

The Blue Cliff Record [Ch: Fo-kuo-yuan-wu-ch'an-shih-pi-yen-lu] [Jpn: Buk-ka-en-go-zen-ji-heki-gan-roku]

Thomas Cleary

#2043

The Biographical Scripture of King Asoka
[Skt: Asokaraja-sutra] [Ch: A-yu-wang-ching] [Jpn: A-iku-o-kyo]

Li Rongxi

#2053

A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty [Ch: Ta-t'ang-ta-tz'u-en-ssu-san-ts'ang-fa-shih-ch'uan] [Jpn: Dai-to-dai-ji-on-ji-san-zo-ho-shi-den]

Li Rongxi

#2087

The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions
[Ch: Ta-t'sang-his-yu-chi] [Jpn: Dai-to-sai-iki-ki]

Li Rongxi

#2125

Buddhist Monastic Traditions of Southern Asia
[Ch: Nan-hai-chi-kuei-nei-fa-ch'uan] [Jp: Nan-kai-kiki-nai-hoden]

Li Rongxi

#2348
#2366

The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition [Jpn: Ris-shu-ko-yo]
Collected Teachings of the Tendai Lotus School [Jpn: Ten-dai-hok-ke-shu-gi-shu]

Leo Pruden
Paul Swanson

#2608

A Collection of Passages on the Nembutsu Chosen in the Original Vow [Jap: Senchaku Hongan Nembutsu Shu]

Morris Augustine
& Tessho Kondo

#2661

Tannisho: Passages Deploring Deviations of Faith and Rennyo Shonin Ofumi: The Letters of Rennyo [Jpn: Tan-ni-sho]

Shojun Bando with Harold Stewart

Taisho Tripitaka Extracanonical

The Essentials of the Eight Traditions [Jpn: Has-shu-ko-yo]
The Candle of the Latter Dharma [Jpn: Mappo-to-myo-ki] [Online Text]

Leo Pruden
Robert Rhodes

Korean Tripitaka

The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment [Ch: Yuan-chueh-ching]

Charles Muller

The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya (Teachings of the Buddha) by Maurice Walshe (Translator). Hardcover Jan 1996.

The Skill in Means (Upayakausalya Sutra) by Mark Tatz (Translator). Hardcover Sep 1994.

The Arthaviniscaya Sutra by N.H. Samtani (Translator). Paperback Jun 1999.

Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission by Kogen Mizuno, Sono Seiritsu To Ten Kyoden (Photographer). Paperback Jun 1995.

Buddhavacana and Dei Verbum: A Phenomenological and Theological Comparison of Scriptural Inspiration in the Saddharmapundarika Sutra and in the Christian... by Michael Fuss. Hardcover Sep 1991.

Sacred Calligraphy of the East by John Stevens, Ron Suresha (Editor). Paperback Dec 1995.

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (Teachings of the Buddha) by Bhikkhu Nanamoli (Translator), Bhikkhu Bodhi (Editor). Hardcover Mar 1995.

The First Discourse of the Buddha: Turning the Wheel of Dhamma by Revatadhamma, Rewata, Dr Dhamma. Paperback Jan 1997.

The Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings by Thich Nhat-Hahn, Carole Melkonian (Translator), Diem T. Truong (Translator). Paperback Jul 1987.

The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-Neng (Shambhala Dragon Editions) by Wong Mou-Lam (Translator), A. F. Price (Translator). Paperback Oct 1990.

Wisdom of Buddha: The Samdhinirmocana Sutra (Tibetan Translation) by John Powers (Translator). Paperback Jan 1995.

The Cave of Poison Grass: Essays on the Hannya Sutra (Companions of Zen Training) by Seikan Hasegawa. Hardcover Aug 1975. Paperback Jan 1999.

The Crystal and the Way of Light: Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen (Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy) by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, John Shane (Editor). Paperback Feb 2000.

The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom: With the Divisions of the Abhisamayalankara by Edward Conze (Editor). Paperback Feb 1985.

Numerical Discourses of the Budda: An Anthology of Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya (Sacred Literature Series) by Nyanaponika Bodhi & Bhikkhu Bodhi (Editors). Paperback Jun 2000.

Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing by Thich Nhat Hanh. Paperback Feb 1996.

The Voice of the Buddha: The Beauty of Compassion (Translation Series) by Lalitavistara Sutra, Gwendolyn Bays (Translator). Paperback Sep 1983.

Infinite Happiness: Right Here Right Now: Discourses on the Ra Ananda Sutra (the Teachings on Divine Happiness, Vol. I) by Bhagwan Ra Afrika. Sep 1998.

The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections Spoken by Buddha by Hsuan Hua. Hardcover Dec 1994. Paperback Oct 1977.

Complete Enlightenment: Translation and Commentary on the Sutra of Complete Enlightenment by Master Sheng-Yen, Christopher Marano, Guo-Gu, Chang Sheng-Yen. Hardcover Nov 1997. Paperback Feb 1999.