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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra [...] E.1: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness (smṛtyupasthāna)
Update, 02 September, 2020: 1. Foundations and mistakes Question. – What are the four foundations of mi... »»

The Indian Buddhist Iconography [...] Figure 234
Update, 21 August, 2020: Fig. 234: Ārya-Sarasvatī It is not a fact that Hindu gods [viz., Ārya-Saras... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 50
Update, 17 August, 2020: [In S. Beal’s “Romantic Legend of Sākya Buddha,” pp. 93-96, it is related h... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 50c
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, ii. f. 283.] In olden times a dispute arose between two ... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 50b
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur ii. f. 283.] In olden times there was a painter in Madhya... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 50a
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, ii. f. 285.] There lived an ivory carver in Madhyadeśa w... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 48
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 231.] In long-past times the men of Rājagṛha and ... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 49
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. ff. 232, 233; and Cf. Benfey’s Pancatantra, i., iii.... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 47
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 221.] It happened long ago, that a crow uttered a... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 46
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iii. f. 90.] In long-past times lived the flamingo-king,... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 45
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 249. Cf. A. Weber in the “Monatsberichten der K. ... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 44
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 247.] In long-past times there lived in a certain... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 43
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. 246.] “Honoured sirs, last night I dreamed an evil d... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 42
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, ii. ff. 115-116. This story is given in Spence Hardy’s “... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 41
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. ff. 244*-245*.] In long-past times, when the Bodisat... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 40
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. ff. 247, 248.] In long-past times there was a chieft... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 39
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 212.] In long-past times, King Brahmadatta came t... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 33a
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, vi. ff. 239-243. Benfey has called attention, in his Int... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 38
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 222.] AN elephant came long ago to the Himalayas ... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 37
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 293.] In long-past times, there lived in a certai... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 36
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 255. Cf. Pancatantra, i. 10, and Benfey’s remarks... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 35
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 244*.] In lost past times, when the Bodisat remai... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 34
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, ff. 94*, 95.] In long-past times there lived on the bank... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 33b
Update, 17 August, 2020: In long-past times there lived in a forest a lioness with her cub and a tig... »»

Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) [...] Chapter 32
Update, 17 August, 2020: [Source: Kah-gyur, iv. f. 293. Cf. Pancatantra, v. 7, and Benfey’s remarks ... »»