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General Library, The University of Tokyo
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matsunami_480
This Buddhist religious text contains 28 kathās, composed for Buddhist monk preachers to inspire laypeople to develop faith in Buddhism. In the colophon, the text names Ā...
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082225n
The Mahayana ‘Lotus Sutra’, which explains that the Tathagata did not pass on into final nirvana, but is still active teaching the Dharma.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100824813
A collection of stories about Bodhisattvas showing how deeds of previous lives bear fruit in the present.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100823234
A Buddhist text that disucsses nirvāṇa, vajragarbhasādhu and bodhisattva sādhu.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082529k
Buddhist stories illustrating the workings of karma across lives.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082973g
This is from the Mahāvastu which narrates stories from Gautama Buddha’s previous lives.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082966d
This includes discussion on nirvāṇa.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100825284
Buddhist stories illustrating the workings of karma across lives.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b10082858h
This contains part of the fourth khaṇḍa of a Mahāyāna Buddhist text on the ‘perfection of wisdom’.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100830079
The shorter version of a Buddhist Avadāna text. It appears to be a rare work.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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ark:/12148/btv1b100822246
An incomplete text of the ‘Lotus Sutra’ of Mahāyāna Buddhism.