The Fo Sho Hing Tsan King a Life of Buddha by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva: The Sacred Books of the East V19

By Aśvaghoṣa

Book Overview

The Fo Sho Hing Tsan King a Life of Buddha is a book that tells the life story of Buddha, written by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva. This book is part of the Sacred Books of the East series, specifically Volume 19, and was translated by F. Max Muller. The book provides a comprehensive account of the life of Buddha, from his birth to his enlightenment and teachings. It includes stories of his encounters with various people, his travels, and his teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The book is considered an important text in Buddhism and provides insight into the teachings of Buddha.1883. Translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 420 and from Chinese into English by Beal. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. Contains Books I-V. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1162720166
• ISBN13: 9781162720166
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

EH Johnstone's landmark translation of Ashvaghosha's scintillating retelling of the Buddha's life

Recently this translation and edition has been superceded by Olivelle's version of Buddhacarita in the Clay Sanskrit Series, yet Johnstone's landmark translation remains a towering edifice in the corpus of Mahayana Buddhism. The work is deeply and profoundly moving and the spiritual investiture from imbibing the work is inexpressible. A pure treasure of religion and world literature.

A great way to understand The Buddha

I ordered this book because it is used as a textbook for my Buddhism class. After reading it, I understand much more about the culture and religion, as well as appreciate the artistic poeticism that is behind the story of the Buddha's life.

Reprint of 1936 edition of Asvaghosa's Buddhacarita

This book is the paperback edition (cloth is ISBN 8120810295) of the reprint of the 1936 Lahore edition of Asvaghosa's Buddhacarita, translated in English by E.H. Johnston. Part I is the complete Sanskrit text of Cantos I to XIV, using as its chief authority a Sanskrit manuscript dating from app. 1300 AD, supplemented by the Tibetan version and a fifth century A.D. Chinese translation. Part I: Sanskrit Text of I-XIV Part II: English translation of I-XIV Part III: English translation of XV-XXVIII Part II includes a lengthy introduction by the translator on Asvaghosa's life and works. The book includes the original Sanskrit text of Sargas I-XIV, but not the original Tibetan and Chinese texts used for part III.