early teachings on correct methods of meditation for Buddhist practice. This book should only be read in the light of the ultimate of Buddha's teachings in the Lotus Sutra.A very good resource to accompany the teachings under supervision of a monk or master.The most important concept being the "calming of the body formation." A widely misunderstood concept of arresting the 12 linked causal chain from enacting its craving mechanisms.

A reprinting of an out-of-print rare book from the library of Harvard University originally published in 1893. This essay is in my opinion, albeit with some very western rhetoric, one of the most accurate and true to the origins, transliteration of the doctrines of Nichiren and the teachings of Buddha.

This is a collection of Nichiren's writings and excerpts dealing with meanings and applications of the title of the Lotus Sutra. From Indian Sanskrit to Chinese and Japanese translations and phonetics to the core of all the Buddha's teachings, the title of the Lotus as well as the heading of every on of the 28 chapters of the Sutra, NamuMyoHoRenGeKyo, also known as the O'Daimoku or the five or seven characters.

This is a reprint of a full compilation of Chinese translated Sanskrit and Buddhist hybrid texts written on the Perfection of Wisdom teachings known as the Prajna-Paramita Sutra and published in many versions from 300 lines to 100,000 lines and many versions in between. I believe this to be the most complete version, although the reader is to be aware that the central teaching in all versions is the same. I find it is more clearly understood with the typical excess of information in the format of the ancient teachings from India, which in this case, provide that the central message is not in...