Publications of the Lumbini International Research Institute · Nepal

The Perfect Liberation of the Mahāsiddha Chunga Rinpoche (1899-1980)

Pali and Vernacular Literature Transmitted in Central and Northern Siam

„Pali and Vernacular Literature Transmitted in Central and Northern Siam“ is a preliminary survey of the pre-modern literature of Central and Northern Siam. Based on old records,...

Zum Begriff ’namarupa:’

Das Individuum im Pali-Kanon

Nāmarūpa (wörtlich “Name und Gestalt”) ist weithin bekannt als buddhistische Bezeichnung für ein Individuum, das aus den fünf Gruppen (P. khandhas, Sk. skandhas) besteht, und...

A Mirror of Jewels which Clears Away Errors: A Critical Guide to the Buddhist Sacred Sites of the Nepal Valley

Jambupati-sutra

A synoptic romanized edition

The present volume is a romanized collation of four Pali manuscripts of the „Jambupati-sutra“, supplemented by Pali passages extracted from two old Thai-language versions. The...

Searching for the Dharma, Finding Salvation – Buddhist Pilgrimage in Time and Space

Proceedings of the Workshop "Buddhist Pilgrimage in History and Present Times" at the Lumbini International Research Institute (LIRI), Lumbini, 11 -13 January 2010

Buddhism and Buddhist Literature of South-East Asia

Selected Papers ed. by Claudio Cicuzza

The twelve essays in this volume survey aspects of Buddhism and Buddhist literature in pre-modern South-East Asia and Thailand, drawing on Pali and vernacular texts, liturgy, and...

A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection

Volume 1

We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...

Buddhist Iconography and Ritual in Paintings and Line Drawings from Nepal

This book is divided into three sections. The first section introduces one specific tradition of Siddhas transmitted by artists from Nepal. This artistic legacy, which is related...

A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection

Volume 2

We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...

The Sherpa »Dumji« Masked Dance Festival

An ethnographic description of the ›great liturgical performance‹ as celebrated annually according to the tradition of the Lamaserwa clan in the village temple of Gonpa Zhung, Solu

A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection

Volume 3

We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...

Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees

Buddhist Initiation of the Newars in Nepal

A Documentation in Pictures

From Turfan to Ajanta

Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday

Śākyamuni’s Return Journey to Lumbini (lumbinīyātrā): A Study of a Popular Theme in Newar Buddhist Art and Literature

A Mirror Reflecting the Entire World

The Pali »Buddhapadamangala« or »Auspicius Signs on the Buddha’s Feet«. Critical Edition with English Translation

The “Buddhapadamangala” is an anonymous work in the corpus of Pali literature transmitted in Siam. Its starting point is the conventional description of the wheel mark on the...

Logic in Buddhist Scholasticism

The cover-diagram shows the tradition of the Buddhist “Dharma Character School” (Chin. Faxiang zong, Jap. Hossō-shū), as seen by the Japanese temple Kōfuku-ji in Nara. In this...

The Birth of the Buddha

Proceedings of the Seminar held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004

The Dhāraṇī Volume Acc. No. 90.411. Kept in The Newark Museum