Publications of the Lumbini International Research Institute · Nepal

Pitakamala. »The Garland of the Pitaka«

“Pitakamala” or “The Garland of the Pitaka” is a Northern Thai text that describes the Buddhist scriptures as they were traditionally transmitted in palm-leaf manuscripts kept in...

»Simavicarana«

A Pali letter on monastic boundaries by King Rama IV of Siam

“Simavicarana” presents an annotated romanized edition of a letter composed in Pali by Thera Vajiranana - that is, by King Mogkut (Rama IV) of Siam when he was a monk before he...

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...

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...

Buddhist Deities of Nepal

Iconography in Two Sketchbooks

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...

The Places where Siddhartha Trod

Lumbini and Kapilavastu

Facsimile Edition Series Vol. 3: A Buddhist Correspondence: The Letters of Lo-chen bSod-nams rgya-mtshoMonograph Series Vol. 3: Life and Travels of Lo-chen bSod-nams rgya-mtsho

The Birth of the Buddha

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

Excavations at Gotihawa and a Territorial Survey in Kapilavastu District of Nepal

Preliminary Report

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,...

Pali Literature Transmitted in Central Siam

A catalogue based on the Sap Songkhro

„Pali Literature Transmitted in Central Siam“ is a manual of Pali literature. It gives the titles of 529 texts, the majority inscribed on palm-leaf, dealing with Buddhism and...

Proceedings of the Seminar on The Relationship Between Religion and State (chos srid zung ‘brel) in Traditional Tibet

Lumbini 4-7 March 2000

Buddhism and Violence

One of the aims of this volume is to provide material, based on critical, unbiased research illustrating the fact that, at particular moments in their history and in certain...

Rare Texts from Tibet

Seven Sources for the Ecclesiastic History of Medieval Tibet

A preliminary perusal of a puplished set of rare and old bKa’-brgyud-pa manuscript texts that recently surfaces in Lhasa - collected and published under the cover-title „dPal ’Bri...

Building the Sherpa’s New Present in the Age of Globalization

The construction of a novel tradtion as well as a collective Sherpa identity in a new place through the performance of Tibetan Buddhist ritual celebrations: a close look at the present revitalisation of Sherpa Buddhism, culture, and society

The central concern of this book is a detailed examination of both the strategy and the means employed whereby the Sherpas have been successfully managing the creation of a novel...

Facsimile Edition Series Vol. 1: The Oldest Block Print of Klong-chen Rab-’byams-pa’s Theg mchog mdzod. Vol. 2: Four Unknown Mahamudra Works of the Bo-dong-pa School.Monograph Series Vol. 2: Early Buddhist Block Prints from mang-yul Gung-thang

The Life of the Buddha

Buddhist and Saiva Iconography and Visual Narratives in Artists’ Sketchbooks from Nepal

This book describes, analyses and reproduce line drawings from two manuscripts and a related section from a third manuscript. These are:
1. Manuscript M.82.169.2, preserved in...

Testimonies for the Bstod-pa brgyad-cu-pa

An Early Hymn Praising Diamkarasrijñana Atisa

Zum Begriff ’namarupa:’

Das Individuum im Pali-Kanon

Nāmarūpa (literally “name and form”) is widely known as a Buddhist term used to denote the the five “groups” (P. khandhas, Sk. skandhas) of which the individual is said to consist...