Buddhism Books

The Essence of Buddhism

Sir Edwin Arnold

The Essence of Buddhism is a philosophical work compiled by Sir Edwin Arnold and Ernest M. Bowden.Author's Preface:I am glad to be permitted thus to say, in a few words of introduction to this we..

The Diamond Sutra

William Gemmell

The Diamond Sutra is one of the most valued and widely read philosophical works in Buddhist literature. It is very popular amongst ardent Buddhists in China, and excepting the Lotus of the Good Law, a..

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

Faxian

When Dr. Eitel’s “Handbook for the Student of Chinese Buddhism” appeared in 1870, the difficulty occasioned by the Sanskrit words and names was removed, but the other difficulty remained; and I was no..

Buddhism and Christianity: A Parallel and a Contrast

Archibald Scott

The lectures were drafted and in great part written before I read the very valuable works of Sir Monier Williams on Buddhism and of Dr. Kellogg on the Light of Asia and the Light of the World. I speci..