The Vimalakîrtinirdesa ("The Teaching of Vimalakirti") is one of the most well known Mahayana sutra among Buddhist countries in Asia. The complete Sanskrit text had been considered lost until a delegation team of Taisho University found out the complete and beautiful palm-leaf manuscript at the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. The news of the discovery of the manuscript was released in the end of 1999.
The Sanskrit manuscript of the Vimalakîrtinirdesa is preserved together with the Jñânâlokâlamkâra mahâyânasûtra in the same bundle. This mahayanasutra is one of the important sources for the study of the Tathâgatagarbha philosophy, for it is often cited in the Ratnagotravibhâga.
The bundle of both important Sanskrit manuscripts are reproduced as the facsimile edition. The present book is intended to be a supplement to the facsimile edition. As for this facsimile edition, however, the limited number of copies are available. Accordingly, the book is planed to be published independently. The main contents of the book is the transliteration of both Sanskrit texts collated with the Tibetan and Chinese translations in two-page layout. Sample page here (PDF file 173KB).
The book consists of three volumes:| Price | Destination |
|---|---|
| JPY 1,900 | Asia, Guam, Marshall Is., Midway and others |
| JPY 2,400 | North America (Except Canada), Central America, Oceania, Middle East, Europe |
| JPY 2,900 | Africa, South America, |
| JPY 4,700 | Canada |
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