CLASSICS OF INDIAN BUDDHISM A new translation series The
flourishing of Buddhism in South Asia during the first
millennium of the Common Era produced many texts that deserve a
place among the classics of world literature. Probing the depths
of the human condition and the limits of language and reason,
these texts have the power to edify and entertain a wide variety
of readers. Unfortunately, many of them have never been
translated into Western languages, or have been translated in
such a way that they are accessible only to specialists and
determined Buddhist practitioners. The Classics of Indian
Buddhism series has been established to publish accessible
translations, primarily from Sanskrit, of important texts from
the Buddhist traditions of South Asia. Each volume will contain
a single text and may range dramatically in size. An
introductory essay will place the text in its intellectual and
historical context, and the translations will otherwise be
presented free of commentary. This series of texts central