The Bible of Tibet

First Published in 2005. This is the first collection translated and edited of the most significant scripture from the Buddhist literature of South Asia. It was on the basis of this collection that the English-speaking reader became acquainted with the 'Bible of Tibet'. This collection still represents the most complete collection of Buddhist teachings and is indispensable to the study of that subject.

Autorentext
W.R.S. Ralston was a well known traveller and scholar, and was also prominent in the field of Slavic and Russian folktales.

Inhalt
Chapter 1 King Mandhatar; Chapter 2 Kusa Jataka; Chapter 3 Adarsamukha; Chapter 4 The Clever Thief; Chapter 5 Sudhana Avadana; Chapter 6 Prince Jivaka as the King of Physicians; Chapter 7 Visakha; Chapter 8 Mahaushadha and Visakha; Chapter 9 Mahakasyapa and Bhadra; Chapter 10 Utpalavarna; Chapter 11 Krisa Gautami; Chapter 12 Susroni; Chapter 13 The Over-Reached Actor; Chapter 14 The Dumb Cripple; Chapter 15 Rshyasringa; Chapter 16 Visvantara; Chapter 17 The Fulfilled Prophecy; Chapter 18 The Two Brothers; Chapter 19 The Punishment of a Varice; Chapter 20 The Magician's Pupil; Chapter 21 How a Woman Requites Love; Chapter 22 The Flight of the Beasts; Chapter 23 The Five Lovers; Chapter 24 The Virtuous Animals; Chapter 25 The Ichneumon, the Mouse, and the Snake; Chapter 26 The Grateful Animals and the Ungrateful Man; Chapter 27 The Ungrateful Lion; Chapter 28 The Tricked Elephant; Chapter 29 The Wolf and the Sheep; Chapter 30 Oxen as Witnesses; Chapter 31 The Stubborn and the Willing Oxen; Chapter 32 The Ass as a Singer; Chapter 33 The Jackal as Calumniator; Chapter 34 The Two Otters and the Jackal; Chapter 35 The Jackal Saves the Lion; Chapter 36 The Blue Jackal; Chapter 37 The Jackal Hanged by the Ox; Chapter 38 The Jackal in the Elephants Footprints; Chapter 39 The Guilty Dogs; Chapter 40 The Hypocritical Cat; Chapter 41 The Gazelle and the Hunter; Chapter 42 The Monkeys Saved from Death; Chapter 43 Incredulity Punished; Chapter 44 The Wise and the Foolish Monkey Chiefs; Chapter 45 The Monkeys and the Moon; Chapter 46 The Peacock as Bridegroom; Chapter 47 The Crow with the Golden Cap; Chapter 48 The Revengeful Crow; Chapter 49 The United Pheasants; Chapter 50 Three Tales about Artists;