A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese

Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: Samuel BealPublisher: Sri Satguru PublicationsYear: 1989Language: EnglishPages: 452ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170301831 DescriptionThe Buddhist Canon in China, as it was arranged between the years 67 and 1285 A D, includes 1440 distinct works, comprising 5586 books. But these form only a fractional part of the entire Buddhist Literature. The present books is divided into parts. In the beginning the book contains an informative introduction. Part I contains Legends and Myths which includes - The Origin of the rivers; The Navel of the earth; The Habitable world; the Four great continents; On the Karma that leads to birth in these worlds: On the causes of the earthquakes; on the eight cold Hells; on the abode of the king Yama. The Superior Heaven; The thirty three heavens; The four divisions of Dhyana Heavens; the occupants of the Heaveans; General summary; The collective Universe; The extent of the different s