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Edward Conze

    March 18, 1904 – September 24, 1979

    Edward Conze was a prominent Western scholar of Buddhist philosophy and a translator. His deep engagement with Indian and comparative philosophy fueled extensive study and an academic career. Conze dedicated himself to popularizing Buddhist texts and ideas in the West, significantly contributing to their understanding.

    Edward Conze
    The Buddha's Law Among the Birds
    The principle of contradiction
    The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom
    Selected Sayings from the Perfection of Wisdom
    Four Lamas Of Dolpo: Autobiographies Of Four Tibetan Lamas (16th - 18th Centuries): Volume 1
    Spain To-Day Revolution And Counter-Revolution
    • 2022
    • 2016

      The principle of contradiction

      • 562 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      Heine introduces The Principle of Contradiction in its first English translation. Conze's account of the history and evolution of the principle of contradiction illuminates the thought of Aristotle, Marx, and Buddha, and provides the groundwork for a new cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to philosophical theory and practice.

      The principle of contradiction
    • 2014

      Buddhist Texts Through the Ages

      • 324 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      This unique anthology of Buddhist scripture traces the development of Buddhism through the ages, with translations from the original Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese.

      Buddhist Texts Through the Ages
    • 2012

      An English translation of the manuscript autobiographies of four Tibetan lamas of the Dolpo region, three of whom were born in the 16th century and one in the 17th. It offers reader an important insight into medieval Tibetan religious life. This English translation of the manuscript autobiographies of four Tibetan lamas of the Dolpo region, three of whom were born in the 16th century and one in the 17th, offers the reader important insight into medieval Tibetan religious life. The manuscript records of these lives were discovered by the author/translator, an eminent

      Four Lamas Of Dolpo: Autobiographies Of Four Tibetan Lamas (16th - 18th Centuries): Volume 1
    • 2007

      Buddhism

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
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      This authoritative guide provides a classic introduction to the ancient faith of Buddhism from one of recent history's greatest scholars in the subject.

      Buddhism
    • 1980

      Views the development and traditions of Buddhism within the context of four historical epochs centering around the early era and the rise of the Hinayana, the rise of the Mahayana, the rise of Tantra and Zen, and the era of conservation that marked the religion from 1000 A.D. to 1978

      A short history of Buddhism
    • 1975