The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom Motilal Banarsidass 8: The Bhagavadgita with the

8: The Bhagavadgita with the Sanatsujatiya and the Anugita

publication and the compilation of these books cover almost 34 years

Preface This book had its beginnings in a set of graded readings and grammatical notes that the authors began to assemble and discuss a number of years ago

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1 Now the exposition of Yoga

The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom Motilal Banarsidass 8: The Bhagavadgita with theSome two thousand years ago Buddhism experienced a major reformation through a movement called the Mahayana, or "Great Vehicle," which dominated religious thought in much of Asia for many centuries and still exerts considerable influence. The basic Mahayana texts were sermons ascribed to the Buddha, called "sutras" in Sanskrit. The earliest and most influential of these Mahayana sutras had the "perfection of wisdom" as its main subject matter. Of