A work in progress translation from the Sanskrit of...
 

SAUNDARANANDA: 'Handsome Nanda'

by the Great Teacher Ashvaghosha



Om! Namo Buddhaaya!
  Invocation:
Om! Homage to the Buddha!

Canto 1: A Portrayal of Kapilavastu (Complete)
  Canto 1
A Portrayal of Kapilavastu

Canto 2: A Portrayal of the King (Complete)
  Canto 2
A Portrayal of the King

Canto 3: A Portrayal of the Tathagata (Complete)
  Canto 3
A Portrayal of the Tathagata

Canto 4: Borrowing Leave from His Wife
  4.3 - 4.4
The Lovely Sundari

Canto 5: Nanda Is Caused to Go Forth
  Canto 5

Canto 6: His Wife's Lament
  Canto 6

Canto 7: Nanda's Lament
  Canto 7

Canto 8: Women as an Impediment
  Canto 8

Canto 9: Denunciation of Vanity
  Canto 9

Canto 10: A Heavenly Vision
  Canto 10

Canto 11: Denunciation of Heaven
  Canto 11

Canto 12: Gaining Hold (Complete)
  Canto 12
Gaining Hold

Canto 13: Thwarting the Power of the Senses through Practice of Integrity (Complete)
  Canto 13
Thwarting the Power of the Senses through Practice of Integrity

Canto 14: Stepping Into Action (Complete)
  Canto 14
Stepping Into Action

Canto 15: Giving Up an Idea (Complete)
  Canto 15
Giving Up an Idea

Canto 16: Exposition of the Noble Truths (Complete)
  Canto 16
Exposition of the Noble Truths

Canto 17: Obtaining the Nectar of Immortality (Complete)
  Canto 17
Obtaining the Nectar of Immortality

Canto 18: Affirmation
  Canto 18

  For verse by verse commentary on Saundarananda, visit my blog "Mining Ashvaghosha's Gold."

BUDDHACARITA
 

BUDDHACARITA:  'The Buddha's Career'

by the Great Teacher Ashvaghosha



Canto 5: Going Forth
  5.8-11
The first buds of sitting/realisation, under the Jambu tree

Canto 12: Visit to Arada
  12.100 - 12.107
Dropping off ascetic practice

12.120
  12.120
Sleeping-serpent spirals

Canto 13: Defeat of Mara
  13.1
The seer vows; Mara trembles

13.60
  13.60
Constancy of effort

13.65
  13.65
A tree of knowing

13.66
  13.66-69
Inhibiting the Mara reflex

13.30
  13.30-33
Like a lion, sitting

Canto 26: The Great Extinction of the Flame
  26.42 - 26.76
The Buddha's Final Teaching -- Johnston's translation from the Tibetan

SHOBOGENZO
 

SHOBOGENZO: 'A True-Dharma-Eye Treasury'

by Zen Master Dogen



Chapter 2
  MAKA-HANNYA-HARAMITSU
The Great Wisdom of One Gone to the Far Shore

Chapter 3
  GENJO-KOAN
The Real Law of the Universe

Chapter 10
  SHOAKU-MAKUSA
Not Doing Any Evil

Chapter 11
  UJI
Time, as Existence

Chapter 28
  BUTSU-KOJO-JI
The Matter of Buddha Going On Up

Chapter 58
  ZAZENGI
Rules of Sitting-Zen

Chapter 72
  ZANMAI-O-ZANMAI
The Samadhi That Is King of Samadhis

Chapter 77
  KOKU
Space

Chapter 95
  HACHI-DAININ-GAKU
The Eightfold Awakening of a Great Human Being

 

 



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