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Buddhist Scriptures

Author Anonymous
Translated by Edward Conze
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A volume of key writings on the Buddha, collected from a variety of languages and traditions

While Buddhism has no central text comparable to the Bible or Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that encompasses the dharma, or the teachings of the Buddha. In this rich anthology, eminent scholar Donald S. Lopez, Jr. brings together works from a broad historical and geographical range, and from such languages as Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese. There are tales of the Buddha's past lives, a discussion of qualities and qualifications for a monk, and an exploration of the many meanings of enlightenment. Together they provide a vivid picture of the Buddha and of the vast and profound nature of the Buddhist tradition.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Buddhist ScripturesAcknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: THE TEACHER

Chapter 1. The Buddha's Previous Lives
Introductory Note
1. Shakyamuni's Meeting with Dipankara
2a. The Bodhisattva and the Hungry Tigress
2b. The Bodhisattva as the Preacher of Patience
3. Outline of a Bodhisattva's Progress

Chapter 2. The Legend of the Buddha Shakyamuni
Introductory Note
1. The birth of the Bodhisattva
2. Asita's visit
3. The Bodhisattva's youth and marriage
4. The awakening
5. Withdrawal from the women
6. The flight
7. The apparition of a mendicant
8. The dismissal of Chandaka
9. The practice of austerities
10. Nandabala's gift
11. The defeat of Mara
12. The Enlightenment
13. The meeting with the mendicant
14. The meeting with the five mendicants
15. Turning the wheel of Dharma
16. The meeting of father and son
17. Further conversions
18. Devadatta
19. The desire for death
20. The leave-taking from Vaisali, the final couch, instructions to the Mallas
21. Parinirvana
22. The Relics
23. The Scriptures

PART II: DOCTRINES

Chapter 1. Morality
Introductory Note
1. The Five Precepts, with Buddahghosa's commentary
2. Rules of monastric restraint
3. The monk's life
3a. The Buddha's advice to Sariputra (E.M.H.)
3b. The Rhinoceros (E.M.H.)
4. Verses from the Sanskrit Dharmapada
4a. The chapter on Karma
4b. The chapter on Morality
5. Popular Moral Buddhism
6. Laymen and Monks
6a. Their respective attainments
6b. Their respective tasks, and the question of the adoration of relics

Chapter 2. Meditation
Introductory Note
1. The advantages of meditation
2. The practice of introversion

3. The progressive steps of meditation
The restraint of the senses - How the senses cause bondage - Moderation in eating - The avoidance of sleep - Full awareness of the postures, etc. - The advantages of solitary meditation - Concentration and the forsaking of idle thoughts - How to deal with thoughts concerning family and homeland - How to be mindful of death - The four holy truths

4. The six types of persons
5. The five miraculous powers
6. Zen
6a. Sessan Amakuki. Zen Meditation (R.T.L.)
6b. Rosen Takashina. Controlling the Mind (R.T.L.)

Chapter 3. Wisdom
Introductory Note
1. The Questions of King Milinda
1. Introduction - 2. The doctrine of not-self: (a) The chariot, (b) Personal identity and rebirth, (c) personal identity and Karma - 3. The five cardinal virtues - 4. Emancipation and Nirvana: (a) Problems of Nirvana, (b) The nature of Nirvana, (c) The realization of Nirvana, (d) The saints and their bodies - 5. Conclusion

2. The Heart Sutra

3. From the "Diamond Sutra"
The Bodhisattva and Dipankara - The initial vow of a Bodhisattva - The practice of perfect giving - The practice of perfect patience - The Bodhisattva's final Nirvana - The Bodhisattva as a fully enlightened Buddha - The Buddha's physical body - The Buddha as the Tathagata - The Buddha as a Teacher - The Buddha as a Saviour - The application to the present day

4. Rabulabhadra. "Hymn to Perfect Wisdom"
5. Sent-ts'an. "On Believing in Mind" (D.T.S.)
6. From Saraba's "Treasury of Songs" (D.L.S.)

Chapter 4. Doctrinal Formulas
Introductory Note
1. Faith: The Triple Refuge - The Buddha - The Dharma - The Samgha
2. Vigour: The four right efforts - The Bodhisattva's Vow
3. Mindfulness: On guarding the senses
4. Concentration: The four trances - The four formless trances - The four Unlimited - Unlimited Friendliness
5. Wisdom: The four Holy Truths - Conditioned co-production - The view of self - The absence of self in everything - The illusory nature of the world

Chapter 5. Doctrinal Disputes
Introductory Note
1. The Personalist Controversy
2. Mahayana Polemics against the Hinayana
3. Can there be more than one Buddha at a time?
3a. The Hinayana position
3b. The Mahayana position
4. The Quietist Controversy

PART III: OTHER WORLDS AND FUTURE TIMES

Chapter 1. Other Worlds
Introductory Note
1. The bliss of the heavens
2. The torments of the bells

3. Life after death, and the "Book of the Dead"
Preamble - I. The moment of death, and the clear light of Pure Reality. The emergence of a subtle body. - II. The experience of the spiritual realities - III. Seeking rebirth. The judgement. The desire for rebirth. The dawning of the lights of the six places of rebirth. Re-incarnation.

4. Celestial Paradises: The Pure Land of Amitabha

Chapter 2. Maitreya, the future Buddha
Introductory Note
"The Prophecy concerning Maitreya"

Sources
Glossary of Technical Terms

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About

A volume of key writings on the Buddha, collected from a variety of languages and traditions

While Buddhism has no central text comparable to the Bible or Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that encompasses the dharma, or the teachings of the Buddha. In this rich anthology, eminent scholar Donald S. Lopez, Jr. brings together works from a broad historical and geographical range, and from such languages as Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese. There are tales of the Buddha's past lives, a discussion of qualities and qualifications for a monk, and an exploration of the many meanings of enlightenment. Together they provide a vivid picture of the Buddha and of the vast and profound nature of the Buddhist tradition.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Table of Contents

Buddhist ScripturesAcknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: THE TEACHER

Chapter 1. The Buddha's Previous Lives
Introductory Note
1. Shakyamuni's Meeting with Dipankara
2a. The Bodhisattva and the Hungry Tigress
2b. The Bodhisattva as the Preacher of Patience
3. Outline of a Bodhisattva's Progress

Chapter 2. The Legend of the Buddha Shakyamuni
Introductory Note
1. The birth of the Bodhisattva
2. Asita's visit
3. The Bodhisattva's youth and marriage
4. The awakening
5. Withdrawal from the women
6. The flight
7. The apparition of a mendicant
8. The dismissal of Chandaka
9. The practice of austerities
10. Nandabala's gift
11. The defeat of Mara
12. The Enlightenment
13. The meeting with the mendicant
14. The meeting with the five mendicants
15. Turning the wheel of Dharma
16. The meeting of father and son
17. Further conversions
18. Devadatta
19. The desire for death
20. The leave-taking from Vaisali, the final couch, instructions to the Mallas
21. Parinirvana
22. The Relics
23. The Scriptures

PART II: DOCTRINES

Chapter 1. Morality
Introductory Note
1. The Five Precepts, with Buddahghosa's commentary
2. Rules of monastric restraint
3. The monk's life
3a. The Buddha's advice to Sariputra (E.M.H.)
3b. The Rhinoceros (E.M.H.)
4. Verses from the Sanskrit Dharmapada
4a. The chapter on Karma
4b. The chapter on Morality
5. Popular Moral Buddhism
6. Laymen and Monks
6a. Their respective attainments
6b. Their respective tasks, and the question of the adoration of relics

Chapter 2. Meditation
Introductory Note
1. The advantages of meditation
2. The practice of introversion

3. The progressive steps of meditation
The restraint of the senses - How the senses cause bondage - Moderation in eating - The avoidance of sleep - Full awareness of the postures, etc. - The advantages of solitary meditation - Concentration and the forsaking of idle thoughts - How to deal with thoughts concerning family and homeland - How to be mindful of death - The four holy truths

4. The six types of persons
5. The five miraculous powers
6. Zen
6a. Sessan Amakuki. Zen Meditation (R.T.L.)
6b. Rosen Takashina. Controlling the Mind (R.T.L.)

Chapter 3. Wisdom
Introductory Note
1. The Questions of King Milinda
1. Introduction - 2. The doctrine of not-self: (a) The chariot, (b) Personal identity and rebirth, (c) personal identity and Karma - 3. The five cardinal virtues - 4. Emancipation and Nirvana: (a) Problems of Nirvana, (b) The nature of Nirvana, (c) The realization of Nirvana, (d) The saints and their bodies - 5. Conclusion

2. The Heart Sutra

3. From the "Diamond Sutra"
The Bodhisattva and Dipankara - The initial vow of a Bodhisattva - The practice of perfect giving - The practice of perfect patience - The Bodhisattva's final Nirvana - The Bodhisattva as a fully enlightened Buddha - The Buddha's physical body - The Buddha as the Tathagata - The Buddha as a Teacher - The Buddha as a Saviour - The application to the present day

4. Rabulabhadra. "Hymn to Perfect Wisdom"
5. Sent-ts'an. "On Believing in Mind" (D.T.S.)
6. From Saraba's "Treasury of Songs" (D.L.S.)

Chapter 4. Doctrinal Formulas
Introductory Note
1. Faith: The Triple Refuge - The Buddha - The Dharma - The Samgha
2. Vigour: The four right efforts - The Bodhisattva's Vow
3. Mindfulness: On guarding the senses
4. Concentration: The four trances - The four formless trances - The four Unlimited - Unlimited Friendliness
5. Wisdom: The four Holy Truths - Conditioned co-production - The view of self - The absence of self in everything - The illusory nature of the world

Chapter 5. Doctrinal Disputes
Introductory Note
1. The Personalist Controversy
2. Mahayana Polemics against the Hinayana
3. Can there be more than one Buddha at a time?
3a. The Hinayana position
3b. The Mahayana position
4. The Quietist Controversy

PART III: OTHER WORLDS AND FUTURE TIMES

Chapter 1. Other Worlds
Introductory Note
1. The bliss of the heavens
2. The torments of the bells

3. Life after death, and the "Book of the Dead"
Preamble - I. The moment of death, and the clear light of Pure Reality. The emergence of a subtle body. - II. The experience of the spiritual realities - III. Seeking rebirth. The judgement. The desire for rebirth. The dawning of the lights of the six places of rebirth. Re-incarnation.

4. Celestial Paradises: The Pure Land of Amitabha

Chapter 2. Maitreya, the future Buddha
Introductory Note
"The Prophecy concerning Maitreya"

Sources
Glossary of Technical Terms

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    Lives of the Later Caesars
    Augustan History, Part 1; Lives of Nerva and Trajan
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044308-0
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jun 24, 1976
  • Holy Bible
    Holy Bible
    Anonymous
    978-0-452-00647-8
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Plume
    Dec 01, 1974
  • The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden
    The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden
    Anonymous
    978-0-452-00944-8
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Plume
    Dec 01, 1974
  • Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
    Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
    Anonymous, William Harvey
    978-0-14-044289-2
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Aug 30, 1973
  • The Dhammapada
    The Dhammapada
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044284-7
    $11.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 30, 1973
  • The Death of King Arthur
    The Death of King Arthur
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044255-7
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 30, 1972
  • Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories
    Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044238-0
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 30, 1971
  • The Quest of the Holy Grail
    The Quest of the Holy Grail
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044220-5
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Feb 28, 1969
  • The Nibelungenlied
    The Nibelungenlied
    Prose Translation
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044137-6
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 30, 1965
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044092-8
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Nov 30, 1959
  • Beowulf
    Beowulf
    A Prose Translation
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044070-6
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 30, 1957
  • Untitled 3255
    Untitled 3255
    Anonymous
    978-0-593-20325-5
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    Viking Books for Young Readers
    Sep 26, 2023
  • The Kingfisher Secret
    The Kingfisher Secret
    Anonymous
    978-0-7710-0169-7
    $26.00 US
    Hardcover
    McClelland & Stewart
    Oct 16, 2018
  • The Works of the Gawain Poet
    The Works of the Gawain Poet
    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Patience, Cleanness
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-042414-0
    $27.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jun 30, 2015
  • Tales from 1,001 Nights
    Tales from 1,001 Nights
    Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourites
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-119166-9
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jun 26, 2012
  • Greek Fiction
    Greek Fiction
    Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion
    Anonymous, Chariton, Longus
    978-0-14-044925-9
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Oct 25, 2011
  • The Elder Edda
    The Elder Edda
    A Book of Viking Lore
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-043585-6
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jul 26, 2011
  • The Dhammapada
    The Dhammapada
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044941-9
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Nov 30, 2010
  • The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights
    The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights
    Volume 1
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044938-9
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 25, 2010
  • The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights
    The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights
    Volume 2
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044939-6
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 25, 2010
  • The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights
    The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights
    Volume 3
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044940-2
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 25, 2010
  • The Arabian Nights, Volume II
    The Arabian Nights, Volume II
    More Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights
    Anonymous
    978-0-451-53148-3
    $8.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Signet
    Feb 02, 2010
  • At My Best
    At My Best
    365 Meditations For The Physical, Spiritual, And Emotional Well-Being
    Anonymous
    978-0-307-41716-9
    $5.99 US
    Ebook
    Bantam
    Oct 14, 2009
  • The Mahabharata
    The Mahabharata
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044681-4
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jul 28, 2009
  • The Song of the Cid
    The Song of the Cid
    A Dual Language Edition with Parallel Text
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-310565-7
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Mar 31, 2009
  • The Bhagavad Gita
    The Bhagavad Gita
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044790-3
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Oct 28, 2008
  • The First Poems in English
    The First Poems in English
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-043378-4
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jul 29, 2008
  • The Vinland Sagas
    The Vinland Sagas
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044776-7
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jul 29, 2008
  • The Saga of the People of Laxardal and Bolli Bollason's Tale
    The Saga of the People of Laxardal and Bolli Bollason's Tale
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044775-0
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jun 04, 2008
  • Beowulf
    Beowulf
    978-0-451-53096-7
    $4.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Signet
    Jun 03, 2008
  • My Secret Life
    My Secret Life
    An Erotic Diary of Victorian London
    Anonymous
    978-0-451-53072-1
    $9.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Signet
    Nov 06, 2007
  • The Arabian Nights, Volume I
    The Arabian Nights, Volume I
    The Marvels and Wonders of The Thousand and One Nights
    Anonymous
    978-0-451-53059-2
    $9.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Signet
    Jul 03, 2007
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-042453-9
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 24, 2007
  • Primary Colors
    Primary Colors
    A Novel of Politics
    Joe Klein, Anonymous
    978-0-8129-7647-2
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Oct 17, 2006
  • The Saga of Grettir the Strong
    The Saga of Grettir the Strong
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044773-6
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Nov 29, 2005
  • The Rig Veda
    The Rig Veda
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044989-1
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Sep 27, 2005
  • Mencius
    Mencius
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044971-6
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jun 28, 2005
  • Egil's Saga
    Egil's Saga
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044770-5
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 26, 2005
  • Hindu Myths
    Hindu Myths
    A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044990-7
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Sep 28, 2004
  • Buddhist Scriptures
    Buddhist Scriptures
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044758-3
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Aug 31, 2004
  • Krishna: the Beautiful Legend of God
    Krishna: the Beautiful Legend of God
    (Srimad Bhagavata Purana Book X)
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044799-6
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 25, 2004
  • The Upanishads
    The Upanishads
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044749-1
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 27, 2004
  • Lazarillo de Tormes and the Swindler
    Lazarillo de Tormes and the Swindler
    Two Spanish Picaresque Novels
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044900-6
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Aug 26, 2003
  • Beowulf
    Beowulf
    A Verse Translation
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044931-0
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 29, 2003
  • The Bhagavad Gita
    The Bhagavad Gita
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044918-1
    $11.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Feb 25, 2003
  • Opening to You
    Opening to You
    Zen-Inspired Translations of the Psalms
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-219613-7
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Feb 25, 2003
  • Bhagavad-Gita
    Bhagavad-Gita
    The Song of God
    Anonymous
    978-0-451-52844-5
    $6.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Signet
    Jul 01, 2002
  • Meditations on the Tarot
    Meditations on the Tarot
    A Journey into Christian Hermeticism
    Anonymous
    978-1-58542-161-9
    $22.95 US
    Paperback
    TarcherPerigee
    Jun 10, 2002
  • Njal's Saga
    Njal's Saga
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044769-9
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 28, 2002
  • The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works
    The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044762-0
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jan 29, 2002
  • Judah the Maccabee
    Judah the Maccabee
    Anonymous
    978-0-375-41927-0
    $1.63 US
    Audiobook Download
    Random House Audio
    Dec 19, 2000
  • The Classic of Mountains and Seas
    The Classic of Mountains and Seas
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044719-4
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jan 01, 2000
  • The Saga of the Volsungs
    The Saga of the Volsungs
    Jesse L. Byock, Anonymous
    978-0-14-044738-5
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jan 01, 2000
  • The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
    The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-043593-1
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Feb 01, 1999
  • The Pearl
    The Pearl
    A Journal of Facetive and Voluptuous Reading
    Anonymous
    978-0-345-41004-7
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Ballantine Books
    Sep 29, 1996
  • Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights
    Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights
    Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
    Anonymous, W. Heath Robinson
    978-0-679-42533-5
    $17.95 US
    Hardcover
    Everyman's Library
    May 11, 1993
  • The Life of Milarepa
    The Life of Milarepa
    A New Translation from the Tibetan
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-019350-3
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Feb 01, 1992
  • The Laws of Manu
    The Laws of Manu
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044540-4
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jan 07, 1992
  • The Greek Alexander Romance
    The Greek Alexander Romance
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044560-2
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Nov 05, 1991
  • The Song of Roland
    The Song of Roland
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044532-9
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jun 05, 1990
  • Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia
    Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044249-6
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jun 06, 1989
  • Eyrbyggja Saga
    Eyrbyggja Saga
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044530-5
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jun 06, 1989
  • A New Day
    A New Day
    365 Meditations for Personal and Spiritual Growth
    Anonymous
    978-0-553-34591-9
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Bantam
    Dec 01, 1988
  • Selections from the Carmina Burana
    Selections from the Carmina Burana
    A New Verse Translation
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044440-7
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 06, 1986
  • The Poem of the Cid
    The Poem of the Cid
    Dual Language Edition
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044446-9
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jan 08, 1985
  • Alfred the Great
    Alfred the Great
    Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044409-4
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jan 03, 1984
  • Orkneyinga Saga
    Orkneyinga Saga
    The History of the Earls of Orkney
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044383-7
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jul 30, 1981
  • The Mabinogion
    The Mabinogion
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044322-6
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Nov 18, 1976
  • Lives of the Later Caesars
    Lives of the Later Caesars
    Augustan History, Part 1; Lives of Nerva and Trajan
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044308-0
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Jun 24, 1976
  • Holy Bible
    Holy Bible
    Anonymous
    978-0-452-00647-8
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Plume
    Dec 01, 1974
  • The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden
    The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden
    Anonymous
    978-0-452-00944-8
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Plume
    Dec 01, 1974
  • Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
    Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
    Anonymous, William Harvey
    978-0-14-044289-2
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Aug 30, 1973
  • The Dhammapada
    The Dhammapada
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044284-7
    $11.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 30, 1973
  • The Death of King Arthur
    The Death of King Arthur
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044255-7
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 30, 1972
  • Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories
    Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044238-0
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 30, 1971
  • The Quest of the Holy Grail
    The Quest of the Holy Grail
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044220-5
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Feb 28, 1969
  • The Nibelungenlied
    The Nibelungenlied
    Prose Translation
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044137-6
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Apr 30, 1965
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044092-8
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    Nov 30, 1959
  • Beowulf
    Beowulf
    A Prose Translation
    Anonymous
    978-0-14-044070-6
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Classics
    May 30, 1957
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