Jewels of the Doctrine Home of Folk Art which has been constantly referred

which has been constantly referred to in musical and literary texts in the subsequent centuries

Three Kinds of Pramana

events taking place elsewhere

extinction (Sanskrit: nirvanam

formulated in a pithy sutra-style governed by the dictates of Anuvrtti remained beyond the reach of common students of grammar even in the past

Jewels of the Doctrine Home of Folk Art which has been constantly referredThis is a translation o the first fifteen stories of the thirteenth century Sinhala work, the Saddharma Ratnvaliya written by the monk Dharmasena. The Saddharma Ratnavaliya is in turn an expanded version of the fifth century Pali work, the Dhammapadaattakata. The stories are lively and entertaining, of interest to the general reader and the specialist. A skilled teacher and raconteur the author probes the depths of Buddhist philosophical doctrine and