This book is a compilation of twenty-four life stories of the closest and most eminent of the Buddha's personal disciples.

In this book the life the Buddha is explored through the perspective of his interactions with his disciples and contemporaries, using society of the time as bac

"This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings in his own words. The American scholar monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous t

A perennial favorite, Great Disciples of the Buddha is now relaunched in our best-selling Teachings of the Buddha series. Twenty-four of the Buddha's most disti

A translation of Tibetan master Padma Chophel's 19th-century shorter version of the 11th-century Bodhisattvavadanakalpalata by Buddhist poet Ksemendra, which pr