Narrative, Jataka, and Exempla

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• Garland of Examples — A Sarvastivada narrative about a Buddhist layman in ancient Gandhara who debates Brahmin priests on the nature of true worship, demonstrating the Buddha's supreme qualities through philosophical argument. First English translation.
• Garland of the Ornaments of the Fortunate Aeon — A liturgical recitation of the names of the thousand Buddhas prophesied to appear in the Bhadrakalpa — the Fortunate Aeon — composed by the great Kashmiri paṇḍita Śākyaśrībhadra. First English translation.
• The Garland of Light — Kambala — A Yogācāra-Madhyamaka treatise establishing mind-only through philosophical argument, empirical observation, and meditative instruction, then dissolving mind itself into emptiness and the three natures — by the Indian master Kambala, never before in English
• The Garland of Parables — A vivid narrative debate in which a Buddhist layperson from ancient Gandhāra defends the Buddha's qualities before a gathering of Brahmins — through parables, logic, and verse, demonstrating that true virtue lies in non-violence, compassion, and the conquest of afflictions.
• The Jewel Garland of Stainless Questions and Answers — Amoghodgata — A catechism of Buddhist wisdom in questions and answers, composed by King Amoghodgata and translated into Tibetan by the great lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo. First English translation.
• The Taming of the Naga through King Ashoka — A Sarvastivada narrative from the Tengyur epistles — King Ashoka tames a naga king who destroyed merchants' ships, not through military force but through the power of merit earned by venerating the Buddha's relics. First English translation.