Gathering the Meanings Essential Teachings of the Buddha (2002) Sai Towers Publishing Saiva Siddhanta

Saiva Siddhanta

the Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light is the first English translation in a century of two great religious classics of India and the world

and has honoured my work by a most original and suggestive Foreword

human life as part of a greater

Gathering the Meanings Essential Teachings of the Buddha (2002) Sai Towers Publishing Saiva SiddhantaI am happy that the English translation of the Arthviniscayasutra (AVS) along with its Commentary, the Nibandhana (AVSN), is finally being published. This is the second translation of the Sutra in a Western language.' but the Commentary has never previously been translated in any language. Gathering the Meanings presents a concise summary of essential Abhidharma doctrines. It fills a major gap in the West's slowly growing knowledge of Buddhist