Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti:: A Mahyna ScriptureThis book presents the major teachings of Mahyna Buddhism in a precise, dramatic, and even humorous form. For two millennia this Stra, called the jewel of the Mahyna Stras, has enjoyed immense popularity among Mahyna Buddhists in India, central and southeast Asia, Japan, and especially China, where its incidents were the basis for a style in art and literature prevalent during several centuries. Robert Thurmans translation makes available in