Updated : Wednesday, February 15, 2006 07:32:19 PM +0545

 
 

Nagarjuna Institute has initiated a project of translating Buddhist texts from Sanskrit; English and Tibetan into Nepal Bhasa and Nepali languages in order to diffuse authentic Buddhist teachings to a wider Nepalese mass. We have established Nepal Buddhist Text Translation Project (NBTTP). You can get the pdf version of the entire book, for this just click on the image of the book which you can read in Adobe Acrobat Reader

 

 
Lalitavistara Sutra    

Lalitavistara Sutra is one of the nine vaipulya texts of Nepalese Buddhism. The Sanskrit version contains only 27 chapters narrating the scenes from the birth of the Buddha to his first turning of wheel. But this book has 66 chapters sourced from different Mahayana texts and has the complete birth story upto Mahaparinirvana.

Translated by : Nisthananda Vajracharya

Edited by : Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya

Date of Publication : 1978 AD

No of Pages : 655+

Language : Nepal Bhasa

Publisher : YMBA Nepal

     
A Short History of Buddhism in Nepal    

This book is a welcome addition to the published materials about the history of Buddhism in Nepal. The revisions and stuffs about the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism are a definite improvement. Buddhism in Nepal represents a rich area of research. This book has been prepared in a condensed and revised form to fill the gap on the history of Buddhism in Nepal.

Author : Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya

Date of Publication : 1986 AD

No of Pages : 72

Language : English

Publisher : YMBA Nepal

 
     
Trisaranagamana    

The Book contains the Nepal Bhasa translations of refuge vows, sevenfold prayer, Bodhisattva vows, three principal aspects of the path, thirty seven practices of Bodhisattvas and thought transformation in eight stanzas

Author : Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya

Date of Publication : 1988 AD

No of Pages : 43

Language : Nepal Bhasa

Publisher : Nagarjuna Institute

 
     
Arya Amoghpasa Hrdaya Sutra    

The book contains introduction of Arya Amoghpasa Heart Sutra, and text in Sanskrit and its English translation and a Newari synopsis of the text.

Edited by : Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya

Date of Publication : 1992 AD

No of Pages : 31

Language : English

Publisher : Nagarjuna Institute

 

     
Arya Manjusri Namasangiti    

English Introduction of Arya Manjusri Nama- sangiti, its Newari translation of the text, Glossary of Sanskrit and Newari terms.

Edited by : Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya

Date of Publication : 1993 AD

No of Pages : 132

Language : Nepal Bhasa

Publisher : Nagarjuna Institute

 

     
The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism    

The purpose of this book is to provide some facts, materials and information on Buddhist Iconography gathered through extensive study of canonical texts about Vajrayana Buddhism prevailing in Nepal and some from Tibet albeit in a humble way.

Author : Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya

Date of Publication : 1994 AD

No of Pages : 88+

Language : English

Publisher : Handicraft Association of Nepal