Updated : Monday, April 23, 2007 12:21:02 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

 

 
Samyak Festival    

A concise Book published on the occasion of Samyak Festival introducing Samyak Festival with its detailed history. The book which also includes the total ist of deities displayed on the Samyak Ceremony is both in Nepali and English.

Author : Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya

Date of Publication : 2000 AD

No of Pages : 16

Language : Nepali & English

Publisher : Asha Ratna Shakya & His Family

     
Svayambhu Purana    

The Svayambhu Purana is one of the oldest texts of Newar Buddhism. As the title suggests, its main purpose is to glorify the sacred Buddhist shrines of the Kathmandu Valley, and the Svayambhu Mahacaitya in particular. Foreword by HH the Dalai Lama

Translated by : Min Bahadur Shakya Shanta Harsa Vajracharya

Date of Publication : 2001 AD

No of Pages : 261

Language : Sanskrit & Nepal Bhasa

Publisher : Nagarjuna Institute

 

     
Vajrachedika Prajnaparamita Sutra Sutra    

Vajrachhedika or the Diamond Sutra is a Prajnaparamita Sutra in 300 Slokas delivered by Buddha at Shravasti in the garden of Anathpindada. The interlocutor was Ayusman Subhuti. Buddha answered all the questions put forth by Subhuti.

Translated by : Mr. Vijay Vajracharya

Date of Publication : 2002 AD

No of Pages : 52

Language : Nepali

Publisher : Sudin Shakya

 

     
Amitayudhyana Sutra    

The book is a concise one being one of the three Sutras of Pure Land Buddhism, the others being the Larger Sukhavati vyuha sutra and the Smaller Sukhavati vyuha Sutra. In this Sutra, Buddha Amitabha is specifically proclaimed as the avenue to liberation of suffering beings from Samsara.

Translated by : Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya

Date of Publication : 2002 AD

No of Pages : 49+

Language : Nepali

Publisher : Chandra Bdr. Shakya

 

     
Sukhavativyuha Sutra    

The book contains both the larger and smaller Sukhavativyuha Sutra. It describes inconceivable vows of Amitabha Buddha and the magnificent and exquisitely wondrous Sukhavati Bhuvan (Pure Land Heaven).

Translated by : Min Bahadur Shakya & Shanta harsa Vajracharya

Date of Publication : 2002 AD

No of Pages : 76

Language : Nepali

Publisher : Nagarjuna Institute

 

 

     
Manjusribuddhaksetravyuhalankara Sutra    

This book is an important sutra among the 49 or so texts in Ratnakuta collection and is rendered as "The Prediction of Manjusri's Attainment of Buddhahood.

Translated by : Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya

Date of Publication : 2003 AD

No of Pages : 88+

Language : Nepali & English

Publisher : Nagarjuna Institute