Buddhism

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Opening of the Buddhacarita's great battle

BuddhismJuly 15, 2026

A Battle of Demons: The Buddhacarita's Epic Frame

A Buddhacarita manuscript opens with something unexpected — a titanic battle of gods and demons, told with the full machinery of Sanskrit epic war.

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Opening verses of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā praising wisdom like space

BuddhismFebruary 03, 2026

The Perfection of Wisdom: Seeing Like Space

An Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā manuscript opens with wisdom praised as space-like — without stain, without proliferation — and teaches bodhisattvas to see all things as illusion.

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Opening of the Laghubuddhapurāṇa with the Buddha at Śrāvastī

BuddhismJanuary 20, 2026

The Buddha's Final Choice: A Sanskrit Life of the Buddha

Laghubuddhapurāṇa retells the Bodhisattva's last birth in Sanskrit — how he examined every royal family, chose the Śākyas, and descended from Tuṣita heaven to Jambudvīpa.

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