Yamamoto, K.

Kosho Yamamoto

Kosho Yamamoto was a scholar of Buddhist Studies. He is the author/translator of numerous works, including The Udumbara: Tales from the Buddhist Japan (1959), The Buddha: An Appreciation of His Life and Teaching (1961), An Introduction to Shin Buddhism (1965), The Life of the Buddha Through Gandhara Sculptures, and The Kyogyoshinsho, or The 'Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Attainment' (1975), among many others. He is perhaps known most for his complete English translation of Dharmakṣema's version of the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (1973-75). In 1967 he traveled to Europe (including Spain, The Netherlands, Germany and the U.K.) to meet with prominent members of the Buddhist community at that time (such as Christmas Humphreys and Maurice Walshe in England). He wrote a book about his observations that same year, entitled Buddhism in Europe. While his translation of the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra has been criticized for its various imperfections, his work was indeed historic and pioneering, influencing a generation of scholars who studied the text.

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Buddha Nature Sutras

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The present compendium aims to give the Buddhist student an opportunity to come into direct contact with these very positive and cataphatic (Truth-affirmative) doctrines and therewith enrich his or her practice of the Dharma. The Nirvana Sutra gives us the Buddha's own direct teachings, and the Srimala Sutra communicates similar doctrines through the person of the great Buddhist queen, while speaking in the approving presence of the Buddha himself. (Tony Page, preface, 4)

Yamamoto, Kosho, and Tsultrim Gyurme, trans. Buddha Nature Sutras: Translation of the Nirvana Sutra, The Srimaladevi Sutra and the Infinite Life Sutra. San Bernardino, CA, 2019.

Yamamoto, Kosho, and Tsultrim Gyurme, trans. Buddha Nature Sutras: Translation of the Nirvana Sutra, The Srimaladevi Sutra and the Infinite Life Sutra. San Bernardino, CA, 2019.;Buddha Nature Sutras;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Early Buddhism;Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra;Śrīmālādevīsūtra;;;;;;; Buddha Nature Sutras: Translation of the Nirvana Sutra, The Srimaladevi Sutra and the Infinite Life Sutra

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Nirvana Sutra (Yamamoto)

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This book is the full Dharmakṣema version of the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra. This particular book is unique in that the passages are numbered, making it easier for people to find verses of importance. It is translated by Kosho Yamamoto.

Yamamoto, Kosho, trans. Nirvana Sutra: A Translation of Dharmakshema’s Northern Version. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015.

Yamamoto, Kosho, trans. Nirvana Sutra: A Translation of Dharmakshema’s Northern Version. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015.;Nirvana Sutra (Yamamoto);Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra;Dharmakṣema; ;;;;;;Nirvana Sutra: A Translation of Dharmakshema’s Northern Version

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The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra

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The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra was translated into English by Kosho Yamamoto in 1973 from Dharmakṣema's Chinese version (Taisho Tripitaka Vol. 12, No. 374). The edition represented here is Tony Page's edited and revised version of Yamamoto's translation.

Yamamoto, Kōshō, trans. The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra. Translated into English from Dharmakṣema's Chinese version (Taisho Tripiṭaka vol. 12, no. 374). Edited and revised by Tony Page. n.p.: n.p., 2007. First published 1973 by Karinbunko (Ube, Japan). http://lirs.ru/do/Mahaparinirvana_Sutra,Yamamoto,Page,2007.pdf

Yamamoto, Kōshō, trans. The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra. Translated into English from Dharmakṣema's Chinese version (Taisho Tripiṭaka vol. 12, no. 374). Edited and revised by Tony Page. n.p.: n.p., 2007. First published 1973 by Karinbunko (Ube, Japan). http://lirs.ru/do/Mahaparinirvana_Sutra,Yamamoto,Page,2007.pdf;The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra;Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra;Dharmakṣema;tathāgatagarbha;Dharmakṣema; ;;;;;;The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra