By Richard M. Jaffe (NHC Fellow, 2004–05) Though fascinated with the land of their tradition’s birth, virtually no Japanese Buddhists visited the Indian subcontinent before the nineteenth century. In the richly illustrated Seeking Śākyamuni, Richard M. Jaffe reveals the experiences of the first Japanese Buddhists who traveled to South Asia in search of Buddhist knowledge beginning in 1873. … Continued
Edited and translated by Anthony Bale (NHC Fellow, 2012–13) The Book of Margery Kempe (c. 1436-8) is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. Known as the earliest autobiography written in the English language, Kempe's Book describes the dramatic transformation of its heroine from failed businesswoman and lustful young wife, to devout and chaste pilgrim. … Continued
By William LanglandEdited by George Kane (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) and George Russell (NHC Fellow, 1982–83) An edition in the form of Huntington Library MS HM 143, corrected and restored from the known evidence, with variant readings