THE BUDDHIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY

    The BPS is an approved charity dedicated to making known the teaching of the Buddha, which has a vital message for all people.

    Founded in 1958, the BPS has published a wide variety of books and booklets covering a great range of topics. Its publications include accurate annotated translations of the Buddha's discourses, standard reference works, as well as original contemporary expositions of Buddhist thought and practice. These works present Buddhism as it truly is—a dynamic force which has influenced receptive minds for the past 2500 years and is still as relevant today as it was when it first arose.

For more information about the BPS and our publications, please

visit the website, or contact:

The Administrative Secretary

Buddhist Publication Society

P.O. Box 61

54 Sangharaja Mawatha

Kandy • Sri Lanka

E-mail: bps@bps.lk

Web site: http://www.bps.lk

Tel: 0094 81 223 728 • Fax: 0094 81 222 3679

Meditation

Ajahn Chah

This compilation consists of five talks and three question and answer sessions by the renowned Thai forest tradition Master. The inspiring and lively talks mainly deal with the topic of meditation.

BP 519S, 152pp.

Great Disciples of the Buddha

by Nyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker

A masterly compilation of twenty-four life-stories of the closest and most eminent of the Buddha's personal disciples. Drawing from a wide range of original sources, these leading modern scholars of Pali Buddhism provide intimate portraits of these first-generation Buddhists who contributed so much to the formation of the Buddha's teachings. The profiles, set against the colourful social and cultural background of ancient India, bring to life legendary names such as Sáriputta and Moggallána, Ánanda and Mahákassapa, and many more, enabling us to participate in their great breakthroughs, achievements, and activities in spreading the Dharma.

BP 417 Softback. 411 pages.

The Life of the Buddha

by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli

Among the numerous lives of the Buddha that have been written, this work with its comprehensive material and original method of presentation claims a place of its own. Composed entirely from texts from the Pali Canon, the oldest and most intact authentic record, it portrays an image of the Buddha which is vivid, warm and moving.

BPS 101 Softback. 375 pages.