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BDK Japan Shares eBook Versions of Popular Booklets

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 10/28/2017 - 8:23pm

Suitable for All Web Devices Including Your Phone

Now from the international headquarters of Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) come online ebooks of some popular booklets. including Messages from the Buddha, its version in Japanese (Buda no Oshie), and its Guide to Buddhism in Japan. 

Just Released: Brahmā's Net Sutra

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 4:07pm

Moraga, Calif. October 19, 2017. BDK America announces publication and immediate availability of The Brahmā's Net Sutra, translated by A. Charles Muller and Kenneth K. Tanaka.

Special Out-of-Print Titles Return as PDFs

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 09/23/2017 - 10:14am

Moraga, CA - September 24, 2017. Over the years, BDK America has published several special interest titles, popular while they lasted, but now out of print. Until now, when they are being offered as free PDF downloads.

BDK America Restores Ordering for Free Items

Submitted by bteague on Mon, 09/11/2017 - 10:00am

                      Several Items Now out of Print

Pause for New Orders -- and Thanks

Submitted by bteague on Wed, 08/30/2017 - 7:02am

                      Decision Affects Free Resources Only

Thanks for Great Response -- SOLD OUT!

Submitted by bteague on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 11:00am

                      Last of CD Audiobooks out the Door

CD Audiobook of "The Teaching of Buddha"

Submitted by bteague on Thu, 06/29/2017 - 11:10pm

                      Listen to The Teaching of Buddha

UPDATE: NOW OUT OF PRINT. With apologies, we distributed all available copies in the Summer of 2017 and the item is no longer in print. 

Volume II Completes Collection for Propagation

Submitted by bteague on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 9:02am

Moraga, Calif. March 23, 2017. BDK America announces publication and availability of The Collection for the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism, Volume II.

The volume includes the final seven fascicles (8-14) of this important work, Taishō 2102, and completes the work. (Volume I includes fascicles 1-7.)

Free PDF Versions of Many Volumes in BDK English Tripitaka Series

Submitted by bteague on Wed, 02/08/2017 - 4:06pm

Boon to Scholars of Buddhism

PDF Downloads of many of the volumes in the BDK English Tripiṭaka Series

Free Copies of "The Teaching of Buddha"

Submitted by bteague on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 11:23am

We Want You to Have a Copy of The Teaching of Buddha

Since the 1980s, BDK America has been able to supply free copies of The Teaching of Buddha to people who request it, in almost every case, with the primary restriction that we would be sending it to a mailing or shipping address in the continental United States.