Publications

The Essence of the Determination of the Settled Mind is a new, accessible translation of the Anjin Ketsujō Shō, an underexplored text within the Pure Land Buddhist tradition. This translation by Alexander James O'Neill provides a valuable entry point for English-speaking audiences into the heart of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism, particularly the Jōdo Shū and Jōdo Shinshū traditions.

ISBN: 978-1739472528

The Great Collection Sūtra: A Translation of the Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra, Volume One, by Alexander James O'Neill, Āloka Dharmacakṣus, and Charles Patton is the premier publication of Dharmakāya Books and the first stage in the translation of this important collection of Mahāyāna sūtras. The volume represents the start of four contributions to this collection that is a significant representative of Buddha-Nature thought, the doctrine of the Dharma ages, the idea of bodhicitta and bodhisattva conduct, silence, dhāraṇīs, māras, and more.

This volume contains translations of the following sections of Taishō no. 397:

I. Jewelled Ornamentation (fascicle 1a)
II. Dhāraṇīśvārarāja Bodhisattva (fascicles 1b-4)
III. Ratnadārikā (fascicles 6-7)
IV. Animiṣa Bodhisattva (fascicle 7)
V. Sāgaramati Bodhisattva (fascicles 8-11)
VI. Avācya Bodhisattva (fascicle 12)
VII. Anabhilāpya Bodhisattva (fascicle 13)

ISBN: 978-1-7394725-0-4