Buddhism: Its Essence and DevelopmentCourier Corporation, 1 de gen. 2003 - 240 pàgines Based on a series of Oxford lectures delivered by a well-known Buddhist scholar, this volume covers the entire range of Buddhist thought. It introduces Buddhism as both religion and philosophy, discusses its common ground with other faiths throughout the world, contrasts monastic and popular Buddhism, and defines old and new schools of thought, including the Mahayana, the Yogacarins, and the Tantra. "He has opened the stately ground of scholarship to the public so that nothing of value and interest shall be missed. His readers are given an opportunity to understand something that has hitherto been only a mystery."--The Times (London) Literary Supplement. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1959. Index. Bibliography. Timelines. Index of Quotations. |
Continguts
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
Buddhism as a Philosophy | 15 |
Selfextinction and the Doctrine of Not Self | 18 |
Radical Pessimism | 21 |
Immortality | 23 |
Survival Values | 25 |
COMMON GROUND | 27 |
The Documents | 28 |
Hinayana and Mahayana | 121 |
Literary Development | 123 |
The ideal Man of the Mabayana a Bodhisattva | 125 |
Emptiness | 130 |
Salvation | 135 |
Parallels | 140 |
THE BUDDHISM OF FAITH AND DEVOTION | 144 |
Literary History | 146 |
The Buddha | 34 |
Is Buddhism atheistic? | 38 |
The Four Holy Truths | 43 |
Cosmology | 48 |
MONASTIC BUDDHISM | 53 |
Poverty | 54 |
Monastic Celibacy | 58 |
Inoffensiveness | 61 |
The main currents of Monastic Thought | 66 |
POPULAR BUDDHISM | 70 |
Buddhism and the Temporal Power | 72 |
The Samghas Services | 77 |
The Influence of the Laity | 85 |
THE OLD WISDOM SCHOOL | 89 |
Sariputra | 90 |
Arhats | 93 |
Practices | 95 |
Moral Discipline | 96 |
Trance | 99 |
Wisdom | 105 |
Decline | 114 |
THE MAHAYANA AND THE NEW WISDOM SCHOOL | 119 |
The Agent of Salvation | 147 |
The Aims of the Faithful | 152 |
Methods | 157 |
Selfextinction and Faith | 159 |
THE YOGACARINS | 161 |
Literary History | 163 |
Mindonly | 166 |
Storeconsciousness | 168 |
Further Doctrines | 171 |
THE TANTRA OR MAGICAL BUDDHISM The Problem of the Tantra | 174 |
History of the Tantra | 176 |
Tantric Practices | 180 |
Tantric Philosophy | 188 |
Tantric Mythology | 189 |
Lefthanded Tantra | 191 |
The Control of the Body | 197 |
NONINDIAN DEVELOPMENTS | 200 |
Chan | 201 |
Amidism | 205 |
The Rnyinmapa | 207 |
European Buddhism | 210 |
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The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change Randall Collins Previsualització limitada - 2009 |
Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes Melford E. Spiro Previsualització limitada - 1982 |