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Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Hajime Nakamura and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gotama Buddha, Professor Hajime Nakamura embarks on a search for the details of the historical Buddha's life. He conducts an exhaustive analysis of both the oldest, most reliable texts and later biographies of the Buddha that contain mythological material. Carefully sifting these texts to separate facts from embellishments, he constructs a biography that begins with the Indian historical context at the time of Buddha's Birth and takes the reader through all the stages of his life. Professor Nakamura also compares the oldest Buddhist texts with the earliest Jain and Hindu writings and finds surprising similarities that elucidate the significance of the historical Buddha. Archeological discoveries and factual elements from Buddhist art support Professor Nakamura's fascinating story. This is the first of two volumes; The second will be printed at a later date.
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha by : Kenneth James Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Kenneth James Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha by : Kenneth James Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Kenneth James Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha by : Kenneth James Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Kenneth James Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha; a Biography by : Kenneth James Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha; a Biography written by Kenneth James Saunders and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII GOTAMA AS TEACHER The gift of the Teaching excels all other gifts.--Dhammapada 354. We have seen that Gotama claimed to be "King of the Dhamma," and it is as a teacher of morals that he must be finally judged. It is so that he viewed his own mission; like Socrates he was a physician of the soul, and anything that did not tend to moral health he ignored. In this sphere he claims to teach as one who is himself without fault, and it was largely his moral prestige which won for him so ready a hearing. This claim, explicitly made in many passages such as those quoted above,1 is implied in several of his sayings: "Does this man, himself a slave to desire," he asks concerning a skeptical monk, "claim to excel the teaching of the Master?"2 and that teaching was almost exclusively concerned with the moral life and its reward. Gotama was not a social reformer except in the secondary sense which is true of all religious and moral teachers; he is said, in fact, to have warned some of his monks to avoid the example of certain heretics who were acting also as doctors.8 Their task was to administer a moral tonic: let them see to it! Nor was he a teacher of philosophy; again and again he insists that he has no concern with metaphysics, and when men press him for information on such high and difficult matters as the origin of the world, he refuses to discuss them. "It is, Brothers, as if a man were pierced through by a poisoned arrow, and his friends, companions, and near rela 1 See also Anguttara Nikaya, IV. 82, quoted by Poussin, "Opinions," p. 142. 2 Samyutta Nikaya, III. 103. Ibid., p. 149. Ttmjja Su.Ua ("Sacred Books of the East," XI. 200). tives called in a surgeon, and he should say, 'I will not have this arrow pulled out until...
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha by : Kenneth James Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Kenneth James Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gautama Buddha by : Vishvapani Blomfield
Download or read book Gautama Buddha written by Vishvapani Blomfield and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The words and example of Gautama (often known by the title, "Buddha") have affected billions of people. But what do we really know about him? While there is much we cannot say for certain about the historical Gautama, this persuasive new biography provides the fullest and most plausible account yet. Weaving ancient sources and modern understanding into a compelling narrative, Gautama Buddha places his birth around 484 BCE, his Enlightenment in 449 BCE and his death in 404 BCE, a century later than the traditional dates. Vishvapani Blomfield examines Gautama's words and impact to shed fresh light on his culture, his spiritual search and the experiences and teachings that led his followers, to call him "The Awakened One." Placing Gautama in a credible historical setting without assuming that he was really just an ordinary person, this book draws on the myths and legends that surround him to illuminate the significance of his life. It traces Gautama's investigations of consciousness, his strikingly original view of life and his development of new forms of religious community and practice. This insightful and thought-provoking biography will appeal to anyone interested in history and religion, and in the Buddha as a thinker, spiritual teacher and a seminal cultural figure. Gautama Buddha is a gripping account of one of history's most powerful personalities.
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha by : Kenneth James Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Kenneth James Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha by : Kenneth J. Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Kenneth J. Saunders and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gotama Buddha: A Biography, Based on the Canonical Books of the TheravÄdin The style carries the thought with limpid ease and at times ripples with genial humor. Attention is purposely focused upon the life of Gotama, with only incidental references to the Teaching and the Order, but fortunately these subjects are fully set forth in Mr. Saunder's earlier studies, "The Story of Buddhism" and "Buddhist Ideals," as well as in many standard works. Buddhism has well-nigh died out in Gotama's own country and the forms which prevail in Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan would hardly be recognized by the founder himself. Yet his example and teaching, however distorted, are the nucleus around which all the later encrustations have formed. Just as the Christian Church has dug down through the layers of scholastic dialectic and replanted its pillars on Christ, so it is not inconceivable that even Northern Buddhism may rediscover its founder and cry, "Back to Gotama Buddha." It was a Japanese disciple of Gotama who called him "a king of the spiritual in the mask of beggary," and it is to be hoped that this volume will find readers also in Japan, for although there are several lives of Buddha written in Japanese, no one of them so happily as this combines a popular presentation with the results of recent historical criticism. Although Mr. Saunders discloses warm admiration for Gotama's character, as a faithful friend he points out his shortcomings and his fatal inability to rise above the limitations of his age. It would seem that Gotama himself realized to some degree his own limitations. Like other prophetic souls, he looked for the coming of a Buddha greater than himself, who should be called Maitri. Mr. Saunders's fine poem, "St. Francis and Gotama," shows true insight when it represents Gotama as joyfully recognizing that in Christ his highest hopes regarding Maitri had been fully realized. Mr. Saunders might well have called his work, "The Gotama of History," for it is not an unworthy companion to Doctor Glover's notable volume on One greater than Gotama. Christian readers will not be surprised to find that Mr. Saunders's exhaustive and appreciative study of Gotama seems to have heightened his supreme devotion to Jesus Christ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha by : Kenneth J. Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Kenneth J. Saunders and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha by : Kenneth James Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Kenneth James Saunders and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha Volume Two by : Hajime Nakamura
Download or read book Gotama Buddha Volume Two written by Hajime Nakamura and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume in a two volume set traces the Buddha's final journey from Rajagaha toward his birthplace of Kapilavatthu, detailing the many events of the Buddha's death and discussing the beginnings of his deification.
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha; A Biography (Based on the Canonical Books of the Theravadin) by : Kenneth J 1883-1937 Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha; A Biography (Based on the Canonical Books of the Theravadin) written by Kenneth J 1883-1937 Saunders and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-08 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Life of Buddha as Legend and History by : Edward Joseph Thomas
Download or read book The Life of Buddha as Legend and History written by Edward Joseph Thomas and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2000 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAUTAMA BUDDHA - BIOGRAPHY, CHRISTIANTY & OTHER RELIGIONS, BUDDHISM
Book Synopsis Gotama Buddha by : Kenneth J. Saunders
Download or read book Gotama Buddha written by Kenneth J. Saunders and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.
Book Synopsis The Life of Gotama the Buddha by : Earl H. Brewster
Download or read book The Life of Gotama the Buddha written by Earl H. Brewster and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Buddha: a Storied Life by : Vanessa R. Sasson
Download or read book The Buddha: a Storied Life written by Vanessa R. Sasson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retellings of the Buddha's life story have animated and sustained Buddhist thought and practice through some 2,500 years of history. To this day, Buddhist holidays and rituals are pinned to the arc of his biography, celebrating his birth, awakening, teaching, and final nirvana. His story is the model that exemplary Buddhists follow. Often, there is a moment of insight akin to the Buddha's experience with the Four Sights, followed by a great departure from home, and a period of searching that it is hoped will lead to final awakening. The Buddha's story is not just the Buddha's story; it is the story of Buddhism. In this book, twelve leading scholars of South Asian texts and traditions articulate the Buddha-life blueprint--the underlying and foundational pattern that holds the life story of a buddha together. They retell the episodes of Buddha Gautama's extended life story, while keeping in mind the cosmic, paradigmatic arc of his narrative. The contributors have dedicated their careers to exploring hagiographical materials, each applying their own methodological and theoretical interests to shed new light on the enduring story of Buddhism. Using multiple perspectives, voices, and sources, this volume underscores the multivalent centrality of this story. The book will be an invaluable resource to practicing Buddhists and students of Buddhist Studies to help them engage in the most foundational story of the tradition.
