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Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Wisdom of the Early Buddhists written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David P. Barash
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199985561
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Biology written by David P. Barash and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compares teachings of Buddhism with principles of modern biology, revealing many significant points of compatibility.
Author : Gil Fronsdal
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611803241
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)
Download or read book The Buddha before Buddhism written by Gil Fronsdal and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-understand translation of one of the earliest surviving Buddhist texts offers a pathway to awakening that is simple, straightforward, and free of religious doctrine One of the earliest of all Buddhist texts, the Atthakavagga, or “Book of Eights,” is a remarkable document, not only because it comes from the earliest strain of the literature—before the Buddha, as the title suggests, came to be thought of as a “Buddhist”—but also because its approach to awakening is so simple and free of adherence to any kind of ideology. Instead the Atthakavagga points to a direct and simple approach for attaining peace without requiring the adherence to doctrine. The value of the teachings it contains is not in the profundity of their philosophy or in their authority as scripture; rather, the value is found in the results they bring to those who live by them. Instead of doctrines to be believed, the “Book of Eights” describes means or practices for realizing peace. Gil Fronsdal’s rigorous translation with commentary reveals the text to be of interest not only to Buddhists, but also to the ever-growing demographic of spiritual-but-not-religious, who seek a spiritual life outside the structures of religion.
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Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (989 download)
Download or read book The Wisdom of the Early Buddhist written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irini Rockwell
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1570624518
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The Five Wisdom Energies written by Irini Rockwell and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2002-03-12 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This playful and accessible guide presents a Buddhist psychological system for enhancing self-awareness, interpersonal communication, and creativity This book invites us to celebrate our strengths and work with our weaknesses by learning to identify and utilize five basic personal styles or energies based on a Tibetan Buddhist practice. Each of the five wisdom energies is associated with particular ways of perceiving and interacting with the world and also with particular colors, elements, senses, seasons, and times of day. With easy, fun, and engaging exercises and stories, Irini Rockwell shows us how to identify which energies are active in our lives, and how we can work with them in any situation to improve self-awareness, communication, and creative expression. According to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, each of us has one or two dominant energies, but these can shift and change over time, and we can manifest different energies in different areas of our lives. Each of the five energies has its unique wisdom, but also its neurotic tendencies. By learning to recognize which energies we possess—and which are present in those around us—we can learn to relax and appreciate our natural traits and those of others, and we can move away from our neuroses toward the wisdom-aspects of our character.
Author : Thomas William Rhys Davids
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Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Early Buddhism written by Thomas William Rhys Davids and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 108 pages
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Download or read book The Wisdom of the Early Buddhists written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bhikkhu Analayo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614297339
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions written by Bhikkhu Analayo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned scholar-monk writes accessibly on some of the most contentious topics in Buddhism—guaranteed to ruffle some feathers. Armed with his rigorous examination of the canonical records, respected scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo explores—and sharply criticizes—four examples of what he terms “superiority conceit” in Buddhism: the androcentric tendency to prevent women from occupying leadership roles, be these as fully ordained monastics or as advanced bodhisattvas the Mahayana notion that those who don’t aspire to become bodhisattvas are inferior practitioners the Theravada belief that theirs is the most original expression of the Buddha’s teaching the Secular Buddhist claim to understand the teachings of the Buddha more accurately than traditionally practicing Buddhists Ven. Analayo challenges the scriptural basis for these conceits and points out that adhering to such notions of superiority is not, after all, conducive to practice. “It is by diminishing ego, letting go of arrogance, and abandoning conceit that one becomes a better Buddhist,” he reminds us, “no matter what tradition one may follow.” Thoroughly researched, Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions provides an accessible approach to these conceits as academic subjects. Readers will find it not only challenges their own intellectual understandings but also improves their personal practice.
Author : Douglass Smith
Publisher : Akalika Press
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Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)
Download or read book A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom written by Douglass Smith and published by Akalika Press. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Sutta on Good Fortune describes a thirty-eight step practice we can take to better our lives. Two and a half millennia ago the Buddha outlined a path of practice leading to freedom and happiness. While he mostly taught monastics, the lessons of this Sutta are aimed at the rest of us: describing steps each of us can take that lead towards wisdom. The poem is one of the first learned and memorized by school children in South Asia, but it is little known in the West. This book guides you through all thirty-eight steps with an eye to how to bring them into your life, while providing historical context. The book includes a foreword by eminent translator and scholar Bhikkhu Bodhi. "[Doug's] accounts of his efforts to apply the Buddha's guidelines will resonate with modern lay readers, and are likely to draw forth many soft smiles of shared recognition." -- Bhikkhu Bodhi "The Buddha's teaching on "Great Blessings" (the Mahamangala Sutta) provides a comprehensive but dense list of 38 spiritually beneficial qualities and circumstances. These are what we must seek out or cultivate if we are to live a life free (or at least freer) from suffering. Doug Smith does us a great service in helping to unpack the Buddha's terse advice, showing us in a very practical, kind, and authentic way how we can live happier, more meaningful lives." -- Bodhipaksa, meditation teacher, author of "This Difficult Thing of Being Human." "Doug Smith's Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom is also a handbook about life. As he explores this major teaching of the Buddha in the context of his practice and life the subtleties of the Buddha's words shine through for us to integrate into our own lives." -- Jon Aaron, meditation teacher at New York Insight and Space2Meditate.
Author : Ñāṇananda (Bhikkhu)
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)
Download or read book Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought written by Ñāṇananda (Bhikkhu) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan Watts
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462901670
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Buddhism the Religion of No-Religion written by Alan Watts and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 1999-10-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widespread influence of Buddhism is due in part to the skill with which a way of liberation was refined by it's teachers and became accessible to people of diverse cultures. In this dynamic series of lectures, Alan Watts takes us on an exploration of Buddhism, from its roots in India to the explosion of interest in Zen and the Tibetan tradition in the West. Watts traces the Indian beginnings of Buddhism, delineates differences between Buddhism and other religions, looks at the radical methods of the Mahayan Buddhist, and reviews the Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path
Author : Philosophical Library
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504054873
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Buddhism written by Philosophical Library and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This curated collection of primary texts and secondary scholarship offers an engaging and comprehensive view of Buddhism and its founder. The Wisdom of Buddha: Drawn from the sacred books of Buddhism, this collection reveals the core insights and beliefs of the world’s fourth-largest religion. It covers the birth and death of the Buddha, as well as the major tenets of Buddhism, including karma and the middle doctrine. Hinduism and Buddhism: A highly original discussion of the origins and tenets of the great Eastern religions by a Sri Lankan theorist who introduced ancient Indian art to the West. Buddhist Texts Through the Ages: A comprehensive collection of Buddhist texts and scriptures translated from the original Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese. This edition also includes a glossary of English and foreign terms.
Author : Michael Russo
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ISBN 13 : 9781539858737
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (587 download)
Download or read book Awakening Wisdom written by Michael Russo and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buddha (Siddhattha Gotama) was one of history's most important and influential thinkers-a visionary whose moral and spiritual ideals have inspired countless men and women throughout the centuries. AWAKENING WISDOM: THE BUDDHA has been written to provide readers with a clear and concise introduction to the essential teachings of the Buddha as they were recorded in the texts of the Pali Canon and other early Buddhist works. Although written primarily for newcomers to the field of Buddhism, this anthology will also be of interest to practicing Buddhists who may never have had the opportunity to read original Buddhist sources. What we discover when we return to these original texts is that the Buddha's insights about the nature of reality, the cause of suffering, and the way to eliminate suffering remain as valid today as when they were developed over 2,600 years ago.
Author : G. A. Somaratne
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811919143
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Early Buddhist Soteriology written by G. A. Somaratne and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers a comprehensive discussion on the Buddhist liberation and meditation concepts based on the original Pāli scriptures of Theravāda Buddhism. It interprets the early Buddhist soteriology critically and sympathetically by interweaving the Buddhological and the Buddhistic debates on understanding the Buddha’s original teaching on bondage, liberation, liberated ones, and meditation. It showcases the liberal and pluralistic character of early Buddhist soteriology by interpreting it psychologically through the lens of the Buddha's recognition of two sets of psychosomatic and epistemic mental configurations active in the human mind. It shows how this dualism pervades the early Buddhist soteriology by pointing out its recognition of craving and ignorance as two causes of suffering; the emancipation of mind and the emancipation by wisdom as two constituents of liberation; and the meditative appeasing and the meditative watching as two methods to attain that liberation. It demonstrates how the Buddha structures a gradual path to liberation enabling individuals to experience many temporary and irreversible secondary goals along the way and allowing them to join the path at any stage appropriate to their temperaments and advancement at a given time and space. The book therefore serves the students and scholars of Buddhism, religion, and psychology to obtain a comprehensive and insightful introduction to Buddhist soteriology.
Author : Revatadhamma (Bhadanta.)
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861711041
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)
Download or read book The First Discourse of the Buddha written by Revatadhamma (Bhadanta.) and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After enlightenment, the Buddha delivered his first discourse to five disciples in Deer Park, India. Known as the Four Noble Truths, this lesson forms the foundation and essence of all the Buddha's teachings. It contains all the necessary information and instruction for us to become free from suffering and gain insight into the truth of enlightenment. The First Discourse of the Buddha includes a history of the Buddha's life, background on Buddhism, and a contemporary translation of and commentary on the Four Noble Truths.
Author : Alfonso Verdú
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Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Early Buddhist Philosophy in the Light of the Four Noble Truths written by Alfonso Verdú and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK:A new systematization of the main philosophical tenets of Hinayana Buddhism as derived from the Four Noble Truths. The work is divided in three parts: (1) Suffering and the Nature of Existence; (2) Origin of Suffering and the Notion
Author : Kelsang Gyatso
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120817289
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (172 download)
Download or read book Heart of Wisdom written by Kelsang Gyatso and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2000 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart of Wisdom is based on an oral commentary to the Essence of Wisdom Sutra (the Heart Sutra), which was given by the author at Manjushri Mahayana buddhist Centre in England. The Heart Sutra, one of the best known and most popular of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, contains the essence of Buddha`s teachings on emptiness and the methods to develop the wisdom that understands this ultimate reality. In this highly acclaimed explanation of the Sutra, Geshe Kelsang reveals its explicit and implicit meanings with both clarity and authority, and relates them to the five Mahayana paths that lead to full enlightenment. Seen in modern light, Buddha had been able to perceive, even see the vast spatial distances between atoms and between sub-atomic particles filled with electrons and even sub-eletrons in a state of high vibration. This atomic condition corresponds to a similar pattern in the brains of living beings and to interstellar and interplanetary gaps. The subject of emptiness as the author explains deals with perceptions leading to concept of formation and creation of a world of sense ideas which is merely a random arranging of material resources in an otherwise empty space filled with vibrations of these very particles. This is a rather difficult subject handled facilely by the author.
