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Sarvāstivāda Buddhist Scholasticism

Author : Charles Willemen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004493204
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Sarvāstivāda Buddhist Scholasticism written by Charles Willemen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the Sarvāstivāda school of Buddhism, the major philosophical school of Hīnayāna. First a general outline is given of the school's origin in the (Indian) Buddhist synods. Part one ends with a general survey of Sarvāstivāda Literature. In the actual corpus the philosophical texts of Sarvāstivāda are treated in detail. The organization of the work follows the geographical spread of Sarvāstivāda. In these Parts special emphasis is laid on the Central Asian history of the school, as well as on how the school eventually reached China ('Abhidharma and Kosa Schools'). Treatment is based on the Chinese versions of the major works of the school (Sūtrapiṭaka, Abhidarmapiṭaka and Vinayapiṭaka). All in all, this major work throws a new light on the relationship between Sarvāstivāda and Mūlasarvāstivāda and provides an innovative view on the Dārsṭtantika and Sautrāntika Schools.

The Buddhist Theory of Self-Cognition

Author : Zhihua Yao
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134287453
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book The Buddhist Theory of Self-Cognition written by Zhihua Yao and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly original work explores the concept of self-awareness or self-consciousness in Buddhist thought. Its central thesis is that the Buddhist theory of self-cognition originated in a soteriological discussion of omniscience among the Mahasamghikas, and then evolved into a topic of epistemological inquiry among the Yogacarins. To illustrate this central theme, this book explores a large body of primary sources in Chinese, Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan, most of which are presented to an English readership for the first time. It makes available important resources for the study of the Buddhist philosophy of mind.

The essence of scholasticism

Author : Dharmaśreṣṭhi
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120830943
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The essence of scholasticism written by Dharmaśreṣṭhi and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2006 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essence of Scholasticism is a meditation manual leading to arhatship. It is the central text of the westernmost part of the Gandharan cultural area, e.e. Bactria. Probably composed in the first century BCE, it was commented on and elaborated in several sastras the best known being the Abhidharmakosabhasya of the fifth century. The Essence and the Astagrantha are the basic treatises of the non-Vaibhasika sarvastivadins, i.e. of the sautrantikas of the Gandharan cultural area.

The Concept of the Buddha

Author : Guang Xing
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 041533344X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book The Concept of the Buddha written by Guang Xing and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guang Xing gives an analysis of one of the fundamental Mahayana Buddhist teachings, namely the three bodies of the Buddha (the trikaya Theory), which is considered the foundation of Mahayana philosophy. He examines how and why the philosophical concept of three bodies was formed, particularly the Sambhogakaya, which is the Buddha to be worshipped by all Mayahanists. Written in an accessible way, this work is an outstanding research text for students and scholars of Mayahana Buddhism and anyone interested in Buddhist philosophy.

Buddhist Philosophy

Author : David J. Kalupahana
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824803926
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Philosophy written by David J. Kalupahana and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1984-07-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to Buddhism examines its basic philosophical teachings and historical development, setting forth complex and significant ideas in a straightforward and simple style that is easily accessible to the student. The author's orientation is philosophical, rather than religious or sociological. This approach is both the uniqueness and the strength of the work.Part I outlines the historical background out of which Buddhism arose and emphasizes the teachings of early Buddhism. Part II examines developments in the history of Buddhist thought and the emergence of the various schools of Buddhism.

Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma

Author : Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789558840009
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma written by Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Early Buddhist Metaphysics

Author : Noa Ronkin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134283121
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Early Buddhist Metaphysics written by Noa Ronkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-02-28 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic of the Pali Abhidhamma movement.

Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma

Author : Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789889929657
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma written by Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Early Advaita Vedānta and Buddhism

Author : Richard King
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438409044
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Early Advaita Vedānta and Buddhism written by Richard King and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1995-08-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth analysis of the doctrines of early Advaita and Buddhism that has important implications for the question of the relationship between Hindu and Buddhist thought. The author examines the central doctrines of the Gaudapadiya-karikain a series of chapters that discuss early Advaita in relation to the Abhidharma, Madhyamaka, and Yogacara schools of Buddhism. The question of the doctrinal diversity of Indian Buddhism is also discussed through an analysis of the concept of 'Buddha-Nature' and its relationship with Vedantic thought.

The Buddhist World

Author : John Powers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317420179
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Buddhist World written by John Powers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buddhist World joins a series of books on the world’s great religions and cultures, offering a lively and up-to-date survey of Buddhist studies for students and scholars alike. It explores regional varieties of Buddhism and core topics including buddha-nature, ritual, and pilgrimage. In addition to historical and geo-political views of Buddhism, the volume features thematic chapters on philosophical concepts such as ethics, as well as social constructs and categories such as community and family. The book also addresses lived Buddhism in its many forms, examining the ways in which modernity is reshaping traditional structures, ancient doctrines, and cosmological beliefs.

Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya: Introduction, translation

Author : Dharmatrāta
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya: Introduction, translation written by Dharmatrāta and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism

Author : Soonil Hwang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134254350
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism written by Soonil Hwang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional interpretation. He clarifies early doctrinal developments of Nirvana and traces the word and related terms back to their original metaphorical contexts, elucidating diverse interpretations and doctrinal and philosophical developments in the abhidharma exegeses and treatises of Southern and Northern Buddhist schools. The book finally examines which school, if any, kept the original meaning and reference of Nirvana.

Mindfulness in Early Buddhism

Author : Tse-fu Kuan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134074522
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Mindfulness in Early Buddhism written by Tse-fu Kuan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines ‘mindfulness’ in early Buddhism, and explores its central role in early Buddhist practice and philosophy. Using textual analysis and criticism, it takes new approaches to the subject through a comparative study of Buddhist texts in Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit.

The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy

Author : Jan Westerhoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019104704X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy written by Jan Westerhoff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy in the first millennium CE. He starts from the composition of the Abhidharma works before the beginning of the common era and continues up to the time of Dharmakirti in the sixth century. This period was characterized by the development of a variety of philosophical schools and approaches that have shaped Buddhist thought up to the present day: the scholasticism of the Abhidharma, the Madhyamaka's theory of emptiness, Yogacara idealism, and the logical and epistemological works of Dinnaga and Dharmakirti. The book attempts to describe the historical development of these schools in their intellectual and cultural context, with particular emphasis on three factors that shaped the development of Buddhist philosophical thought: the need to spell out the contents of canonical texts, the discourses of the historical Buddha and the Mahayana sutras; the desire to defend their positions by sophisticated arguments against criticisms from fellow Buddhists and from non-Buddhist thinkers of classical Indian philosophy; and the need to account for insights gained through the application of specific meditative techniques. While the main focus is the period up to the sixth century CE, Westerhoff also discusses some important thinkers who influenced Buddhist thought between this time and the decline of Buddhist scholastic philosophy in India at the beginning of the thirteenth century. His aim is that the historical presentation will also allow the reader to get a better systematic grasp of key Buddhist concepts such as non-self, suffering, reincarnation, karma, and nirvana.

The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad: Transformations in Art and Religion

Author : Pia Brancaccio
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004192123
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad: Transformations in Art and Religion written by Pia Brancaccio and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study that focuses on the art and architecture of a group of Buddhist rock-cut monuments excavated on the western edge of the Deccan Plateau in India. It analyses the various cultural, historical and religious phenomena that shaped the caves at Aurangabad through the first seven centuries of the Common Era and it comments on the Buddhist tradition of the western Deccan as a whole. The result is a comprehensive work that does not address exclusively iconography and chronology, but looks beyond Aurangabad to the larger artistic and religious traditions of the Indian Subcontinent.

Four Illusions

Author : Candrakirti
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190287934
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Four Illusions written by Candrakirti and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first English translation of Candrakirti's commentary (ca. 6-7th century C.E.) on four illusions that prevent us from becoming Buddhas. Lang's translation captures the clarity of Candrakirti's arguments and the lively humor of the stories and examples he uses. Lang's introduction explores the range of Candrakirti's interests in religion, philosophy, psychology, politics, and erotic poetry.

The Narrow Door and the Great Vehicle

Author : François-Marie Périer
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 2958388190
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (583 download)

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Download or read book The Narrow Door and the Great Vehicle written by François-Marie Périer and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-09-20 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An independent research opens a revolutionary perspective in the history of religions and sheds new light on the still unexplained emergence of the buddhist Great Vehicle in the 1st century CE, demonstrating the influence of the early Christians, in the strongly hellenized area of the Kushan Empire (China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Northern India), heir of Alexander's conquests on the Silk Road, where Greek and Aramaïc were the two main languages currently spoken and written. Two millenia ago, the simultaneous spread of Christianity in the West and the Middle East, and Mahayana Buddhism in the East redrew the World map, but could it be only coincidence? Why did new sutras emphasizing compassion, devotion, voidness, sacrifice and universal salvation emerge in the first decades of our era in the Buddhism of the Origins? Why did, at the same time as Greek-Buddhist art, a 'Western triad' of buddhas appear in Gandhara, composed by a buddha of infinite light, Amitabha, a white bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara, the Tibetan Chenrezig, emanated out of Infinite Compassion by the later, and a third one, bringer of power and inspiration, Mahasthamaprapta? Did Zoroastrism and Mithraism played a role in this spiritual revolution and why are some Gnostic texts of Nag-Hammadi so close to the Mahayanist cosmogonies, notions and terms? Furthermore, the sudden and abundant literature and iconography of the Great Vehicle, saw in the same years the appearance of a messianic buddha, Maitreya, of a feminine and salvific figure, embodiment of Wisdom, the Prajnaparamita, that would become Târâ, and of the Western Paradise of the Pure Land, making them very close. In this new turning of the wheel of Dharma, the bodhisattva renouncing Nirvana and sacrifying himelf to free the whole of Humanity kind became the ultimate value. Here are some of the interrogations, among many others, raised by this research and answered in a way never done before.