Buddhism: It's Essence and DevelopmentMunshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Limited, 1999 - 211 pages Description: Buddhism is an eastern form of spirituality. Its doctrine, in its basic assumptions, is identical with many other teachings all over the world, teachings which may be called 'mystical'. The present book, which was the first comprehensive work on buddhism in english, represents author's lectures delivered at st. Peter's hall, oxford, and covers the whole range of buddhist thought. Contents preface/arthur waley introduction : 1. Budhism as a religion 2. Budhism as a philosophy 3. Self-extinction 4. 'Radical pessimism' 5. Immortality 6. Survival value i. Common ground : 1. The flavour of dharma 2. The documents 3. The buddha is buddhism atheistic? 4. The four holy truths 5. Cosmology 0 ii. Monastic buddhism : 1. The samgha 2. Poverty 3. Celibacy 4. Inoffensiveness 5. Main currents of monastic thought iii. Popular buddhism : 1. The place of the laity 2. Temporal power 3. The services of the samgha 4. The influence of the laity iv. The old wisdom school : 1. Sevts 2. Sariputra 3. Arhats 4. Practices 5. Moral discipline 6. Trance 7. Wisdom 8. Decline v. The mahayana, and the new wisdom school : 1. The mahasanghikas 2. Hinayana and mahayana 3. Literary development 4. Bodhisattvas 5. Emptiness 6. Salvation 7. Parallels vi. Buddhism of faith and devotion : 1. The reception of bhakti 2. Literary history 3. The agent of salvation 4. The aims of the faithful 5. Methods 6. Self-extinction and faith vii. The yogacarins : 1. Wisdom and trance 2. Literary history 3. mind-only 4. store-consciousness 5. Further doctrines viii. The tantra, or magical buddhism : 1. The problem of the tantra 2. History of the tantra 3. Tantric practices 4. Tantric philosophy 5. Tantric mythology 6. Left-handed tantra 7. The control of the body ix. Non-indian developments : 1.survey 2. Ch'an 3. Amidism 4. Rnyin-ma-pa 5. European buddhism list of quotations |
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
Budhism as a Philosophy | 15 |
Radical Pessimism | 21 |
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Abhidharma Absolute Amitabha Arhat Asanga Asoka attitude Avalokitesvara become belief Bodhisattva body Buddha Buddha-nature Buddhaghosa Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Buddhism of Faith Buddhist history Buddhist thought Buddhist tradition Burma called century Ceylon Ch'an China Chinese Christian compassion deal deities desire developed Dharma Dhyana disciple doctrine emptiness enlightenment European everything existence experience fact Gods Hinayana Hindu Holy Truths human idea important India individual Japan kind King laity Left-handed Tantra living logical Madhyamikas magical Mahasanghikas Mahayana Mahayanists means meditation merit metaphysics methods mind monasteries monastic monks mystical Nagarjuna Nirvana object Old Wisdom School Omniscience one's oneself original ourselves Pali perfect wisdom person philosophy practice Prajñaparamita Pratyekabuddhas regard religion Rnyin-ma-pa saints salvation Samgha Sanskrit Sariputra Sarvastivadins Scriptures sect seems self-extinction sense sexual Shaktism Shakyamuni skandhas spiritual suffering Sutras Tantra Tantric Tathagata teaching texts Theravadins things Tibet trance true universe Vasubandhu Vinaya words world system worship Yogacara Yogacarins