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Author: Alexander Wynne
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-04-16
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 1134097417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on the early Brahminic literature, the author asserts the origin of the method of meditation learned by the Buddha from his two teachers and identifies some authentic teachings of the Buddha on meditation.
Author: Kashi Nath Upadhyaya
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Published: 1997-12-31
Total Pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9788120808805
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a critical and philosophical analysis and assessment of the teachings of Buddha as Found in the Early Stratum of the Pali Canon and those of Lord Krsna as embodied in the Bhagvadgita. It is the first time that the foundational works of the two most important traditions of Indian thought have been brought together for comperative treatment.The Widely prevalent openion among scholars that Hindu thought did not have any significant contact with Pali Buddhism, might perhaps be one of the reasons why no attempt has previously been made to undertake a comparative study of Bhagwadgita and early Buddhism. The author covers the whole field of epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics in detail and depth, and bases his conclusions throughout on the original texts, making careful examinations of, and paing due attention, to the commentatiorialexegeses and scholarly interpretations.
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Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 2008-04-17
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 019954025X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents the first major English translation of the ancient Upanis#ads in over half a century. Includes an introduction and note on the translation by the translator, a guide to Sanskrit pronunciation, and a list of names.
Author: Christopher I. Beckwith
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2017-02-28
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 0691176329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a history of early Buddhism based solely on dateable artefacts and archaeology rather than received tradition, much of which data is provided by studying Pyrrho's history
Author: Richard F. Gombrich
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-03-07
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 1134196385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of How Buddhism Began, discusses various important doctrines and themes in early Buddhism. It takes 'early Buddhism' to be that reflected in the Pali canon, and to some extent assumes that these doctrines reflect the teachings of the Buddha himself. Two themes predominate. Firstly, the author argues that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably Brahmins. The other main theme concerns metaphor, allegory and literalism. This accessible, well-written book is mandatory reading for all serious students of Buddhism.
Author: Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9788120808300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChapter I of this study, which discusses the older Upanisads, viz., the Brhad Aranyaka Upanisad and the Chandogya Upanisad, describes at the outset how the idea of the Supreme Being, the unique mystic power, was conceived in the words Brahman and Atman and how these two entities merged with each other and became identical. It then discusses the doctrine of metempsychosis as evolved from the relation between the Supreme Being and the world of plurality. In this period, the magician-priest begins to become a philosopher. Chapter II deals with later Upanisads like Kathaka Upanisad, Maitrayana Upanisad and Svetasvatara Upanisad. This period clearly reveals beginnings of the formulation of a system in the form of Samkhya Doctrine and the Yoga. Here the ultimate goal of human yearning, the salvation from suffering, becomes visible. In short, we perceive the development of thought of the Indian Philosophy from an impersonal god (of impersonal powers) to a personal god. But interestingly, a system strongly enforcing the elements of Yoga decisively rejected theism and adhered to the pessimistic thought of Indian mysticism: the Doctrine of Buddhism. This is described in Chapter III.
Author: P.V. Bapat
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Published:
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 8123023049
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbout the life of Buddha
Author: Richard Francis Gombrich
Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArgues that the Buddha was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of all time. This book intends to serve as an introduction to the Buddha's thought, and hence even to Buddhism itself. It also argues that we can know far more about the Buddha than it is fashionable among scholars to admit.
Author: Johannes Bronkhorst
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9004157190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough a detailed analysis of the available cultural and chronological data, this book overturns traditional ideas about the cultural history of India and proposes a different picture instead. The idea of a unilinear development out of Brahmanism, in particular, is challenged.
Author: Leigh Brasington
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2015-10-13
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 083480302X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA practical guidebook for meditators interested in achieving the states of bliss and deep focus associated with the Buddhist jhānas One of the elements of the Eightfold Path is Right Concentration: the one-pointedness of mind that, together with ethics, livelihood, meditation, and more, leads to the ultimate freedom from suffering. So how does one achieve Right Concentration? According to the Buddha himself, the jhānas—a series of eight progressive altered states of consciousness—are an essential method. But because the jhānas can usually be achieved only through prolonged meditation retreat, they have been shrouded in mystery for years. Not anymore. In Right Concentration, Leigh Brasington takes away the mystique and gives instructions on how to achieve them in plain, accessible language. He notes the various pitfalls to avoid along the way and provides a wealth of material on the theory of jhāna practice—all geared toward the practitioner rather than the scholar. As Brasington proves, these states of bliss and concentration are attainable by anyone who devotes the time and sincerity of practice necessary to realize them.
