The Doctrine Of The Upanisads And The Early Buddhism

Author : Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120808300
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Doctrine of the Upaniṣads and the Early Buddhism written by Hermann Oldenberg and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 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 : Thomas William Rhys Davids
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230367293
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Buddhism written by Thomas William Rhys Davids and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 20 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. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI ADOPTED DOCTRINES--KARMA Transmigration.--The above are the essential doctrines of the original Buddhism. They are at the same time the distinctive doctrines: that is to say, the doctrines that distinguish it from all previous teaching in India. But the Buddha, while rejecting the sacrifices and the ritualistic magic of the brahmin schools, the animistic superstitions of the people, and the pantheistic speculations of the poets of the pre-Buddhistic Upanishads, still retained the belief in transmigration. This belief--the transmigration of the soul, after the death of the body, into other bodies, either of men, beasts or gods--is part of the animistic creed, and is so widely found throughout the world that it was probably universal. In India it had already, before the rise of Buddhism, been raised into an ethical conception by the associated doctrine of Karma, according to which a man's social position in life and his physical advantages, or the reverse, were the result of his actions in a previous birth.1 The doctrine thus afforded an explanation, quite complete to those who could believe it, of the apparent anomalies and wrongs in the distribution here of happiness or woe. A man, for instance, is blind. This is owing to his lust of the eye in a previous birth. But he has also unusual powers of hearing. This is because he loved, in a previous birth, to listen to the preaching of the law. The explanation could always be exact, for it was scarcely more than a repetition of the point to be explained. It fits the facts because it is derived from them. And it cannot be disproved, for it lies in a sphere beyond the reach of human inquiry. The Bridge.--It was because it thus provided a moral cause that it was retained in Buddhism....

Author : Sanjay Govind Deodikar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Upaniṣads and Early Buddhism written by Sanjay Govind Deodikar and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas William Rhys Davids
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Buddhism written by Thomas William Rhys Davids and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Buddhism by Thomas William Rhys Davids, first published in 1908, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Author : Edward Fitzpatrick Crangle
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447034791
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin and Development of Early Indian Contemplative Practices written by Edward Fitzpatrick Crangle and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1994 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kamaleswar Bhattacharya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
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Download or read book Some Thoughts on Early Buddhism written by Kamaleswar Bhattacharya and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kashi Nath Upadhyaya
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120808805
Total Pages : 598 pages
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Download or read book Early Buddhism and the Bhagavadgītā written by Kashi Nath Upadhyaya and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1997-12-31 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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.

Author : Thomas William Rhys Davids
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Some Points in the History of Indian Buddhism written by Thomas William Rhys Davids and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard F. Gombrich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134196385
Total Pages : 251 pages
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Download or read book How Buddhism Began written by Richard F. Gombrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-03-07 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written 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 : G. B. Upreti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Buddhist World Outlook in Historical Perspective written by G. B. Upreti and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In This Path-Breaking Study The Author Seeks To Prove That The Consciousness Of The Individual And Individuality, Which At The Empirical Level Involves The Rise Of Private Property, Family And The State Finds Its Most Sophisticated And Rational Expression In Early Buddhism. It Also Rationalised Individualism And Gave It A Human Face By Curbing The Wayward, Infantile And Egocentric Tendencies Both At Theoretical And Empirical Levels.