The Development of the Theory of Causality in Early Theravada Buddhism
Author : W. S. Karunaratne
Publisher :
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Causality (Physics)
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Author : W. S. Karunaratne
Publisher :
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Causality (Physics)
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Author : Ḍabliv. Saddhāmaṅgala Karuṇāratna
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,40 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Buddhism
ISBN :
Author : Nalini Devdas
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8120833635
What do the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism have to say about the most basic psychological processes through which alternatives are assessed, purposes are developed, and goal-oriented acts are initiated? How can Theravada make volitional endeavour central to Buddhist practice, while denying the existence of a self who wills? How can the text emphasize ethical striving, and yet uphold the principle that all physical and mental acts arise through causes and conditions? This book adds another perspective to Theravada scholarship by exploring various subtle Pali terms that seek to display the nuances of human motivation. Cetana is shown to be the purposive impetus that links ethically good and bad attitudes of mind with corresponding acts of body, speech, and mind. The argument is made that Theravada does not posit a controlling will, but seek to establish the possibility of changing attitudes, purposes, and acts through holistic methods of training. Theravada maintains that changes in attitude are possible because the mind has the capacity to observe its own processes of conditioning, and is able to greatly diversify its responses to its own concepts and to factors in its environment.
Author : David J. Kalupahana
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,46 MB
Release : 1984-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780824803926
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.
Author : James Paul McDermott
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 18,70 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Tirupattur Ramaseshayyer Venkatachala Murti
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,70 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Buddhist philosophy
ISBN : 9788120840072
Author : John Ross Carter
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,18 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791414132
Carter unfolds the cumulative traditions of Theravāda Buddhism by showing how one "looks at the world through Buddhist eyes." Presenting evidence from the Buddhist heritage in Sri Lanka, he develops a disciplined, inclusive approach to understanding notions of ethical living and "faith," or how individuals live life religiously. The author examines Buddhism as a worldview, reviewing the process of its origins and the development of its important concepts such as the pursuit of dhamma by Buddhists; the "Four Noble Truths;" the notion of refuge and the process of transcending; the role of the Buddhist monk (bhikkhu); and the role of music in ritual chant and song.
Author : Genjun Sasaki
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,14 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Dr. Sisir Kumar Mitra's book, entitled The Early Rulers of Khajuraho constitutes a welcome addition to the existing literature on the history of the Candellas of Bundelkhand. He gives a comprehensive and fascinating account of the varied activities of this distinguished family of rulers, based on a minute and detailed study of the material which he collected with great industry and thoroughness from diverse sources, indigenous and foreign, literary and archaeological. Though most of his data have been compiled from epigraphic sources, he is not over-zealous in his estimate of the importance and reliability of inscriptional material which he examines as critically as any piece of literary gerated. he has discussed the controversial issues connected with his subject without any bias. His chapters on administrative, social, economic and religious history will be specially useful to those interested in the compilation of epigraphic material bearing on the evolution of ancient Indian culture.
Author : Noa Ronkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 2005-02-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 1134283121
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.
Author : Mun-keat Choong
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 35,7 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788120816497
This book investingates the teachings of emptiness in early Buddhism, as recorded in the Pali and Chinese version of the early Buddhist canon. In general, the findig is that these two version,although differently worded, record in common that the teaching of the historical Buddha as connected with emptiness. The general reader, with little or no prior knowledge of Buddhism, can discover in this book how early Buddhism provides a vision and a method to help in overcoming the ills of the mind.