Book Description
This is a subset of F. Max Mullers great collection The Sacred Books of the East.
Author : F. Max Muller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 14,39 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1136863583
This is a subset of F. Max Mullers great collection The Sacred Books of the East.
Author : Sir Charles Eliot
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9359326186
Sir Charles Eliot's "Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3" is a gigantic work that provides a comprehensive analysis of the origins, development, and historical circumstances of Hinduism and Buddhism. This scholarly masterwork demonstrates Eliot's remarkable comprehension of both of the main Asian religions and their effect on Indian and global cultures and society. Volume 3 dives into Hinduism's ancient roots, chronicling its development from the earliest Vedic traditions to the diverse and multifaceted belief systems which developed over time. He explores Hinduism's philosophical, mythical, and ritual parts, providing readers an in-depth knowledge of its many customs and beliefs. Furthermore, the book exhaustively traces Buddhism's rise, its founder, Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha), and the spread of this transforming spiritual movement throughout Asia. Eliot investigates not only the tenets and customs of Buddhism, but also its historical relationships with Hinduism and the larger social milieu. Some stories are brutal and weird, while others creep up on you and draw you in slowly. This version of "Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3" is both modern and legible, with an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript.
Author : Philip Schaff
Publisher :
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Theology
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Author : Kenneth G. Zysk
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 16,43 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9788120814004
Author : Cyrus F. Tibbals
Publisher :
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 12,91 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Biography
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Page : 878 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 1886
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Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,64 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Bible
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Author : Robert DeCaroli
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 25,16 MB
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198037651
Early European histories of India frequently reflected colonialist agendas. The idea that Indian society had declined from an earlier Golden Age helped justify the colonial presence. It was said, for example, that modern Buddhism had fallen away from its original identity as a purely rational philosophy that arose in the mythical 5th-century BCE Golden Age unsullied by the religious and cultural practices that surrounded it. In this book Robert DeCaroli seeks to place the formation of Buddhism in its appropriate social and political contexts. It is necessary, he says, to acknowledge that the monks and nuns who embodied early Buddhist ideals shared many beliefs held by the communities in which they were raised. In becoming members of the monastic society these individuals did not abandon their beliefs in the efficacy and the dangers represented by minor deities and spirits of the dead. Their new faith, however, gave them revolutionary new mechanisms with which to engage those supernatural beings. Drawing on fieldwork, textual, and iconographic evidence, DeCaroli offers a comprehensive view of early Indian spirit-religions and their contributions to Buddhism-the first attempt at such a study since Ananda Coomaraswamy's pioneering work was published in 1928. The result is an important contribution to our understanding of early Indian religion and society, and will be of interest to those in the fields of Buddhist studies, Asian history, art history, and anthropology.
Author : Dennis O'Donovan
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Page : 972 pages
File Size : 31,11 MB
Release : 1899
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Author : McClurg, Firm, Booksellers, Chicago
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Page : 1062 pages
File Size : 33,46 MB
Release : 1902
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