The Buddhist Cosmos: A Comprehensive Survey of the Early Buddhist Worldview; According to Theravāda and Sarvāstivāda Sources
Title | The Buddhist Cosmos: A Comprehensive Survey of the Early Buddhist Worldview; According to Theravāda and Sarvāstivāda Sources PDF eBook |
Author | Punnadhammo Mahathero |
Publisher | Independently Published |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2018-12-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781791731946 |
An encyclopedic survey of Buddhist cosmology and mythology according to the Pali canon and commentaries. Covers the nature of the universe, of time and of the various classes of beings inhabiting the various realms and levels of the cosmos.
Buddhism: The early Buddhist schools and doctrinal history ; Theravāda doctrine
Title | Buddhism: The early Buddhist schools and doctrinal history ; Theravāda doctrine PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Williams |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Buddhism |
ISBN | 9780415332286 |
This eight-volume set brings together seminal papers in Buddhist studies from a vast range of academic disciplines published over the last forty years. With a new introduction by the editor, this collection is a unique and unrivalled research resource for both student and scholar. Coverage includes: - Buddhist origins; early history of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia - early Buddhist Schools and Doctrinal History; Theravada Doctrine - the Origins and nature of Mahayana Buddhism; some Mahayana religious topics - Abhidharma and Madhyamaka - Yogacara, the Epistemological tradition, and Tathagatagarbha - Tantric Buddhism (Including China and Japan); Buddhism in Nepal and Tibet - Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia, and - Buddhism in China, East Asia, and Japan.
Buddhism: Buddhist origins and the early history of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia
Title | Buddhism: Buddhist origins and the early history of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Williams |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Buddhism |
ISBN | 9780415332279 |
This eight-volume set brings together seminal papers in Buddhist studies from a vast range of academic disciplines published over the last forty years. With a new introduction by the editor, this collection is a unique and unrivalled research resource for both student and scholar. Coverage includes: - Buddhist origins; early history of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia - early Buddhist Schools and Doctrinal History; Theravada Doctrine - the Origins and nature of Mahayana Buddhism; some Mahayana religious topics - Abhidharma and Madhyamaka - Yogacara, the Epistemological tradition, and Tathagatagarbha - Tantric Buddhism (Including China and Japan); Buddhism in Nepal and Tibet - Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia, and - Buddhism in China, East Asia, and Japan.
Early Buddhism: A New Approach
Title | Early Buddhism: A New Approach PDF eBook |
Author | Sue Hamilton-Blyth |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2013-10-18 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136842934 |
New interpretations of the central teachings of early Buddhism, mainly the relationship between identity and perception in early Buddhism.
Theravada Buddhism
Title | Theravada Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Gombrich |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2006-04-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1134903529 |
First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A Survey of Buddhism
Title | A Survey of Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Sangharakshita (Bikshu, Sthavira) |
Publisher | Windhorse Publications |
Pages | 580 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780904766936 |
This is a comprehensive study of the entire field of Buddhism thought and practice, describing the development of all the major doctrines and traditions and clearly demonstrating the underlying unity of all schools of Buddhism.
The Ascendancy of Theravāda Buddhism in Southeast Asia
Title | The Ascendancy of Theravāda Buddhism in Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Praphōt ʻAtsawawirunhakān |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This wide-ranging account of early Buddhism in Southeast Asia overthrows dominant theories among both Western and Asian Scholars. The author argues that Pali-based Buddhism was brought from India and Sri Lanka by merchants, monks, and pilgrims by the fourth century. Several schools flourished alongside Brahmanism, Mahayanism, and local spirit beliefs--in coexistence rather than conflict. There was no "conversion" to Theravada in the eleventh century as the school was already well established. Prapod draws on a broad range of source material including inscriptions, texts, archaeology, iconography, architecture, and anthropology from India, Sri Lanka, China, and the region itself. He highlights the lived tradition of religious practice rather than scriptural sources.