CAUSALITY: THE CENTRAL PHILOSOPHY OF BUDDHISM
Causality:The Central Philosophy of Buddhism D avid J. Kalupahana FOREW ORD BY ELIOT DEUTSCHTHE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF HAWAII Honolulu Contents Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii I. Pre-Buddhist Theories of Causation : The Vedic Tradition 1 II. Pre-Buddhist Theories of Causation : The Non-Vedic Tradition 23 III. Clarification of Terminology 54 IV. The Conception of […]
Buddhism In The Shadow Of Brahmanism
By Johannes Bronkhorst LEIDEN – BOSTON Contents Preface vii Chapter One Introduction: Buddhism Before the New Brahmanism 1 1.1 The original context 1 1.2 Interactions 6 1.3 Imperial help 12 Chapter Two Brahmanism 27 2.1 The new Brahmanism 27 2.2 The spread of Sanskrit 42 2.3 The brahmanical colonization of the past 65 2.4 The […]
Buddhism In Russia
THE STORY OF AGVAN DORZHIEV, LHASA’S EMISSARY TO THE TSAR John Snelling, world-renowned Buddhist scholar, died in 1991. He was General Secretary of the Buddhist Society and Editor of The Middle Way, He is the author of The Sacred Mountain, The Buddhist Handbook and The Elements of Buddhism. IN MEMORIAMKHAMBO LAMA AGVAN DORZHIEVAND FORTHE BUDDHISTS […]
Buddhism and Intelligent Technology Toward a More Humane Future
Buddhism and Intelligent Technology Toward a More Humane Future Contents vii Acknowledgments x Introduction 1 Personal Presence, Ethics, and Global Action 7 The Importance of Diversity for a Humanely Oriented Intelligence Revolution 12 The Plan of the Book 15 1 Buddhism: A Philosophical Repertoire 19 Buddhist Origins in Predicament Resolution 20 Buddhist Practice: The Teaching […]
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction
Contents List of Illustrations vi List of Maps viii Acknowledgements xii Note on Citations and Pronunciation xiii 1 Buddhism and Elephants 1 2 The Buddha 14 3 Karma and Rebirth 28 4 The Four Noble Truths 43 5 The Mahāyāna 56 6 Buddhism in Asia 69 7 Meditation 83 8 Ethics 96 9 Buddhism in […]
Beyond Enlightenment
What is enlightenment? For Buddhists it involves the discovery of the truth of duhkha—pain, suffering, and sorrow—followed by the realization that duhkha can be brought to an end. In like manner, Protestant Christians speak of enlightenment as a moment when, touched by God, one becomes aware of one’s own escape from eternal damnation. Likewise, European […]
A critique of Peterson Academy Where Aristotle Meets Big Bird part 1
Peterson Academy: Where Aristotle Meets Big Bird 0:00 Peterson University Review1:19:18 Terf Calls In This analysis of Peterson academy is great. I personally would not have paid to money to watch that course.So I appreciate his spending of his time to pick these clips for journalistic purposes of critique, so that I could in turn, […]
A Survey of the Paths of Tibetan Buddhism
by Tenzin Gyatso His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet London,1988 Translated by Geshe Thupten Jinpa Edited by Jeremy Russell Introduction In giving an overview of the Buddhadharma, as practised by the Tibetans, I generally point out that the Buddhism we practise is an integrated form comprising teachings of the low, Bodhisattva and Tantric vehicles, […]
A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism
A Cultural History of Japanese BuddhismWilliam E. Deal & Brian Ruppert Blackwell Contents Cover Title page List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Overview of the Book On Translation Conventions References 1 Early Historical Contexts (Protohistory to 645)Buddhism’s Transmission to Yamato: The Nihon shoki Narrative Asuka Buddhism (552–645)References Further Reading 2 Ancient Buddhism (645–950)Hakuhō-Period Buddhism (645–710)Nara-Period Buddhism […]
How Much Is Enough? Buddhism, Consumerism, and the Human Environment
How Much Is Enough?Buddhism, Consumerism, and the Human Environment Edited by Richard K. Payne Table Of Contents ■■■ Editor’s Preface “How Much Is Enough?”: Buddhism and the Human Environment by Richard K. Payne xi Acknowledgements xii Introduction Just How Much Is Enough? by Richard K. Payne 1 Global Perspectives on the Environment 3 Contents of […]
