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Amitabha – A Story Of Buddhist Theology – Paul Carus

The story of Amitabha has a historical setting in the ascendancy of the kingdom of Gandhara, under King Kanishka, whose interest in Buddhism and whose connection with Acvaghosha, the great Buddhist philosopher, are well known. The plot gives ample opportunity in discussion and incident to explain and illustrate some of the cardinal points of Buddhism, especially in regard to the way of salvation and the God-conception represented by Amitabha Buddha, the Source of Infinite Light and the Standard of Being, as distinct from the Brahman idea of a conscious personal deity. Contents: The Ordination. The Novice. The God Problem. Kevaddha’s Story. The Confession. Gandhara. King Kanishka. Magadha. Acvaghosha. Amitabha. The … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Buddhist Suttas – Thomas William Rhys Davies

This book contains complete and/or excerpts from the following Buddhistic suttas: 1. The Book of the Great Decease (the Mahâ-parinibbâna-Suttanta), which is the Buddhist representative of what, among the Christians, is called a Gospel. 2. The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness (the Dhamma-kakka-ppavattana-Sutta), containing the Four Noble Truths, and the Noble Eightfold Path which ends in Arahatship. 3. The Discussion on Knowledge of the Three Vedas (the Tevigga-Suttanta), which is a controversial dialogue on the right method of attaining to a state of union with Brahmâ. 4. The Sutta entitled ‘If he should desire–‘ (Âkankheyya-Sutta), which shows in the course of a very beautiful argument some curious sides of early Buddhist mysticism … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Milinda Panha – Thomas William Rhys Davies

The Mininda Panha, or ‘The Questions of the King Milinda” are a classical Pali text describing how Menander embraced the Buddhist faith while discussing with the Buddhist sage Ngasena. He is described as constantly accompanied by a guard of 500 Greek (“Yonaka”) soldiers, and two of his counsellors are named Demetrius and Antiochus. This type of discussion was known to ancient Greeks as a “sozo”, it is important for Buddhists to understand the cultural context in which this discussion was held.

The Milinda Panha

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The Milinda Panha.

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The Pali Canon  (from wikipedia.com)

The Pāli Canon (Pali: Tipitaka, Sanskrit: IAST: Tripiṭaka) is … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Udana – Dawsonne M. Strong

The Pali Version of this small collection of stories and sentences has not been translated into English until the early 20th century. Several passages, however, occur in the Cullavagga, Mahavagga and Maha Parinibbâna Suttas and have been translated in the “Sacred Books of the East.”

The Udana

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The Udana.

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The Pali Canon  (from wikipedia.com)

The Pāli Canon (Pali: Tipitaka, Sanskrit: IAST: Tripiṭaka) is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the first known and most-complete extant early Buddhist canon.

It was composed in North India and was preserved orally until it was … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

A Buddhist Bible – Dwight Goddard

Indian Types of ethical and philosophical Buddhism did not easily find acceptance in China; it took centuries of contact before a distinctively Chinese adaptation of Buddhism was effected that proved to be congenial to Chinese soil. This Chinese type of Buddhism is called Ch’an in China, and Zen in Japan, and Zen seems to be the more familiar name for it in America and Europe. Other sects have risen and decreased but they proved to be more or less exotic, they never became indigenous as did Zen. An exception may be suspected in the case of the Pure Land Sects, but it should be remembered that the Pure Land Sects developed from Zen and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Religion Of The Samurai – Kaiten Nukariya

This study of Zen philosophy and the disciples in China and Japan elaborates on the differences between Mahayana Buddhism and Theraveda. The Zen sect is one of many Buddhist sects and has millions of followers worldwide.

The Religion Of The Samurai

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The Religion Of The Samurai.

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Doctrine of the Samurai (from wikipedia.com)

In the 13th century, Hōjō Shigetoki (1198–1261 AD) wrote: “When one is serving officially or in the master’s court, he should not think of a hundred or a thousand people, but should consider only the importance of the master.” Carl Steenstrup noted that 13th and 14th century warrior writings … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Book of Tea – Kakuzo Okakura

The ’Book of Tea’ is nothing less than an absolutely correct interpretation of Japanese life. Mr. Okakura came to the United States as a special commissioner of the Japanese Government to examine into American art. He has made a really careful study of this subject. What he has to say about Japan is not only well said but worth saying.

The Book of Tea

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The Book of Tea.

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Basics of Teaism (from wikipedia)

When the tea ceremony is understood and practised to foster harmony in humanity, promote harmony with nature, discipline the mind, quiet the heart, and attain the purity of enlightenment, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Gospel of Buddha – Paul Carus

The best evidence that this book characterizes the spirit of Buddhism correctly can be found in the welcome it has received throughout the entire Buddhist world. It has even been officially introduced in Buddhist schools and temples of Japan and Ceylon. The eminent feature of the work is its grasp of the difficult subject and the clear enunciation of the doctrine of the most puzzling problem of tman, as taught in Buddhism. So far as we have examined the question of tman ourselves from the works of the Southern canon, the view taken by Dr. Paul Carus is accurate, and we venture to think that it is not opposed to the doctrine of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...