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Chinese Buddhism – Joseph Edkins

This is a book of remarkable interest, describing the entrance, progress, and characteristics of Buddhism in China, and containing a Life of Buddha. Dr. Edkins’ long residence in China and his thorough study of all the historical features of religion in China, render him peculiarly competent to discuss Chiuese Buddhism.

Chinese Buddhism

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Chinese Buddhism.

ISBN: 9783849672065.

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Biography of Joseph Edkins (from wikipedia.com)

Born at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, he graduated from the University of London in 1843. He was ordained on 8 December 1847. Sent by the London Missionary Society, he arrived in China on 22 July 1848 at Hong Kong, and reached Shanghai on 2 September. First … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Hymns of the Rigveda – Ralph T. H. Griffith

This book contains the most important passages selected from the Buddhist Sacred Books. The aim of the present work is to take different ideas and conceptions found in Pâli writings, and present them to the reader in English. Translation has been the means employed as being the most effectual, and the order pursued is in the main that of the Buddhist “Three Jewels” (in Pâli, Ti-Ratana), to wit, The Buddha, the Doctrine, and the Order. The selections of the first chapter are on The Buddha; next follow those which deal chiefly with the Doctrine; while others concerning the Order and secular life constitute the closing chapter of the book.

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The Ideals Of The East – Kakuzo Okakura

The results of Mr. Okakura’s visits to China and India, where he made exhaustive studies, are brilliantly set forth in this book, ” The Ideals of the East “, explaining his important and now generally accepted analysis of the movements of thought and art throughout Asia.

The Ideals Of The East

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The Ideals Of The East.

ISBN: 9783849672249.

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Biography of Kakuzo Okakura (from wikipedia.com)

Born in Yokohama to parents originally from Fukui, Okakura learned English while attending a school operated by Christian missionary, Dr. Curtis Hepburn. At 15, he entered Tokyo Imperial University, where he first met and studied under Harvard-educated professor Ernest … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Creed of Buddha – Edmond Holmes

The author of ” The Creed of Buddha ” can safely say that no better exposition of Buddhism has ever been given to the world. It is sympathetic, it is scholarly, and it is complete. Between east and west, says the author, a gulf has been fixed, a gulf created by basic ideas, hollowed out by the erosive action of speculative thought. The Western mind takes for granted the reality of outward things. The Eastern mind attributes the only reality to the soul. All else is maya, illusion. And there are very few that can bridge thatgulf.In the East, where the soul is the supreme and fundamental reality, the identification of God with … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Essential Buddhist Discourses – Henry Clarke Warren

This book contains the most important passages selected from the Buddhist Sacred Books. The aim of the present work is to take different ideas and conceptions found in Pâli writings, and present them to the reader in English. Translation has been the means employed as being the most effectual, and the order pursued is in the main that of the Buddhist “Three Jewels” (in Pâli, Ti-Ratana), to wit, The Buddha, the Doctrine, and the Order. The selections of the first chapter are on The Buddha; next follow those which deal chiefly with the Doctrine; while others concerning the Order and secular life constitute the closing chapter of the book.

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The Complete Jataka Tales – Edward Byles Cowell

The Pali work, entitled ‘the Jataka’, the first volume of which is now presented to the reader in an English form, contains 550 Jatakas or Birth-stories, which are arranged in 22 nipatas or books. This division is roughly founded on the number of verses (gathas) which are quoted in each story; thus the first book contains 150 stories, each of which only quotes one verse, the second 100, each of which quotes two, the third and fourth 50 each, which respectively quote 3 and 4, and so on to the twenty-first with 5 stories, each of which quotes 80 verses, and the twenty-second with 10 stories, each quoting a still larger number. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Inner Teachings Of The Philosophies and Religions of India – William Walker Atkinson

This book gives essential insights on Indian philosophy and religion and offers twelve lessons on what you need to understand when diving into this topic. From the Contents:

The First Lesson – The Land Of The Ganges.
The Second Lesson – The Inner Teachings.
The Third Lesson – The Sankhya System.
The Fourth Lesson – The Vedanta System.
The Fifth Lesson – Patanjali’s Yoga System.
The Sixth Lesson – The Minor Systems.
The Seventh Lesson – Buddhism.
The Seventh Lesson – Sufism.
.. and many more ..

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Dhammapada – Friedrich Max Müller

The Buddhist scripture called ‘The Dhammapada’ is traditionally ascribed to Buddha himself. It is an essential part of the Theravada canon.

Dhammapada

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Dhammapada.

ISBN: 9783849673383.

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History of the Dhammapda (from wikipedia.com)

According to tradition, the Dhammapada’s verses were spoken by the Buddha on various occasions. “By distilling the complex models, theories, rhetorical style and sheer volume of the Buddha’s teachings into concise, crystalline verses, the Dhammapada makes the Buddhist way of life available to anyone…In fact, it is possible that the very source of the Dhammapada in the third century B.C.E. is traceable to the need of the early Buddhist communities in India to laicize the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts – Müller/Cowell

The Buddha-karita is an early Sanskrit poem written in India on the legendary history of Buddha, and therefore contains much that is of interest for the history of Buddhism, beside its special importance as illustrating the early history of classical Sanskrit literature. It is ascribed to Asvaghosha; and, although there were several writers who bore that name, it seems most probable that our author was the contemporary and spiritual adviser of Kanishka in the first century of our era. This poem and many more Buddhist writings are included in this compilation.

Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts

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Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts.

ISBN: 9783849673673.

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What is the Mahayana? (from wikipedia.com)

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Indian Fairy Tales – Joseph Jacobs

The book contains 29 fairy tales from the Jatakas, or birth stories of Buddha, the fables of Bidpai and from other Sanskrit sources. The stories are humorous and imaginative and preserve the best nursery elements of Hindu folk-tales.

Indian Fairy Tales

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Indian Fairy Tales.

ISBN: 9783849673550.

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History of the Jakatas (from wikipedia.com)

The Jātakas were originally amongst the earliest Buddhist literature, with metrical analysis methods dating their average contents to around the 4th century BCE. The Mahāsāṃghika Caitika sects from the Āndhra region took the Jātakas as canonical literature and are known to have rejected some of the Theravāda Jātakas which dated past the time … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...