Author: Heinz BechertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : de
Pages : 552
Book Description
Die Datierung Des Historischen Buddha
Author: Heinz BechertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : de
Pages : 552
Book Description
The dating of the historical Buddha
Author: Datierung des historischen Buddha
Author: Heinz BechertDatierung Des Historischen Buddha
Author: Heinz BechertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The Dating of the Historical Buddha
Author: Heinz BechertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Der historische Buddha - Die Gestalt des Buddha im Majjhimanikāya
Author: Thomas KöhlerPublisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656259615
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : de
Pages : 21
Book Description
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Indologie, Note: 1,7, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Der frühe Buddhismus, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Siddhartha Gautama wurde um 563 v. Chr. in Lumbini, nahe der Stadt Kapilavastu (im heutigen Nepal) geboren. Als Buddha, ein Erwachter, gilt er als Begründer des Buddhismus. Er lebte 80 Jahre lang, sein Tod wird allgemein auf das Jahr 483 v. Chr. datiert. Viele klassische Lehrtexte des heutigen Buddhismus enstanden erst etliche Jahrhunderte nach Buddhas Tod, was zu einer ausgeprägten Mythen- und Legendenbildung über die Figur des historischen Buddhas und seinen Handlungen führte. Um sich bei einer biograpfischen Rekonstruktion weitestgehend an historischen Fakten zu orientieren, ist es aber zwingend notwendig, sich auf erstmaligen Niederschriften von Viten und Überlieferungen zu berufen. Deshalb beruft sich diese Arbeit auf das einzig vollständig erhalten gebliebenen Kanon, dem Majjhimanikāya. Dieser Text ist zwar lediglich für eine der vielen heutzutage existierenden buddhistischen Rechtsschulen (Theravāda) gültig, jedoch für uns durch sein Alter und seine Vollständigkeit die verlässlichste Quelle.
Die Lebenszeit des Buddha
Author: Heinz BechertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : de
Pages : 62
Book Description
Questioning the Buddha
Author: Peter SkillingPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1614294089
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
An important new book unlocking the words of the Buddha contained in the vast Tibetan canon, one of the main scriptural resources of Buddhism. In the forty-five years the Buddha spent traversing northern India, he shared his wisdom with everyone from beggar women to kings. Hundreds of his discourses, or sutras, were preserved by his followers, first orally and later in written form. Around thirteen hundred years after the Buddha’s enlightenment, the sutras were translated into the Tibetan language, where they have been preserved ever since. To date, only a fraction of these have been made available in English. Questioning the Buddha brings the reader directly into the literary treasure of the Tibetan canon with thoroughly annotated translations of twenty-five different sutras. Often these texts, many translated here in full for the first time, begin with an encounter in which someone poses a question to the Buddha. Peter Skilling, an authority on early Buddhist epigraphy, archaeology, and textual traditions, has been immersed in the Buddhist scriptures of diverse traditions for nearly half a century. In this volume, he draws on his deep and extensive research to render these ancient teachings in a fresh and precise language. His introduction is a fascinating history of the Buddhist sutras, including the transition from oral to written form, the rise of Mahayana literature, the transmission to Tibet, the development of canons, and a look at some of the pioneers of sutra study in the West. Sutras included in this volume are: Four Dharmas Not to Be Taken for Granted; The Benefits of Giving; The Exposition of Four Dharmas; The Merit of the Three Refuges; Four Dharmas Never to Be Abandoned; Advice for Bodhisatva Dharmaketu; Advice for Bodhisatva Jayamati; Sutra Comparing Bodhicitta to Gold; Bodhisatva Maitreya’s Question about the Gift of the Dharma; Four Summaries of the Dharma Spoken to the Naga King Sagara; The Stanza of Dependent Arising; The Heart Formula of Dependent Arising; Prediction of the Boy Brahmasri’s Future Buddhahood; Ksemavati’s Prediction to Future Buddhahood; The City Beggar Woman; An Old Woman’s Questions about Birth and Death; The Questions of Srimati the Brahman Woman; The Questions of the Laywoman Gangottara; Brahma Sahampati’s Question; Advice to King Prasenajit; Passage to the Next Life; Instructions for King Bimbisara; Instructions for King Udayana; Buddhas as Rare as a Grain of Golden Sand; and Predictions on the Eve of the Great Final Nirvana.
Relics of the Buddha
Author: John S. StrongPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691188114
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Buddhism is popularly seen as a religion stressing the truth of impermanence. How, then, to account for the long-standing veneration, in Asian Buddhist communities, of bone fragments, hair, teeth, and other bodily bits said to come from the historic Buddha? Early European and American scholars of religion, influenced by a characteristic Protestant bias against relic worship, declared such practices to be superstitious and fraudulent, and far from the true essence of Buddhism. John Strong's book, by contrast, argues that relic veneration has played a serious and integral role in Buddhist traditions in South and Southeast Asia-and that it is in no way foreign to Buddhism. The book is structured around the life story of the Buddha, starting with traditions about relics of previous buddhas and relics from the past lives of the Buddha Sakyamuni. It then considers the death of the Buddha, the collection of his bodily relics after his cremation, and stories of their spread to different parts of Asia. The book ends with a consideration of the legend of the future parinirvana (extinction) of the relics prior to the advent of the next Buddha, Maitreya. Throughout, the author does not hesitate to explore the many versions of these legends and to relate them to their ritual, doctrinal, artistic, and social contexts.
The Buddha
Author: John StrongPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1780740549
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Revealing the man behind the icon. From his many births to his deathbed deeds, this authoritative biography unites the Buddha of history with the Buddha of legend in a bid to reveal the lasting spiritual relevance at the heart of the Buddhist tradition. Acclaimed scholar John Strong examines not only the historical texts, but also the supernatural accounts that surround this great religious figure, uncovering the roots of many Buddhist beliefs and practices. Accompanied by helpful charts and tables, and drawing on a vast array of primary sources, the text also features such key topics as: biographical accounts from all the Buddhist schools, an analysis of the Buddha’s enlightenment, the life of the Buddha as depicted by Buddhist art and rituals, and the relics of Siddhartha Gautama, and how they continue his story, even after his lifetime.