Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780860135425
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Path of Discrimination
Author: Early Buddhist Metaphysics
Author: Noa RonkinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134283121
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This book provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic of the Pali Abhidhamma movement.
The Theory of the Four Stages of Liberation in Pāli Literature
Author: Amrita NandaPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031558731
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Studies in Abhidharma Literature and the Origins of Buddhist Philosophical Systems
Author: Erich FrauwallnerPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791426999
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This is a translation of Frauwallner's Abhidharmastudien. It analyzes the literary traditions, doctrinal tendencies, and structural methods of the Buddhist Abhidarma canon in order to expose the beginnings of systematic philosophical thought in Buddhism. Frauwallner's insights illuminate the path of meditation toward liberation, the development of Buddhist psychology, and the evolution of the Buddhist view of causality and the problem of time. He provides a clear explanation of the gradual development of Buddhist thought from its early doctrinal beginning to some of the most complex and remarkable philosophical edifices in history.
Encyclopaedia of Buddhism
Author: Volume 10: Philosophy of Religion
Author: Guttorm FløistadPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048135273
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The present volume is a continuation of the series Contemporary Philosophy. As with the earlier volumes in the series, the present Chronicles purport to give a survey of significant trends in contemporary philosophy. The need for such surveys has, I believe, increased rather than decreased over the years. The philosophical scene appears, for various reasons, more complex than ever before. The continuing process of specialization in most branches, the increasing contact between p- losophers from various cultures, the emergence of new schools of thought, particularly in philosophical logic and in the philosophy of language and ethics, and the increasing attention being paid to the h- tory of philosophy in discussions of contemporary problems, are the most important contributing factors. Surveys of the present kind are a valuable source of knowledge of this complexity. The surveys may therefore help to strengthen the Socratic element of modern philosophy, the intercultural dialogue or Kommunikationsgemeinschaft. So far, nine volumes have been published in this series, viz. P- losophy of Language and Philosophical Logic (Volume 1), Philosophy of Science (Volume 2), Philosophy of Action (Volume 3), Philosophy of Mind (Volume 4), African Philosophy (Volume 5), Medieval Age P- losophy (Volumes 6/1 and 6/2), Asian Philosophy (Volume 7), Philo- phy of Latin America (Volume 8), and Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art (Volume 9).
The Progress of Insight
Author: Mahasi SayadawPublisher: Buddhist Publication Society
ISBN: 9552400902
Category : Meditation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The practice of Vipassana or insight meditation was described by the Buddha as the “direct way” for the overcoming of all sorrow and grief and for realizing Nibbana, the state of perfect liberation from suffering. The essence of this practice consists in the four foundations of mindfulness: mindful contemplation of the body, feelings, states of mind, and mind objects.
Encyclopaedia of Buddhism
Author: Gunapala Piyasena MalalasekeraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddha and Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Buddhist Path to Awakening
Author: R.M.L. GethinPublisher: Classics in Religious Studies
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A study of a classic list of Buddhist teachings which includes such familiar items as the four establishings of mindfulness and the noble eightfold path.
Mettā
Author: Ācariya BuddharakkhitaPublisher: Pariyatti
ISBN: 1681723697
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Pali word mettā; is a multi-significant term meaning loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill, etc. If these qualities of mettā are sufficiently cultivated through mettābhāvanā the meditation on universal love the result is the acquisition of a tremendous inner power which preserves, protects and heals both oneself and others. The present booklet aims at exploring the various facets of mettā both in theory and in practice. The examination of the doctrinal and ethical side of mettā will proceed through a study of the popular Karaniyametta Sutta, the Buddha s Discourse of Universal Love and several other short texts. The explanation of the meditation on universal love will give practical directions for developing this type of contemplation as set forth in the main meditation texts of the Theravada Buddhist tradition.