The Buddha's philosophy : selections from the Pali canon and an introductory essay / / G.F. Allen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452820503321
• Autore: Allen G. F (George Francis)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-70852-0; 1-299-48004-7; 1-135-02962-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions. Buddhism ; ; v. 1
• Soggetti: Buddhism - Philosophy; Buddhism and philosophy; Religion; Philosophy & Religion; Buddhism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; THE BUDDHA'S PHILOSOPHY; Title Page; Copyright Page; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Table of Contents; GLOSSARY; PART ONE: INTRODUCTION BUDDHA AND DHAMMA; Introductory; The Āryans; The Brāhmanṣ; Brahma-God; Gotama Buddha; Nibbānạ, the Goal; Anicca, Change; Kamma and Rebirth; Dukkha, Sorrow; The Four Truths; The Eightfold Path; The Causal Formula; The Five Khandhas; An-attā, Not Self; The Three Characteristics; Buddhist Mental Culture; Sublime States of Mind; Jhāna, Contemplation; Satipatṭḥāna, Awareness; The Muni; Silence; Truth as a Refuge; Equanimity; Peace Here and Now; The Pālị Canon; The Pālị LanguageChronology of Pālị Literature; The Pristine, Ascetic Stage; The Sutta Nipāta; The Buddhist Councils; The Monastic, Sectarian Stage; The Vinaya Pitạka; The Four Āgamas; The Moralistic, Religious Stage; The Legends; Commentarial Literature; Other Evidence for Chronology; Table of Dates; PART TWO: THE TEACHING: DHAMMA AND DISCIPLINE; The Buddha's First Discourse; The Second Discourse; The ; Sutta Nipāta (early portions); The Buddha's Code of Mere Morality; The Primitive Pātịmokkha; The Pātịmokkha Rules (for Monks); Sikkhāpadas (Novices' Abstentions); The Five Precepts (for lay Buddhists)Extract from the Brahmajāla Sutta; The Buddha's Last Words; Saddhamma (Essential and Specific items of Buddhist Doctrine); APPENDIX A Buddha Yoga, Buddhist Mental Culture; Brahma Vihāras: Sublime States of Mind; Satipatṭḥāna: Application of Mindfulness; Jhāna: Absorption; Subjects for Contemplation; APPENDIX B The Pālị Alphabet; APPENDIX C Pālị Commentarial Literature; APPENDIX D Index of Suttas, etc; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
• Sommario/riassunto: This study, originally published in 1959, traces the origin of Buddhism in Brahmanism, and fixes its relationship to Hinduism, describing and stressing the basic importance of Buddhist contemplation. The first half of the book introduces the very heart of Buddhism, while the second part presents the Teaching itself, as handed down in the canonical writings of the ancient East.