02924nam 2200649Ia 450 991082174570332120230922233703.081-215-0812-61-134-19639-31-282-37315-397866123731520-203-09873-0(CKB)1000000000250664(EBL)256939(OCoLC)475972238(SSID)ssj0000173409(PQKBManifestationID)11180028(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173409(PQKBWorkID)10163813(PQKB)10714243(MiAaPQ)EBC256939(Au-PeEL)EBL256939(CaPaEBR)ebr10163699(CaONFJC)MIL237315(OCoLC)935231494(EXLCZ)99100000000025066420050801d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHow Buddhism began the conditioned genesis of the early teachings /Richard F. Gombrich2nd ed.London Routledge20061 online resource (201 pages)Routledge critical studies in BuddhismPrevious ed.: London: Athlone, 1996.0-415-51416-9 0-415-37123-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Second edition; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Debate, skill in means, allegory and literalism; 2 How, not what: Kamma as a reaction to Brahminism; 3 Metaphor, allegory, satire; 4 Retracing an ancient debate: How insight worsted concentration in the pali canon; 5 Who was Angulimala?; Bibliography of secondary sources; General Index; Index of Texts citedWritten by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of How Buddhism Began, discusses various important doctrines and themes in early Buddhism. It takes 'early Buddhism' to be that reflected in the Pali canon, and to some extent assumes that these doctrines reflect the teachings of the Buddha himself. Two themes predominate. Firstly, the author argues that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably Brahmins.Routledge critical studies in Buddhism.BuddhismDoctrinesHistoryEarly period, to ca. 250 B.CBuddhismOriginBuddhismDoctrinesHistoryBuddhismOrigin.294.342Gombrich Richard F(Richard Francis),1937-637369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821745703321How Buddhism began1190227UNINA