Download or read book Humanism in the Nikaya Literature written by Bhikkhu Duc Truong and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals With The Subject In 7 Chapters - Introduction - Doctrine Of Epistemology - The Perspective Of Existence - The Social Structure - The The Transcendence Of Ethics - Attitude To Peace - Conclusion - Bibliography.
Download or read book Approaching Humankind written by Jörn Rüsen and published by V&R Unipress. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every human life form encapsulates an idea of humankind and humanity. Today, this very idea is challenged by the various and diverging needs for cultural orientation in the age of globalization. One of the recent attempts to meet these challenges is provided by a new humanism with an intercultural intent. Such humanism can be conceptualized only by the collaborative efforts of different academic disciplines at exploring the human being as the gist of what is meant by humanity. Thus, this volume explores the pertinent fields of knowledge from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, anthropology, sociology, economy, psychology, neurobiology, history, and gender studies. Focusing on the guiding question of what is meant by being a human, the contributions of this volume encompass a fascinating spectrum of insights, which will orientate future discussions on humanity and humanism.
Download or read book Researches in Buddhist Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibliography of dissertations/theses for the award of Ph. D. on Buddhist studies from the University of Delhi during 1961-2007.
Download or read book An Analytical Study of Four Nik yas written by Dipak Kumar Barua and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: The first four Nikaya-texts belonging to the Suttapitaka of the Pali Tipitaka which contains the sacred sayings of Gotama (Skt. Gautama) Buddha are of inextimable value since they provide important source-materials to study the religio-cultural history of the contemporary period. From the sociological point of view too they are of utmost significance, because they vividly present the daily life of the people of ancient India. Hence the importance of the Nikayas can neither be gainsaid nor exaggerated. In fact, this work contains an outline study of the four Nikayas, namely Dighanikaya, Majjhimanikaya, Samyuttanikaya, and Anguttaranikaya, which belong to the Theravada Pali Canon, on some select aspects in five chapters and three appendices treating of the age of the Nikayas, comparative study between the Sanskrit/Chinese Agamas and Pali Nikayas, their language, Buddha's discourses to the laity, teachings of early Buddhism under the threefold division of Sila, Samadhi and Panna, discussions on administrative, social and economic conditions of ancient India, historical and geographical materials found in the Nikayas, mutual relations of the treatment of similes in these texts. It also includes brief contents of the Suttas of those Nikayas. In the present work, on the whole, an attempt has been made to introduce the first four Nikaya-texts in their entirety. Contents Foreword Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition I. THE FOUR NIKAYAS 1. Probable Time of Compilation of the Four Nikayas 2. Nikayas and Agamas Compared 3. Language of the Nikayas II. DISCOURSE TO THE LAITY 1. Introductory Discussion 2. Definitions of Gahapati and Upasaka 3. Ethical 4. Religious 5. Secular Discourses 6. Jaina Discourses Compared III. DISCOURSES ON SILA, SAMADHI AND PANNA 1. Introductory discussion 2. Sila 3. Samadhi 4. Panna IV. DISCUSSIONS ON SECULAR MATTERS-ADMINISTRATIVE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC 1. Origin of State 2. Kingship 3. Republican form of Government 4. Military Administration 5. Rural Administration 6. Caste 7. Classes of People 8. Slavery 9. Marriage and Position of Women 10. Offences and Punishments 11. General Life 12. Agriculture 13. Industry 14. Seaproducts 15. Trade and commerce 16. Famine V. HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS IN THE NIKAYAS 1. Anga 2. Magadha 3. Kasi 4. Kosala 5. Vajji 6. Malla 7. Cedi 8. Vamsa 9. Kuru 10. Pancala 11. Maccha 12. Surasena 13. Assaka 14. Avanti 15. Gandhara 16. Kamboja 17. Clans and Peoples 18. Conception of Jambudipa 19. Physiography 20. Divisions of India 21. Physical Features 22. Places Mentioned
Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism written by Andrew Copson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism presents anedited collection of essays that explore the nature of Humanism asan approach to life, and a philosophical analysis of the keyhumanist propositions from naturalism and science to morality andmeaning. Represents the first book of its kind to look at Humanism notjust in terms of its theoretical underpinnings, but also itsconsequences and its diverse manifestations Features contributions from international and emergingscholars, plus renowned figures such as Stephen Law, CharlesFreeman and Jeaneanne Fowler Presents Humanism as a positive alternative to theism Brings together the world’s leading Humanist academics inone reference work
Download or read book Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Digh nik ya written by Chittaranjan Patra and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Digha-Nikaya Provides Us With A Pan-Picture Of The Socio-Economic As Well As Religious Condition Prevalent In Ancient India At The Time Of Its Compilation.
Download or read book Dialogues of the Buddha written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Buddhism and Humanism written by Ken-etsu Abiko and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Long Discourses of the Buddha written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-06-10 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a complete translation of the Digha Nikaya, the long discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This collection--among the oldest records of the historical Buddha's original teachings, given in India two and a half thousand years ago--consists of thirty-four longer-length suttas, or discourses, distinguished as such from the middle-length and shorter suttas of the other collections. These suttas reveal the gentleness, compassion, power, and penetrating wisdom of the Buddha. Included are teachings on mindfulness (Mahasatipatthana Sutta); on morality, concentration, and wisdom (Subha Sutta); on dependent origination (Mahanidrana Sutta); on the roots and causes of wrong views (Brahmajala Sutta); and a long description of the Buddha's last days and passing away (Mahaparinibbana Sutta); along with a wealth of practical advice and insight for all those travelling along the spiritual path. Venerable Sumedho Thera writes in his foreword: "[These suttas] are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe. One should read them, listen to them, think about them, contemplate them, and investigate the present reality, the present experience, with them. Then, and only then, can one insightfully know the truth beyond words." Introduced with a vivid account of the Buddha's life and times and a short survey of his teachings, The Long Discourses of the Buddha brings us closer in every way to the wise and compassionate presence of Gotama Buddha and his path of truth.
Download or read book The Sutta nip ta written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhist canonical text; critical edition.
Download or read book The Six Perfections written by Dale Stuart Wright and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2009 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a guide to the six perfections, a set of Buddhist teachings designed to transform human character.
Download or read book 2500 Years of Buddhism written by Purushottam Vishvanath Bapat and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Influences of Ancient Hinduism on Early Christianity written by A. L. Herman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a work about influences and what influences means. Following an analysis of this elusive concept, A. L. Herman presents compelling evidence that the following hypothesis is testable, defendable, and probably true: that the Indus Valley religion with its Savior-God, Siva (2500-1800 B.C.E.), significantly influenced a Greek religion with its Savior-God, Jesus of Nazareth (50-300 C.E.), such that it can be meaningfully claimed that the religion of the Indus Valley civilization probably influenced early Christianity.
Download or read book Rescued from the Nation written by Steven Kemper and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anagarika Dharmapala is one of the most galvanizing figures in Sri Lanka’s recent turbulent history. He is widely regarded as the nationalist hero who saved the Sinhala people from cultural collapse and whose “protestant” reformation of Buddhism drove monks toward increased political involvement and ethnic confrontation. Yet as tied to Sri Lankan nationalism as Dharmapala is in popular memory, he spent the vast majority of his life abroad, engaging other concerns. In Rescued from the Nation, Steven Kemper reevaluates this important figure in the light of an unprecedented number of his writings, ones that paint a picture not of a nationalist zealot but of a spiritual seeker earnest in his pursuit of salvation. Drawing on huge stores of source materials—nearly one hundred diaries and notebooks—Kemper reconfigures Dharmapala as a world-renouncer first and a political activist second. Following Dharmapala on his travels between East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and the United States, he traces his lifelong project of creating a unified Buddhist world, recovering the place of the Buddha’s Enlightenment, and imitating the Buddha’s life course. The result is a needed corrective to Dharmapala’s embattled legacy, one that resituates Sri Lanka’s political awakening within the religious one that was Dharmapala’s life project.
Download or read book Me and Mine written by Bhikku Buddhadasa and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1989-08-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work brings together in a single volume the translated essays of Buddhadasā Bhikkhu, the major interpreter of Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia.
Download or read book J taka Tales written by Henry Thomas Francis and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of SANSKRIT LITERATURE written by ARTHUR A MACDONELL and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
