Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Contents I. The life of the Buddha. II. The Gospel of early Buddhism 1. Dhamma. 2. Samsara and kamma. 3. Buddhist heavens and how to reach them. 4. Nibbana. 5. Ethics. 6. Conscience. 7. Spiritual exercises. 8. Consolation. 9. The order. 10. Tolerance. 11. Women. 12. Early Buddhism and nature. 13. Buddhist Pessimism. 14. A Buddhist emperor. III. Contemporary systems 1. The Vedanta. 2. Samkhya. 3. Yoga. 4. Buddhism and Brahmanism. IV. The Mahayana 1. Beginnings of the Mahayana. 2. System of the Mahayana. 3. Ch'an or Zen Buddhism. V. Buddhist art 1. Literature. 2. Sculpture and painting. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. This book gives an account of the life of the Buddha and an exposition of the religion and philosophy the Buddha propounded. This also analyzes the origins of Buddhist thought and traces its development from Hindu philosophical systems. Developments in Buddhist thought since the death of the Buddha are also dealt with as are Buddhist literature sculpture and painting both in India and in other parts of the world to which Buddhism spread. The aim of this book says the author is to set forth as simply as possible the Gospel of Buddhism according to the Buddhist scriptures and consider the Buddhist systems in relation on the one hand to the Brahmanical systems in which they originate and on the other hand to those systems of Christian mysticism which afford the nearest analogies. At the same time the endeavour has been made to illustrate the part which Buddhist thought has played in the whole development of Asiatic culture and to suggest a part of the significance it may still possess for modern thinkers. Dr. Coomaraswamy has succeeded in achieving this objective as only he could. With his genius for lucid exposition and with a beauty of style and expression characteristically his own he has succeeded in presenting some of the most complex concepts of Indian philosophy in terms which make them understandable even to the layman. 370 pp. Codice articolo 52706

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