Author: Henry Clarke Warren
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 520
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120811178
Description
Here is a work that aims at presenting different ideas and conceptions which are found in Pali writings. In the words of Henry Clarke Warren, the author of the volume - Translation has been the means employed as being the most effectual…The selections of the first chapter are on the Buddha; next follow those which deal chiefly with the Doctrine; while others concerning the Order and secular life constitute the closing chapter of the book.
The uniqueness of the volume lies in the selective presentation of the materials and their organization. Introductory notes preceding discussion of each chapter, amply annotated, add to its originality. Appendixes and the Index form special features.
This reprint of the volume after its first publication in 1896 and subsequently in 1900 will be welcomed by students as well as researchers of Buddhism.
Contents
ABBREVIATIONS
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
The Buddha
CHAPTER II
Sentient Existence
CHAPTER III
Karma and Rebirth
CHAPTER IV
Meditation and Nirvana
CHAPTER V
The Order
APPENDIX
The Five Groups
INDEX