History of Indian Buddhism: From Sakyamuni to Early Mahayana (Buddhist Tradition)
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Book
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ISBN 10
8120809556
ISBN 13
9788120809550
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Publication Year
1993
Publisher
Pages
402
Subject
Buddhism--India--History.
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Abstract
Part one : Early Buddhism -- Indian religion at the time of the Buddha -- The life of the Buddha -- Early Buddhist doctrine -- The organization of the order -- The establishment of the early Buddhist canon -- The development of the Buddhist order -- The Buddhism of King Aśoka -- Part two : Nikāya Buddhism -- The development of Nikāya Buddhism -- Abhidharma literature -- The organization of the dharmas in the abhidharma -- Buddhist cosmology and the theory of karma -- Karma and Avijñapti-rūpa -- The elimination of defilements and the path to enlightenment -- Part three : Early Mahāyāna Buddhism -- The evolution of the order after Aśoka -- Mahāyāna texts composed during the Kuṣāṇa dynasty -- The origins of Mahāyāna -- The contents of early Mahāyāna scriptures -- Theory and practice in early Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Description
23 cm
Biblio Notes
33286099
Number of Copies
1